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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 Computational Complexity
Types of questions for exams
QUESTION: Give as many types of exam questions you can, give examples, and comment on if this is a good type of question. My answer below. A problem that some...
From Putting People First
Book: Putting Citizens First
Putting Citizens First Engagement in Policy and Service Delivery for the 21st Century Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent and John Wanna Australian National University...
From Putting People First
Book: Interactive Visualization
Interactive Visualization: Insight through Inquiry By Bill Ferster The MIT Press, 2012 ISBN-10: 0262018152, ISBN-13: 978-0262018159 (Amazon link) Abstract Interactive...
From Schneier on Security
Our Newfound Fear of Risk
We're afraid of risk. It's a normal part of life, but we're increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Most Successful Computer Scientist in the World
During a class discussion last week one of my students asked me “Who is the most successful computer scientist in the world?” Whoa! What a question. I started my...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updating the Shopping Center
They seem to be dying. Yet they still work in much more focused applications as places to display and buy. In Shopperception. " ... Despite the rising numbers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 September 2013
It’s Labor Day in the US and schools are closed here. It’s actually the fourth day in a four day weekend for my school. Some how it always feels like this letsThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Top Data Science Languages
Vincent Granville usefully summarizes a survey of language use. Top Languages for analytics, data mining, data science:Very interesting study published by KDNuggets...
From Putting People First
Ericsson Report: Identifying the needs of tomorrow’s video consumers
The Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media 2013 report (presentation) looks at how the explosion of connected mobile devices in the home has opened a whole new world of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consulting Excellence
Former colleague Ed Peak's consulting blog site. We met last week and he has an impressive portfolio. ' ... Leveraging Information Technology ... Improving your...
From Putting People First
BBC R&D launched the UX Research Partnership
Some weeks ago the BBC announced the BBC User Experience Research Partnership, a long-term collaboration project between BBC Research and Development (BBC R&D)...
From Schneier on Security
1983 Article on the NSA
The moral is that NSA surveillance overreach has been going on for a long, long time.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
More on the Diagonal
A different angle on the Halting Problem src Rudolf Carnap was a German-born philosopher who became a mainstay of the famous “Vienna Circle.” Kurt Gödel often visited...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Google Glass Disrupts The Sports Image Monopoly
I was attending a golf tournament this weekend. So naturally my thoughts turned to technology. Yes it was everywhere. But the most disruptive technology was inDeutsche...
From My Biased Coin
How Should History Affect Funding Decisions?
As I go through the reviews from my latest NSF proposal, there are general high-level comments related to my past work. This leads to an interesting and perhaps...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rexamining Excel 2013
In preparation for a conversion to a more generalized data visualization system I have been exploring Excel 2013 use for visualization. It is commonly used in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Transition to Mobile Devices
Considering the issues with transitioning to mobile devices. Much talked these days. " ... The post-PC era is not marked by the extinction of personal computers...
From Putting People First
How we do user research in agile teams
Getting user research into agile teams in a way that is timely, relevant and actionable is a challenge that teams the world over are tackling. Working effectively...
From Putting People First
Googling yourself takes on a whole new meaning
CLive Thompson used Google Glass for six weeks. He discusses the latest in high-tech eyewear in the New York Times Magazine. “With Glass, I eventually settled upon...
From Putting People First