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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
USACM Offers Comments on Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategy
The National Science Foundation (NSF) sought comments on the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Plan. The plan was released in late 2011, and NSF was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boosting Productivity with Social Media
In the HBR Blogs: A video interview with Alexandra Samuel. Some interesting points here. Yes, I believe this can be done, selectively. I do not yet believeVision...
From Putting People First
Seven questions with library anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster
In her work anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster applies anthropological principles to the study of the university’s libraries and their users. By focusing on the...
From Putting People First
Dan Saffer on how we *should* interact with the automobiles of the (near) future
Smart Design’s Dan Saffer discusses on Fast Company on how we should interact with the automobiles of the (near) future: “What will this feel like, riding in our...
From Putting People First
How technology has restored the soul of politics
Longtime political operative Joe Trippi advocates a bottom-up, people-centered politics, and cheers the innovations of Obama 2012, saying they restored the primacy...
From CERIAS Blog
Desperate Convenience: Login with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn
Is your management thinking about allowing people to login to your precious systems by using their Facebook, Google or LinkedIn accounts? What are the risks?...
From CERIAS Blog
Login with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn
Is your management considering logins using Facebook, Google or LinkedIn accounts? What are the risks? One consideration is password policies. I experimented...
From Putting People First
Design in the service of austerity
The UK government’s deficit reduction plan may fall short of its targets, prompting speculation that austerity measures will have to continue into the next parliament...
From Schneier on Security
China Now Blocking Encryption
The "Great Firewall of China" is now able to detect and block encryption: A number of companies providing "virtual private network" (VPN) services to users in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Become A CS Education Thought Leader
I don’t think many people set out to be thought leaders. I sure didn’t but yet I have been called that from time to time. I think that is more flattering than true...
From Wild WebMink
Neelie Kroes Endorses Open Source
This video message from EU vice president Neelie Kroes includes a fantastic explanation of the benefits of open source for public administrations.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Getting Ready for SIGCSE 2013
Somewhere I read that I should buy a plane ticket three months before a trip in order to get the best price. If that's right, then I'm almost two weeks overdue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Ads Fail
In AdAge: Why Mobile Ads Still Fail. Interesting look into the industry and related statistics. Is it because we just don't want them on our phone?
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Research Article About Me: Creating Compelling Computer Games
There's a nice story about my research on the Carleton website. I'm particularly happy to see it because it hasn't been easy to figure out my exact thesis project...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Precise Innovation Terminology
Having better terminology for innovation, like it is for many things, makes lots of sense. I find myself often getting into debates about analytics based on this...
From CERIAS Blog
Looking for fail2ban++
If you're looking for a worthwhile project, here's something that could benefit most security practitioners. The application "fail2ban" has been extremely useful...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Branch And Bound—Why Does It Work?
One of the mysteries of computational theory source—our congratulations George Nemhauser is one of the world experts on all things having to do with large-scale...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oak Ridge Visualization
A short piece on the use of visualization methods at Oak Ridge Labs. Using multiple projectors and images for analytics. Working on a project now that includes...
From Schneier on Security
Information-Age Law Enforcement Techniques
This is an interesting blog post: Buried inside a recent United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report titled Use of Internet for Terrorist Purposes one canHere's...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson