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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Surveillance Data
In Computing Now. Looked at several examples of how to use security camera input for other purposes.Surveillance Video: The Biggest Big Data"Big data continues...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Resources for Learning Sorts
Sometimes one just doesn’t know what blog posts are going to take off. Last month I wrote a post called Sorting Isn’t Always Simple. It’s been by far the most read...
From Putting People First
A UX view of the future of mobile networks and systems
The latest post of the User Experience Lab at Ericsson Research presents a UX view of the future of mobile networks and systems. “The “Remote Control over Mobile...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Grant Proposal Time and the Unexpected Benefits of CSTA Chapters
It is that time of year again. All across the country computer science faculty members are preparing to submit their grant proposals. This means that they are also...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon and Books
Is Amazon good for Books? In the New Yorker. " ... In the era of the Kindle, a book costs the same price as a sandwich. Dennis Johnson, an independent publisher...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Collaboration Between CPG and Retail
Some fairy obvious observations, but still an interesting set of thoughts on the idea. Via Kalypso.What Is Collaborative Innovation?" ... Today’s industry leaders...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Data Warehouses in Era of Big Data
A dated post, but of interest. If you read the Big Data literature, there is belief that predefined structure becomes less important in the future. " ......
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing the Analytical Lifecycle
More from the machine learning meetings at UC a few weeks ago. SAS went over some interesting case studies I am now examining: Managing the Analytical Life Cycle...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE AD Issues Letter to Community on FY 15 Budget Rollout
NSF/CISE Assistant Director Farnam Jahanian has issued the following letter to the community describing yesterday’s FY 2015 budget rollout: Dear Computer and Information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson compared to Wolfram Alpha
Brought to my attention. A relatively old blog post comparing the operation of IBM's Watson and Wolfram Alpha for expert systems applications. Nicely portrayed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is AI Changing Business?
A piece in Smart Data Collective, makes some useful points. I think it is no longer a question. I was actively involved the last time we rode the AI hype inThis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disney People Tracking
Have followed this since a visit to Labs a number of years ago. Tests have been underway since then, but now they appear to be pushing it ahead more generally....
From Writing
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with the Play Framework
Are you trying to get started with the Play Framework? Struggling to wrap your head around Futures, SBT, Scala, Functional Programming, or Iteratees? Then you've...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 10
March 12 Hearing: The Senate Rules and Administration Committee will hold a hearing on election administration 9:45 a.m., 301 Russell Building The Intelligence,...
From Putting People First
Observing the technologists
Nick Seaver, a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at UC Irvine, makes the case for the importance of “studying up“: doing ethnographies not only of disempowered...
From Computational Complexity
Why do we think P NE NP? (inspired by Scott's post)
Recently Scott Posted an excellent essay on reasons to think that P NE NP. This inspired me to post on the same topic. Inspired is probably the right word. Some...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
How To Carry Fame
Long proofs are not always the most important results Michael Rabin is visiting Georgia Tech today and tomorrow to give a pair of distinguished lectures. Both of...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
How To Carry Fame
Long proofs are not always the most important results Michael Rabin is visiting Georgia Tech today and tomorrow to give a pair of distinguished lectures. Both of...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Elegance as a luxury
As a young student, I was undisciplined. Though I did well in mathematics, I often couldn’t be bothered to write down clean computations. I would do the work mostly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson