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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 U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congressional Briefing on Software Patent Reforms
Leading high-tech executives spoke this week on the best ways to promote innovation and improve the quality of software patents at an industry-sponsored Congressional...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Land Squids
Funny. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations sought for CCC Council
The Computing Community Consortium is governed by an 18-member Council, with members on 3-year staggered terms. The CCC’s Nominating Committee invites nominations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safeway Avoids Print
In Adage: Safeway looks at a world without print ads, moves digital. " ... Safeway is doing its best to eliminate print advertising in favor of more personalized...
From Schneier on Security
I Was on Inventing the Future
I was a guest on Inventing the Future, for an episode on surveillance technology. The video is here.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Form Available for CRA Outstanding Undergrad Researchers Award
The Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American colleges and universities...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Research Questions About MOOCs
In a Communications of the ACM Blog, Mark Guzdial raises some probing “Research Questions About MOOCs.” He points to recent articles that explore the impact of...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
PD Points and Teacher Licensing: Chickens and Eggs
I am nearing the end of my five year cycle for recertification, so I am reviewing what professional development activities I have participated in to see what qualifies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iPad Addiction
In Baseline Mag: Some thoughts and statistics about how people are getting addicted to the tablet format. Retailers and marketers should notice this.
From Schneier on Security
Hacking the Papal Election
As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, security people like me wonder about the process. How does it work, and just how hard would it be to hack...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Create a Mind
A piece on Ray Kurzweil's (now at Google) latest book: How to Create a Mind: the Secret of Human Thought Revealed. Always fascinating, sometimes over the top...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Cost of Suspicion
An interesting HBR case study of the cost of suspicion in the enterprise. Refreshingly different piece. Also hints at how this can go beyond just the usual personnel...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Obama Endorses Programming Classes in High School
On one hand this is great. The President of the United States promotes computer science education. On the other hand he talks about it primarily as a vocational...
From Schneier on Security
All Those Companies that Can't Afford Dedicated Security
This is interesting: In the security practice, we have our own version of no-man's land, and that's midsize companies. Wendy Nather refers to these folks as being...
From Putting People First
The curious cult of the connected thermostat
Nick Hunn, CTO at Onzo, a “smarter than normal” Smart Energy start-up, criticizes the service model of the Nest thermostat: “A basic programmable thermostat in...
From Wild WebMink
Python Issue Slithers Away?
Looks like Python Hosting is no more. I’ve seen nothing official, but I note from veber.co.uk that the new name for their cloud hosting is Veber Cloud. My story...
From Putting People First
Lean and user experience, again
When anthropologist Natalie Hanson was asked last year to contribute to a new book called The Handbook of Business Anthropology, edited by Rita Denny and Patty...
From Putting People First
How will big data change design research?
Will design researchers (and our models and explanations) be replaced by data tables and “experience actuaries” that tell us what to build, for whom, and what it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neural Networks Retooling the Android
We used so-called artificial neural nets (ANN) in the enterprise over a decade ago for specific kinds of focused analysis of consumer data. Inspired by the brain's...
From The Eponymous Pickle