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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 The Eponymous Pickle
What is in-Memory Analytics?
Bill Franks provides a good overview. Read the whole piece, well put. " There
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Localizing Stores
Wal-Mart is Localizing its stores with Facebook. I recall this general idea proposed during the early days of web sites being commonly available. Long before...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tasting Jams and Dating Sites
Match making online. Head versus heart. A dated WSJ article which led me back to some of our matching work for many other purposes. But does it work for matching...
From Schneier on Security
Cybersecurity at the Doctor's Office
I like this essay because it nicely illustrates the security mindset.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DoD Announces Robotics Grants
Last fall, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for its Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), which “augments...
From Computational Complexity
Meetings/Conferences/Workshops/Seminars- whats in a name?
In June 11-14 will be a new workshop: Algorithmic Frontiers. How many venues do we have for meetings? What the call themselves: Meetings (e.g., MATHFEST), Conferences...
From Putting People First
Researchers glean deep UI lessons from a haptic steering wheel
According to a new driving study, conducted by Professor SeungJun Kim at Carnegie Mellon
From The Eponymous Pickle
Texting Increases Truth
A study seems to show texting increase truthfulness. Less shading of the truth. I wonder if this is caused by the limitation of the size of the message? Less...
From Schneier on Security
Rules for Radicals
It was written in 1971, but this still seems like a cool book: For an elementary illustration of tactics, take parts of your face as the point of reference; your...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
KDD Workshop on Sustainability Calling for Papers
The organizers for this year’s second KDD workshop on Data Mining Applications in Sustainability (SustKDD 2012)
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What should the High School CS curriculum look like?
I get asked questions like this a lot
From The Eponymous Pickle
Organizing Your Business for Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: A favorite topic, when added to constructing innovation rich contexts. " ... Innovation is the process of linking an invention to satisfy...
From Schneier on Security
USB Drives and Wax Seals
Need some pre-industrial security for your USB drive? How about a wax seal? Neat, but I recommend combining it with encryption for even more security!
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Employee Magazine
IQ by Intel is a Flipboard like design, with bright graphics, using social measures to promote the Intel brand to younger demographics. More in Adage.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearing Health Devices
In Technology Review: On wearing small health devices. Small monitors have been around for a long time. The challenge may be how to deal with the data and the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute
Byron Sharp, professor at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia, has been a long term correspondent. My former enterprise is a major sponsor...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Recapping Last Week
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Mario Berg
From Schneier on Security