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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CSTA members (you are a member right?) should have seen this in their email. The CSTA annual conference is in my humble opinion the single best professional development...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey is Bullish on Digital
McKinsey provides a broad report from a survey and much statistics on the topic."Bullish on digital: McKinsey Global Survey resultsCEOs and other senior executives...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE Issues Mid-Scale Infrastructure Solicitation; Webinar Scheduled
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Keith Marzullo, division director for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Computer and Network...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interview on Big Data and Analytics for MidMarket
Friend Paul Gillin runs a Big Data Google Plus Hangout on the use of Big Data methods for Midmarket and beyond. The 37 minute stream brings together current users...
From Schneier on Security
The TSA Is Legally Allowed to Lie to Us
The TSA does not have to tell the truth: Can the TSA (or local governments as directed by the TSA) lie in response to a FOIA request? Sure, no problem! Evenclassified...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supermarket Dominance
Why does some retail dominate? A history of the dominance of a company that started in 1919. " ... "It became such a success story because it was aggressive at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blue Tooth on the Rise
From BBC Future: Makes sense that since we have more devices, letting them network among themselves is getting more popular. This article is a nice survey of...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Space Is Easier Than Time
We really understand the complexity theory of space Anil Ananthaswamy is the author of the book The Edge of Physics. He also consults for Britain’s New Scientist...
From CERIAS Blog
Just sayin
In the June 17, 2013 online interview with Edward Snowden, there was this exchange: Question: Mathius1 17 June 2013 ...
From Computational Complexity
T/F - No Explanation needed VS T/F-Explanation needed.
One of the comments on my blog on Types of question for exams A True/False math question where they have to prove their answer. A student who picks the wrongall...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Barriers to More CS Teaching and Learning in Schools
Many of us spend a lot of time trying to convince those around us (colleagues, school administrators, district leaders, politicians, etc.) of the importance ofa...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free UC Online Innovation Class
Coming October 7! (Background and Video) Full Announcement in BrowserFREE University of Cincinnati Innovation ClassIn this FREE seven-week Massive Open“Innovation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Intelligence Driving Business Decisions
From a favorite direction, Recorded Future. An interview with Bob Gourley: "What is it about web intelligence that is such an important opportunity to you?WebThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Harvard and MIT Join to Address Intelligence
We were heavily involved in the last Artificial Intelligence hype peak in the late 80s. Despite some big successes we saw it languish, at least in direct practice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bullett Journal Note Taking System
New ideas in note taking is something I have not read about in some time, but the claim here is that ' .... The most important step to keeping a great notebook ...
From Schneier on Security
Government Secrecy and the Generation Gap
Big-government secrets require a lot of secret-keepers. As of October 2012, almost 5m people in the US have security clearances, with 1.4m at the top-secret level...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teaching the World to Make Maps
Making Maps. Another example of specialty MOOC. " ... Meet the Man Who Wants to Teach the World to Make Maps. The world’s first digital-mapping MOOC (massive...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Launching New Postdoc Best Practices Program with Funding Opportunities
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) seeks to catalyze the computing research community and the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. Paramount to the...
From Schneier on Security
Excess Automobile Deaths as a Result of 9/11
People commented about a point I made in a recent essay: In the months after 9/11, so many people chose to drive instead of fly that the resulting deaths dwarfed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson