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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 Michael Nielsen
The artist and the machine
In September of 2012, a team of scientists released a photograph showing the most distant parts of the Universe ever seen by any human being. They obtained the...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
It Is the Little Things That Count
Most of us look at advocacy from a larger perspective. We think of it in terms of Districts, States, National, etc and we sometimes forget it is the little things...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Accepting Applications
The White House is currently accepting applications for the second round of the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program. The program pairs top innovators...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fitness Gamification
Again, what would appear to be an ideal application to embody in an engaging game. And with an App to be taken anywhere. And gather data. Wharton discussesFrom...
From Schneier on Security
New York Times Hacked by China
This was big news last week, and I spent a lot of time doing press interviews about it. But while it is an important story -- hacking a newspaper, looking forGhostNet...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Focus (Finding Outstanding Classrooms Using Social media)
The Focus (Finding Outstanding Classrooms Using Social media) is an online video show started by Don Wettrick to showcase GREAT teachers and students. I thought...
From My Biased Coin
Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones are in Town...
Harvard had a special faculty meet-the-director-deal thing for a preview of The Glass Menagerie, playing the next few weeks at the American Repertory Theater, that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud As Innovation Enabler in Consumer Goods
A set of observations about what is going on in Consumer Products from Smarter Planet. Some good examples of innovations to follow from the use of the Cloud. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Choosing a Pie Critique
Most of us who do data visualization know that the Pie Chart form is rarely a good choice for displaying comparative data to promote understanding. Though I have...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My Secret to Surviving Grad School With a Baby
When I reflected on all that's happened in the last year or so, I didn't mention how I managed to do it. My secret? An excellent support system!I'm really lucky...
From Computational Complexity
The (il)logic of fandom
(UMCP is having an REU (Research Experience for Undergradutes) this summer on Combinatorial Algorithms Applied Research. If you are an ugrad, go to that site and...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Council Endorses New Publishing Policy
ACM released this statement today on changes to its publishing policy. Considering discussions around copyright policy and open access, we thought our readers would...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Influencing Jobs
In IEEE Spectrum: How will robots effect the of market of 2045? An interview. " ... Automation has displaced a lot of workers in the last 50 years, and it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke War Room in Action
In Ad Age: A look at the Coke war room during the Super Bowl. Quite an interesting case of the real time, manual manipulation of a digital event. What kind of...
From Schneier on Security
Proactive Defense Papers
I just printed this out: "Proactive Defense for Evolving Cyber Threats," a Sandia Report by Richard Colbaugh and Kristin Glass. It's a collection of academic...
From Putting People First
Designing for the human brain
Sarah Rotman Epps of Forrester thinks the challenge ahead for wearables is in designing for the human brain. “No, I’m not talking about sensors implanted in your...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
XNA is Dead (or will be soon)
I’ve really loved using XNA Game Studio for game development. I think its been a great tool for hobbyists, students and even serious casual game developers. It...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Wally Addresses Computer Literacy
As a teacher, I love it when real-world events seem to come together and influence my teaching. Just the last week, I ran across a great Dilbert comic in which...
From Schneier on Security