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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 Schneier on Security
Conspiracy Theories and the NSA
I've recently seen two articles speculating on the NSA's capability, and practice, of spying on members of Congress and other elected officials. The evidence is...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Calling for Proposals: Creating Visions for Computing Research
The mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit...
From Computational Complexity
Myhill Nerode versus Pumping Lemma
I have seen some recent backlash against the pumping lemma for showing that languages are not regular and as I am now teaching regular languages I had to choose...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scoping the Digital Divide
Pew Statistics on US access to the Internet. 20% of US adults have no access. But is that fair since most US libraries do have public connections to the net? Plus...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA's Cryptographic Capabilities
The latest Snowden document is the US intelligence "black budget." There's a lot of information in the few pages the Washington Post decided to publish, including...
From Putting People First
Experience design is now part of business logic
Om Malik of GigaOm argues that the cambrian explosion of mobile apps and cloud-based services as well as the exponential growth of data has led him to a very simple...
From Putting People First
Selected videos from “The Conference” in Sweden
Media Evolution The Conference is an international conference organized annually in Malmö, Sweden. The event focuses on factors that are affecting our society,...
From Putting People First
Thoughts on clever cities
The multiplexed metropolis Enthusiasts think that data services can change cities in this century as much as electricity did in the last one. The Economist – in...
From Putting People First
Rebecca Solnit on the downside of social and mobile technology
Rebecca Solnit writes – in an excellent piece – that she feels as though she is in a bad science fiction movie where everyone takes orders from tiny boxes that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Book on Intelligent Data Analysis
This book was brought to my attention during our artificial intelligence days. It has gone through another edition since I taught from it. Profited from its...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Pictures of My New Office
I moved into my new office on Tuesday, and finally decorated a little bit. Here are some photos of my new home!My teaching and office hours are now posted on the...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA is Breaking Most Encryption on the Internet
The new Snoden revelations are explosive. Basically, the NSA is able to decrypt most of the Internet. They're doing it primarily by cheating, not by mathematics...
From Schneier on Security
The Effect of Money on Trust
Money reduces trust in small groups, but increases it in larger groups. Basically, the introduction of money allows society to scale. The team devised an experiment...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
U.S. Access Board Public Meeting on September 11
The U.S. Access Board, an independent federal agency, will hold its regular public Board Meeting on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The meeting...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
State Assessment Requirements and the CSTA Resources
How have you used the resources on the CSTA website? Have you read the new reports? Are you familiar with the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards? The crosswalks...
From Schneier on Security
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
I keep getting alerts of new issues, but there are rarely articles I find interesting.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Games Engaging Customers
In Innovation Excellence: About game dynamics engaging your customers. Includes a number of examples I had not heard of. Also makes an often forgotten point...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification and Sales
An example of using Gamification for sales support. " .... created a remote online customer sales chat platform that implements gamification to encourage remote...
From Schneier on Security
Human/Machine Trust Failures
I jacked a visitor's badge from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, last month. The badges are electronic; they're enabled when you check...
From Putting People First