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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 Computer Science Teachers Association
There's Nothing Like a Good Book!
I understand there are good reasons to push for more digital texts, and for the "fully immersive digital experience". But there is nothing like a good book, there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autonomous Software
In CACM: On Mars,the use of autonomous software. " .... Among the most innovative applications NASA computer scientists have contributed to the mission is Autonomous...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oracle Presentation
Prep for a presentation led me to this recent Oracle presentation on advanced analytics and in-database techniques.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
More Interview With Kurt Gödel
Part II of the GLL exclusive src Kurt Gödel has assented to our publishing the second part of the interview we conducted with him a year ago. We had his assent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
View of the Future of Retail
Armen Najarian of IBM points me to video and presentations from the recent Akami Edge customer conference. General overview here. Mobile is by definition about...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Should you follow the experts?
It is silly to say that ignorance is strength. However, the contrary statement is not follow the experts. The right knowledge is strength. The tricky part is that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whats Next for Business Analytics
Information Management on what is next in Business Analytics. Fairly simplistic and obvious statements as I see it. Its should all be about linking it to the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Rethinking Computers and Security
The New York Times article, “Killing the Computer to Save It,” takes a closer look at how Dr. Peter G. Neumann, a computer scientist who specializes in computer...
From Wild WebMink
Downloads Prove There Are Downloaders
And nothing more. My experience at Sun showed me that, when you use downloads as a metric for project success, you’re missing the point and perhaps trying to distract...
From Schneier on Security
Loopholes
Interesting This American Life show on loopholes. The first part is about getting around the Church's ban against suicide. The second part is about an interesting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Blog Roll
I thought I had moved a copy of this to my current blogging location but it appears not. Just an attempt to help others find great computer science education blogs...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Protected: Computing and Healthcare: New Opportunities and Directions
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
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Computing and Healthcare (C&H) have been receiving a great deal of attention in recent years. For example the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Value &...
From Computational Complexity
Random thoughts on the election
Neither Lance and I have commented much on the Prez election. I only found one post from 2012 that mentioned Romney: Romney vs Aaronson. A few mentioned Obama but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Twitter Visualization
A holy grail: How do I do something that looks like prediction using big data and high volume data like tweets? It does come back to the question: How well can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G and ShopKick
In Adage: Why and how P&G aided Shopkick. Also hints about how large companies are connecting with technical startups these days.
From Wild WebMink
Open Means No Patents
I’m delighted with the definitions the UK Government has chosen for “open source” and “open standards” in their new Open Standards Principles. They are using OSI...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coca Cola and Innovation
Note the Innovation beyond just product. End to end innovation is important. " ... Mel Landis, chief customer officer for Coca-Cola Refreshments, said the company...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog