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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
Book: Connected Health
Connected Health: How mobile phones, cloud, and big data will reinvent healthcare by Jody Ranck, DrPH GigaOm Books, June 2012 170 pages [Amazon Kindle edition]...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Designing Dashboards
Good overview about the process. Simple focused and uncluttered. " ... It
From The Eponymous Pickle
Live Online Tomorrow: Turing Celebration
If you can't attend ACM's Turing Centenary Celebration, you can still experience the thrill of rubbing elbows with ACM Turing Award winners
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boom for Online Workers
MJ Perry reports. Increasingly, suppliers of remote online expertise are gaining acceptance. Expect this to continue as the Cloud increases its resources.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eye Tracking Research for Food Labeling
Fairly obvious. But worth reviewing for understanding how shoppers interact with labeling. Shoppers also interact with labels differently according to the store...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dad's Influencing Shopping More
Dad's increase their influence on shopping, according to recent study. " ... with 52% reporting being the household's primary grocery shopper, according to the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
OMB, OSTP Specify Priorities for FY 2014
Around this time every year, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) typically issue a joint guidance...
From Schneier on Security
Cheating in Online Classes
Interesting article: In the case of that student, the professor in the course had tried to prevent cheating by using a testing system that pulled questions at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Spotfire Adds Hadoop and iPad Support
In a further nod to the sexiness of big data and mobile tablets, Tibco's Spotfire analytics and visualization tool has added a number of new capabilities. Spotfire...
From Computational Complexity
Do 50-1 longshots in the Kentucky Derby ever come in?
(I delayed posting this until after The Belmont Stakes since I wanted to see if there would be a Triple Crown winner.Alas, I'll have another was scratched. From...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Live Webcast: Launching the US Ignite Broadband Initiative
As we described in this space yesterday, this morning at an event at the White House,
From Schneier on Security
Cyberwar Treaties
We're in the early years of a cyberwar arms race. It's expensive, it's destabilizing, and it threatens the very fabric of the Internet we use every day. Cyberwar...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration!
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration! Our 2012 Summer Camps are first come, first served. Don't...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
How Grad School Prepared Me For Looking After a Baby
Odd as it may seem, there are some things that grad school has done well to prepare me for surviving my maternity leave.Here are a few:I'm used to being home alone...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Science or Information Technology
On the evolution of the computer science degree. I had a discussion with a prof recently on his school's removing the CS degree and how businesses adamantly disagreed...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Administration Announcing US Ignite Broadband Initiative
At a White House event Thursday morning, the Administration
From Schneier on Security
Teaching the Security Mindset
In 2008 I wrote about the security mindset and how difficult it is to teach. Two professors teaching a cyberwarfare class gave an exam where they expected their...
From Apophenia
Bringing Research to Bear on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors (a.k.a.
I believe that technology can be leveraged to empower people in amazing ways, but I also recognize that it can also be used in deeply disturbing ways. All too often...
From Putting People First
Who
Method principal Reuben Steiger argues that companies need to start thinking about the holistic relationship between their brands, products, and services. “Crafting...
From Putting People First