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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
Tablet Market
A look at the current tablet market. Tablets continue to replace laptops for personal computing and information access power. Apples share drops among other...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Implements Two-Man Control for Sysadmins
In an effort to lock the barn door after the horse has escaped, the NSA is implementing two-man control for sysadmins: NSA chief Keith Alexander said his agency...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
5 Programming Mistakes To Warn Students About
I like posts like 5 Programming Mistakes You Should Stop Making by Rahul Singh because they help me focus my thoughts. Through the summer I am working on planning...
From Putting People First
Ph.D thesis: Design with Intent
Brunel University London has posted the Ph.D dissertation of Daniel Lockton, entitled “Design with Intent – A design pattern toolkit for environmental & social...
From Putting People First
User-centred design on Gov.uk
The Design Manual of Gov.uk, the UK Government services and information portal, has a section on user-centred design, whereas the service manual home page describes...
From Computational Complexity
I gave a poster session at Erdos 100- so how did it go?
In a a prior post I suggested that STOC perhaps have people give posters instead of talks. While I doubt this will ever happen I think its worth thinking about,...
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Travel Meets Technology: A Weekend in Portland, Oregon.
When Facebook Graph Search came out, skeptics bemoaned the end of personal privacy. Now that people can perform targeted queries over your social media history...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Privacy and Compliance Expertise from P&G
Once again I point to Sandra Hughes' Web site. She was previously chief privacy officer at Procter & Gamble. We were colleagues in those years. We met again...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computing Table Tops
We saw demonstrations of tabletop computing nearly a decade ago at several labs. Yet the format has not taken hold, though a few systems are still available. At...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Income Mobility in the US
MJ Perry writes and provides an informative map. Shale oil is a big driver.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail and Big Data
A case of retailer A&P using a big Data Portal. " ... This cloud-based portal enables retailers to share their proprietary data – including point of sale (POS)...
From Schneier on Security
How the FISA Court Undermines Trust
This is a succinct explanation of how the secrecy of the FISA court undermines trust. Surveillance types make a distinction between secrecy of laws, secrecy of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdsourced AI Includes Everyday Knowedge
In New Scientist: An AI that is apparently equivalent to a 4 year old in a verbal test. A big part of intelligence is our ability to manage our knowledge of"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Interactive Playground
Had not heard much from Disney of late in the digital world. But now an interesting play. Reminiscent of other simulation world ideas, which are usually difficult...
From Putting People First
SAP reaching out through user experience and design thinking
Recent SAP application forays include everything from a My Runway fashion shopping application to wellness applications that involve wearable sensors to Big Data...
From Schneier on Security
Marc Rotenberg on the NSA Supreme Court Suit
Marc Rotenberg of EPIC explains why he is suing the NSA in the Supreme Court. And USA Today has a back and forth on the topic.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Mike Zamansky
Mike Zamansky (wearing the white shirt in the center of the picture) has created a very impressive computer science program at one of New York’s top entrance exam...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congress to Consider Copyright This Week
Two U.S. House of Representatives committees will consider copyright issues at three hearings this week. Markup of H.R. 1123: The Unlocking Consumer Choice and...
From Schneier on Security
Prosecuting Snowden
I generally don't like stories about Snowden as a person, because they distract from the real story of the NSA surveillance programs, but this article on the costs...
From The Eponymous Pickle