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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 Wild WebMink
OSI License Clinic
In a new departure, the Open Source Initiative will hold a small open source license clinic oriented towards US Federal agencies. The event will be at the Library...
From Putting People First
#wethedata
Right now, data may be what we intentionally share, or what is gathered about us – the product of surveillance and tracking. We are the customer, but our data are...
From Putting People First
Insights from network data analysis that yield field observations
As part of Ethnomining, the April 2013 Ethnographymatters edition on combining qualitative and quantitative data, edited by Nicolas Nova, Fabien Girardin describes...
From Putting People First
Bitcoin is just the poster currency for a growing movement of alternative tender
Scott Smith of futures research lab Changeist writes in Quartz about the long history of alternative currencies, and criticizes Bitcoin because “they set too high...
From Putting People First
Designing better experiences through data
Access to big data is growing at an incredible pace. With increased information from various sources available on smartphones and tablets, many companies now realize...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technologies of Touch
From a recent TED: A look at the technology of Touch. We did a number of experiments with touch interaction with products. The attempt was to include other senses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Effective Data Visualization
In Greenplum: Procter's now classic data visualization dashboards compared to other approaches like Infographic style producer Periscopic. I have problems with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Science
In the NYT quoting the HBR: On the sexiness of data science. Its still structure, logic and quantitative analytics. Hardly sexy to most. Well described "...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Measures Are Better
The Littlewood conjecture—another drive you crazy conjecture John Littlewood is the latter half of famous duo of Hardy-Littlewood. I have discussed him before here...
From updated sporadically at best
On Choosing Between Good Schools
I have been talking to many people recently about choosing schools, both for undergraduate and graduate education. Here is a compilation and elaboration of what...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Reminder: Call for White Papers on Mid-Scale Infrastructure Investments for Computing Research
As we’ve previously blogged, The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is turning to the Computing Research community for their input on the needs and potential...
From Apophenia
why I’m quitting Mendeley (and why my employer has nothing to do with it)
Earlier this week, Mendeley was bought by Elsevier. I posted the announcement on Twitter to state that I would be quitting Mendeley. This tweet sparked a conversation...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE AD Issues Letter to the Community on FY14 Budget
Yesterday, the President submitted his FY14 budget request to Congress. This request included an 8.4% increase over 2012 levels for NSF, with a 9.8% increase in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Resources For Teaching Binary Numbers
Several years ago I wrote a post on my old blog with resources for teaching Binary. Since I no longer have access to that site I can’t update it with more links...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G and Shopper Marketing
In Adage: P&G regains top slot in shopper marketing. Based on a survey of agencies. No direct indication of innovation.
From Wild WebMink
Thinking Of Starting A Foundation?
Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: Open source projects are increasingly opting to form an independent entity – a “Foundation” – to form the core of their...
From Schneier on Security
Thieves Use Video Camera to Stake Out Properties
If the police can use cameras, so can the burglars.
From Computational Complexity
Technology and Jobs
Entertainment Weekly reported last month on the bankruptcy of the special effects company Rhythm and Hues and the troubled industry. I remarked five years ago that...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science as a Teaching Strategy
Recently one of my Facebook friends, Rebecca Dovi, computer science teacher in Virginia, posted an article from Education News, Julia Steiny: Promote Algebra by...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog