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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
Text Message Retention Policies
The FBI wants cell phone carriers to store SMS messages for a long time, enabling them to conduct surveillance backwards in time. Nothing new there -- data retention...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Supply Chain Risks
And the dangers of an opaque supply chain. And how this increases in a complicated world. And how this relates to the recent horsemeat scandal. " ... Two...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nielsen Tracking
In Adage: How Nielsen tracks almost everything, with some mini case studies of how it works. Instructive.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Story Graph Example Inspired by The Paper Bag Princess
Without giving too much away, I wanted to share an early example of the types of story graphs I'm working on for my thesis. This was my first example, and it's...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Launches Search Committee for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Division Director
The following was submitted by Farnam Jahanian, NSF Assistant Director for CISE. Dear Colleagues, The National Science Foundation CISE Directorate is pleased to...
From Computational Complexity
The Slot Machine Theory of Paper Submissions
Why do scientists publish so much? There is the whole "publish or perish" thing but that doesn't explain the large increase in quantity of publications. With a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheap Data Visualization
There are lot of possibilities here. This slideshow outlines them. I also see that Tableau 8 is out today, plan to look at that excellent package for interactive...
From Wild WebMink
Leveson Collateral Damage
I just sent this to my MP. Feel free to borrow from it. Dear $MP, I’m one of your constituents ($postcode), as well as being a pro bono director of Open Rights...
From Schneier on Security
When Technology Overtakes Security
A core, not side, effect of technology is its ability to magnify power and multiply force -- for both attackers and defenders. One side creates ceramic handguns...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Math, Physics, Art and the Spirograph
When I was a kid there were a number of spirograph toys available. Some, like the ones available today, had gears and circles with sprockets. One very old toy that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future of MOOC U
In the Pennsylvania Gazette, an excellent and detailed article on Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). My undergraduate alma mater, The University of Pennsylvania...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consumer Cloud for Mobile Health Data
A not unexpected development. Standards will lead to the application of analytics:WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health dataWebMD is also building...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Urban Mobility Innovation
A topic of particular interest, special report:Next Stop, Innovation: What’s Ahead for Urban Mobility? Transportation in the 21st century is entering a robust phase...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Upcoming Event – ACM Turing Award Recipient Dr. Vint Cerf on “Reinventing the Internet”
ACM Turing Award Recipient Dr. Vint Cerf on “Reinventing the Internet” Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:30 pm Google DC 1101 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robotics Roadmap 2.0 on the Hill
The Congressional Robotics Caucus held a briefing this morning on the Robotics Roadmap 2.0(PDF), a follow up report to the CCC-led Robotics Roadmap(PDF) published...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Revenue Management with Negotiation
University of Cincinnati's research seminars organized by the Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS) department at the Carl H. Lindner...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for White Papers on Mid-Scale Infrastructure Investments for Computing Research
The Computing Community Consortium is seeking community input to better understand the potential needs and payoff for additional investments in mid-scale infrastructure...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using the Code.org Video for Grassroots Advocacy
The code.org video has started a lot of conversations, but it takes you to bring that conversation home to your school district. Here is a 5-minute advocacy idea...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Thousand Percent Solution
Boeing Dreamliner’s battery of problems Ray LaHood was until recently the top FAA administrator, the head of the U.S. agency that oversees air safety for the United...
From Putting People First