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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
Jacob Appelbaum's 29C3 Keynote Speech
This speech from last December's 29C3 (29th Chaos Communication Congress) is worth listening to. He talks about what we can do in the face of oppressive power...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Throw Out The Usual Suspects
Anyone who has spent time in a classroom knows that there are some students, usually a small number, to take up most of the class participation. It’s not that they...
From Wild WebMink
Learning from LibreOffice
LibreOffice is built from a large legacy codebase that dates back over 20 years. It includes millions of lines of code, can be compiled for a wide range of platforms...
From Schneier on Security
Guessing Smart Phone PINs by Monitoring the Accelerometer
"Practicality of Accelerometer Side Channels on Smartphones," by Adam J. Aviv. Benjamin Sapp, Matt Blaze, and Jonathan M. Smith. Abstract: Modern smartphonesArticle...
From Computational Complexity
Beauty and Science
Christopher Shea wrote a recent Chronicle Review article Is Scientific Truth Always Beautiful? I would argue the answer is yes, and it boils down to Occam's Razor...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
New Thoughts on App Inventor
In September 2011, I posted about how much I like App Inventor as a tool to get students excited about computer science along with believing that they have the...
From My Biased Coin
ICALP formatting
Given the loud outcry regarding the STOC 2013 formatting, which gave you 10 double-column pages to work with (at the cost of, you know, having to turn your paper...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Kid Friendly Newspapers Via Augmented Reality
Someone recently shared this Popular Science article about an augmented reality app that 'translates' newspapers for children. The main idea is to simplify the...
From Schneier on Security
Using the iWatch for Authentication
Usability engineer Bruce Tognazzini talks about how an iWatch -- which seems to be either a mythical Apple product or one actually in development -- can make authentication...
From Putting People First
First outputs from Intel research centre on sustainable connected cities
The Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities – a cooperation between University College London (UCL), Imperial College London and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Anita Jones Receives AAAS’ Highest Honor
Congratulations to CCC Council member Anita Jones for being named the recipient of the 2012 Philip Hauge Ableson Award. The Ableson award is the highest award conferred...
From Schneier on Security
Anti-Cheating Security in Casinos
Long article. With over a thousand cameras operating 24/7, the monitoring room creates tremendous amounts of data every day, most of which goes unseen. Six technicians...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Beware the Scaffold That Becomes Crutch
This year I am experimenting with scaffolding to help students get started with projects. For example I started one group with a project to calculate BMI (BodyDescaffolding...
From Wild WebMink
A Real Love Song
For Valentine’s Day, here’s a song about real love. That’s Who Are We Fooling, by Brooke Fraser and Aqualung. Amazon UK will give you £1 to buy any track if you...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science - Part of English Baccalaureate
There is some good news from the UK in that Computer Science is going to be part of English Baccalaureate (secondary school) program there. The Ministry of Education...
From My Biased Coin
Online Censorship Day and Other Links
1) Sharon Goldberg and Nick Feamster asked me to announce the following:In the tradition of CAEC, NYCE, and etc, we are holding a "Day" on online censorship at...
From Schneier on Security
Real-World Prisoner's Dilemma from France
This is a real story of a pair of identical twins who are suspected in a crime. There is there is CCTV and DNA evidence that could implicate either suspect. Detailed...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Informatics Prize
From a specialty in Complex Analysis Rolf Nevanlinna was one of the top complex analysts of the last century, and is widely cited as the most famous Finnish mathematician...
From Computational Complexity
The Complexity-STOC Bonanza
STOC and Complexity are co-located this July in beautiful Palo Alto, California. Both conferences have just announced their accepted papers: STOC (with PDF links...
From Putting People First