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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 Putting People First
UK Report: Notions of identity will be transformed in the next decade
Hyper-connectivity – where people are constantly connected to social networks and streams of information – will have a transforming effect on how we see ourselves...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delete All EMails Simplifies Communications
In ComputerWorld: In a review of the new Blackberry phone the idea of a 'delete all' email button is mentioned. I remember that capability when I used a Backberry...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Recipe
Chorizo-stuffed squid with potatoes, capers and sage. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
From Schneier on Security
I Seem to Be a Physical Security Expert Now
This seems so obviously written by someone who Googled me on the Internet, without any other knowledge of who I am or what i do.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Sponsored Workshop for Multidisciplinary Research for Online Education (MROE)
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Douglas H. Fisher, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University...
From Schneier on Security
Millennials and Cybersecurity
This long report looks at risky online behavior among the Millennial generation, and finds that they respond positively to automatic reminders and prodding. No...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Promoting Computer Science
Computer Science is an elective class in my high school district and in many other districts. The simple truth is that elective teachers must promote their courses...
From Schneier on Security
Inauguration Security
A first-person account of the security surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama.
From Wild WebMink
US Hearing To Test Lemley Patents Proposal
A rare en banc hearing of the US federal circuit court today will re-hear the arguments over a fiercely-fought software patent case, CLS Bank vs Alice Corp (the...
From Wild WebMink
TDF Keeps Up The Pressure
The release of LibreOffice 4.0 continues the regular drumbeat of feature releases (coupled with maintaining a known-stable earlier version) that’s a signature strategy...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Improvisational Teaching
Yesterday I had a situation where several students were playing catch up after absences and the rest of the class had finished a programming exercise sooner than...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Taleb on Accepting Uncertainty and Volatility
Nassim Nicholas Taleb reviewing his new book on Accepting Uncertainty, Embracing Volatility in Knowledge@Wharton. Over the years I have talked to many vendors...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data Startup to Solve Healthcare
Vincent Granville looks at a way to have big data fix healthcare. Even if Data Science does not solve the whole problem, the exercise might be valuable. An interesting...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Polynomials Behaving Badly
Composite Moduli Ahead—Danger Ken Jeong is a doctor of internal medicine, and a stand-up comic, and a TV and movie actor. His full name is Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G CEO Drives Steps for Analytics
In InformationWeek: More from P&G's CEO on the relevance of analytics. He gives key steps in making analytics work in the large enterprise: Putting it at the...
From Wild WebMink
CDB: Not Dead Yet
The Communications Data Bill may have come under heavy fire in Parliament, but it’s not dead yet – and it’s already cost us a fortune even without becoming law....
From Putting People First
Book: Beyond Smart Cities
(Wow, it covers Turin!) Beyond Smart Cities: How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate Tim Campbell Routledge, 2012 The promise of competitiveness and economic growth...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Analytics in Retail: The Book
Large companies can afford the ability to use consultants who can help them understand such terms as 'Business Intelligence'. 'Predictive Analytics', "Big Data'...
From Schneier on Security
Tide Becomes Drug Currency
Basically, Tide detergent is a popular product with a very small profit margin. So small non-chain grocery and convenience stores are happy to buy it cheaply,started...
From The Eponymous Pickle