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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
SXSW Accelerator Finalists in Big Data and Beyond
Thought provocative SXSW accelerator finalists. In particular the big data in the enterprise section, but more beyond that. " ... For the 2014 SXSW Accelerator...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Bobtail Squid Photos
Pretty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Administration Launches Big Data and Privacy Review
As part of the government response to public concerns over national security surveillance programs, the President announced in January that there would be a review...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: AP Computer Science Principles
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture on...
From Schneier on Security
NEBULA: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: NEBULA (S//SI//FVEY) Multi-Protocol macro-class Network-In-a-Box (NIB) system...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Consumer Segments Say
Regrettably presented as an infographic, but an interesting view of consumer segmentation. Points through to a white paper that requires registration. " .... The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trade Marking Simple English Phrases
Can you trademark a phrase? To the extent to which you are willing to sue. In Language Log. A list of phrases and their defenders. Here the defenders are promoters...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shaping the Future of Manufacturing
In McKinsey: Some interesting views on manufacturing. " ... A Video: Shaping the future of manufacturing ... Advances in technology are allowing companies to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Duke Coursera Course on Data Analysis
Pointed out to me, this course on data analytics, from Duke, which includes a free PDF text. Examining. " ... Data Analysis and Statistical Inference. Part of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hidden Markov and More
A non technical description of a very technical set of methods for forecasting. Baum-Welch and Hidden Markov. Don't know much about this direction but looks to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
$30 Billion Market for Wearable Computing Devices Projected by 2018
Computing is at the heart of one up-and-coming cultural trend – wearable technology. This emerging market is enabled by advances in computing, and it’s positioned...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Practically P=NP?
Solving is believing Cropped from source. Boris Konev and Alexei Lisitsa are both researchers at the University of Liverpool, who work in Logic and Computation....
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Probabilities in computing: they may not mean what you think they mean
I like to throw off my academic colleagues outside of computer science by pointing out that much of our software relies on probabilities… down to the ubiquitous...
From Wild WebMink
OSI, FSF and the end of software patents
Just as we did in the case of CPTN’s threatened acquisition of Novell’s patent portfolio in 2011, the OSI and FSF have once again collaborated to file a briefing...
From Schneier on Security
Decoding the Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript has been partially decoded. This seems not to be a hoax. And the manuscript seems not to be a hoax, either. Here's the paper.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G, Target and the Future of Retailing
In Retailwire: Another indication of how the world of retail is changing. And in particular the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Do also read...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikipedia Editing Bots
Editing Bots: Did not realize that so much WP editing was done with bots. Implications and dangers are still unclear. How does it influence confidence in the knowledge...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cross Targeting Multiple Devices
In CLickZ: What it is and why the hype? Most of us today use multiple devices. " ... Cross-device targeting, the ability to serve targeted advertising to consumers...
From Schneier on Security
GENESIS: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: GENESIS (S//SI//REL) Commercial GSM handset that has been modified to include...
From The Eponymous Pickle