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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
The new face of digital populism: The Netherlands
Ahead of next week’s Dutch election, the UK think tank Demos launched Populism in Europe: Netherlands, which analyses the rise of Geert Wilders’ Partij voor de...
From Putting People First
Marko Ahtisaari, “Nokia’s visionary,” wants to “out-design Apple”
Marko Athisaari, Nokia’s head of design, is pushing a general overall vision where advanced function is blended into unforgettable form¿post-industrial form. The...
From Computational Complexity
The Time of Research
Among the many conference/journal discussions, one systems person said the reason they don't publish in journals is that their work is very dependent on current...
From Putting People First
Intel annual ‘Mobile Etiquette’ study examines online sharing behaviors around the world
According to a recent multi-country study commissioned by Intel Corporation and conducted by Ipsos Observer on “Mobile Etiquette,” the majority of adults and teens...
From Putting People First
Consumers say no to mobile apps that grab too much data
A study by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, found that among Americans adults who use smartphone apps, half had decided not to install applications...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
How Sports is Embracing Big Data
We’ve blogged extensively in this space over the last few months about the promise of Big Data science and engineering, including stories describing how very large...
From Schneier on Security
Database of 12 Million Apple UDIDs Haked
In this story, we learn that hackers got their hands on a database of 12 million Apple Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) by hacking an FBI laptop. When I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marginal Revolution University
MJ Perry reports on online instruction at Marginal University. Another example of college courses online." ... We think education should be better, cheaper, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Developing Digital Strategy
Well thought out piece .in Mashable. " ... When defining and developing strategy, marketers and agencies must ensure that their clients understand that strategy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supply Chain Book
I was introduced to a new and visually instructive book on optimizing the supply chain: Supply Chain Network Design: Applying Optimization and Analytics to the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New MS Logo
A new logo for MS, also has some links to past logos of Windows. We traveled to Redmond way back then during Windows 1, talked to Gates, who tried to convince...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teaching Robots to Improvise
More on robots improvising. An important step.The ones that will ultimately be able to sense. react to and plan for their future under a given set of goals will...
From Wild WebMink
It’s Not Just The Hugos
DRM farces are like London buses. You wait for ever, and then several come along at once. After writing my story for ComputerWorld about the blackout of the Hugo...
From Schneier on Security
Wall Street Journal Review of Liars and Outliers
Liars and Outliers (along with two other books: Kip Hawley's memoir of his time at the TSA and Against Security, by Harvey Molotch) has been reviewed in the Wall...
From Computational Complexity
Theory Day at UMCP Oct 24
The University of Maryland at College park is having a Theory Day on Wed Oct 24! Come hear Distinguished talks by Julia Chuzhoy and Venkataesan Guruswami! Short...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Brain-Computer Interfaces
In this fascinating piece of research, the question is asked: can we surreptitiously collect secret information from the brains of people using brain-computer interface...
From My Biased Coin
But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
First day of lecture for CS 222, Algorithms at the End of the Wire. They stuck me in a classroom that holds 20 comfortably, and 25 or so can be done. I'm pretty...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
"We are the Faces of Computing" Poster Contest Launches
The CSTA is pleased to announce the launching of its student poster contest, "We are the Faces of Computing". For this contest, students are asked to create a poster...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Thinking Out of the Notation Box
How we cope with overloaded words and symbols src Georg Cantor invented not only the concepts of transfinite cardinal and ordinal numbers, but also the notation...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog