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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 My Biased Coin
Max Flows in O(nm) Time by Orlin
Just saw Suresh point to this talk (and paper) about a new result for max flows in O(nm) time by James Orlin. I'm listening to the talk he has on line this afternoon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Design vs Functionality
An interesting view. With the obvious example of smartphones converging on a rectangular design. " ... In a pre-iPhone age, mobile phones came in all shapes...
From Schneier on Security
Conversation about Liars and Outliers on The WELL
I'm on The WELL right now -- for the next week or so -- discussing my new book with anyone who wants to participate. I'm also at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart uses Semantic Search
It is likely we will continue to see more efforts like this in retail, the claim for immediate improvement is particularly interesting: " ... Walmart like many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Packaging Through Collaboration
In Innovation Excellence: General Mills example of using open innovation by working closely with suppliers, increasingly common in industry today.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
“Tech Jobs Are All Across America”
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI) is out with a new report that integrates data from multiple sources, including the biennial Bureau of Labor Statistics...
From Wild WebMink
App.Net Ignores Software Freedom
Plenty of “open”, “ad-free” and even “free” is mentioned in various places, of course. But I took a good look at App.Net and found the concepts of software freedom...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Controversies For Fun and Discussion
I love a good discussion. Pros and cons and honest and hopefully friendly discussion of issue with different opinions make for good learning experiences. One of...
From Putting People First
The new multi-screen world: understanding cross-platform consumer behavior
Google published yesterday a research report on how consumers use different devices together and navigating the new multi-screen world. They set out to learn not...
From Putting People First
The best interface is no interface
Golden Krishna of Cooper argues that it’s time for us to move beyond screen-based thinking. “Because when we think in screens, we design based upon a model that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Analytics
New book by a long time colleague: Business Analytics: Methods Models and Decisions. by James R EvansThis book provides readers with the fundamental conceptsOn...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A U.S.-Israel Collaboration in Computer Science
The National Science Foundation (NSF), together with the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), today announced the U.S.-Israel Collaboration...
From My Biased Coin
Academic Dishonesty Cases
I have a bunch of half-written blog posts, none of which I have felt pressed to finish, so the blog has languished over the summer. But then, something has come...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Membership Benefits
CSTA has recently produced a brand –new Members Benefit brochure. If you have not received a copy, you can access it by clicking on the Membership Information1)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Supply Chain Performance
A very good piece on the topic. Deals with the strategic, operational and especially financial aspects of the problem. If we can't measure we can hardly improve...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BOI Solutions: Groundbreaking Business Intelligence Delivery
Newly brought to by attention again. The excellent and unique work done by BOI Systems." ... Procter & Gamble’s groundbreaking Business Sphere environments enable...
From The Noisy Channel
Panos Ipeirotis talking at LinkedIn about Crowdsourcing!
Sharing knowledge is part of our core culture at LinkedIn, whether it’s through hackdays or contributions to open-source projects. We actively participate in academic...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Bit by Bit: A Young Woman's Guide to Entering and Succeeding in High Tech Careers
A new book all about high tech careers for women has finally found its way onto Amazon! I was interviewed for this book (Bit by Bit: A Young Woman's Guide to Entering...
From Schneier on Security
The Psychological Effects of Terrorism
Shelly C. McArdle, Heather Rosoff, Richard S. John (2012), "The Dynamics of Evolving Beliefs, Concerns Emotions, and Behavioral Avoidance Following 9/11: A Longitudinal...
From The Eponymous Pickle