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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Pretending In Number Theory
A definition is often more important than a theorem Andrew Granville is a British mathematician and a world expert in analytic number theory. He came to Canada...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Continued Progress of Design Thinking
Our enterprise added a design function, and I was involved in a number of introductory meetings. There was a slight skepticism between the groups that were design...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Cloud Robotics and Automation, Calling for Submissions
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE-RAS) will be publishing a special edition of Transactions on Automation...
From Schneier on Security
The Battle for Power on the Internet
We're in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace. On one side are the traditional, organized, institutional powers such as governments and large multinational...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Variety as a Dimension
Data variety is one of the key dimensions of Big Data applications. Which are said to deal with Volume, Variety and Velocity of data. Here a post about how it...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science History
Computer science tends to be a very forward looking field. We are constantly looking at the newest things including the future of computers, of programming languages...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We Are the Faces of Computing Poster Contest!
In honor of CSEdWeek, CSTA’s Equity Committee will be hosting its annual poster competition "We Are the Faces of Computing". This contest invites students of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G at Teradata Partners Session
Good piece that covers many of the issues of the large CPG enterprise today:Via Gib Bassett Teradata Industry PartnersLessons the CPG industry can take away from...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Knows Your Shopping Habits
In Forbes: Good overview of what is fairly common practice in the use of analytics in retail/CPG today. " ... Working with dunnhumby, the customer data specialist...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
People who make you feel stupid…
In his latest book, David and Goliath, Gladwell points out not everything is as it appears with respect to prestige and strength. For example, when you look at...
From Schneier on Security
What the NSA Can and Cannot Do
Good summary from the London Review of Books.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Solving a Big Data Conjecture
Interesting, but technical: " ... A mathematical problem related to big data was solved by Jean-Francois Puget, engineer in the Solutions Analytics and Optimization...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reacting to Google Algorithm Changes
Another Algorithm Change. Is there no other feasible reaction to the ongoing changes by Google?" ... Every online publisher and her brother has since rushed to...
From My Biased Coin
Visiting UC Davis
Before returning home last week I spent a day at UC Davis giving a talk. I got the spend the day talking to various people I've collaborated with there (likeRaissa...
From Schneier on Security
Arguing for NSA-Level Internet Surveillance
Jack Goldsmith argues that we need the NSA to surveil the Internet not for terrorism reasons, but for cyberespionage and cybercrime reasons. Daniel Gallington ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programmable Robots for Young Students
Play-I is a new start up using crowd funding to develop a pair of programmable robots for young students. I have a thing for robots. And these robots are pretty...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Math and Music
An upcoming concert and lecture on patterns in math and music. If you are nearby Santa Fe, drop in. If you need to impress on someone the relationship between...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Application Development
Creating reliable systems is still quite inefficient. McKinsey reports on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. " ... Software has become critical for most large...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Fast is Broadband Fast
Its fairly rare that I need broadband inside a project. Yes it is certainly useful for general browsing, or up and downloading files. This Readwrite Web article...
From Computational Complexity