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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
Employee Loyalty
Employee loyalty has declined for a very long time. It used to common for people to stay with firms for many years. But now companies do not in general provide...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MobileRQ
I was recently introduced to MobileRQ by a correspondent and its developer Tyler McKinley. Some nicely thought ideas of how to use multiple streams of data to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification of Processes
Brainyard overviews Gartner statistics on the gamification of processes. Pointing to a continuing trend. I like the idea well applied, but have often seen it '...
From The Eponymous Pickle
History of Data Science
A short but informative history of data science. I lived through lots of this history and recall its effect on the enterprise. Good resource.
From Wild WebMink
Suite Activity
While the news about the ongoing Oracle-Google trial in the US has been
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
One-on-One With 2011 Turing Award Winner Judea Pearl
As part of a continuing series of interviews with thought leaders in computing, our friends at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
From Schneier on Security
RuggedCom Inserts Backdoor into Its Products
All RuggedCom equipment comes with a built-in backdoor: The backdoor, which cannot be disabled, is found in all versions of the Rugged Operating System made by...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A reminder
Have you signed up for the best value in computer science education professional development? In today's economy, finding value for your professional development...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Comments on Electronic Health Records
USACM submitted its public comment on the proposed new and revised certification standards and implementation specifications that define the technological capabilities...
From Wild WebMink
Border Chaos
It’s not just Heathrow – Eurostar is a mess too. I had a meeting in Paris on Monday and was transiting London so took Eurostar instead of flying from Southampton...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF, NIH Hold Joint Webinar on BIGDATA Solicitation
Earlier this afternoon, the
From Schneier on Security
A Foiled Terrorist Plot
We don't know much, but here are my predictions: There's a lot more hyperbole to this story than reality. The explosive would have either 1) been caught by pre...
From My Biased Coin
Attribute-Efficient Learning (Guest Post by Justin Thaler)
[Editor's comment: Justin has been having quite a year; after a paper in ICS, he's recently had papers accepted to ISIT, ICALP, HotCloud, and COLT. In this guest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Economics of Information
In the WSJ: An examination of the value of information, using the Facebook IPO as an example. Their take, you are worth about $81 to Facebook.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teacher Appreciation Week 2012
Apparently it is teacher appreciation week in the US this week. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. In my house every day is teacher appreciation day.The...
From Wild WebMink
Speaking in San Jose, May 15
There’s a new speaker series being organised and hosted by PayPal at their campus in San Jose. I am honoured to be their inaugural speaker, on May 15th at 7pm....
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey on the Future of Work
The suggestion that the decrease in employment and hiring in the recent recession was unique. Because of the explosion of technologies before the recession, many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytical Ecosystems Explored
Just brought to my attention: Alan Greenspan, marketing manager at Teradata, is quoted: " ... When business justification calls for more than one system, organizations...
From Schneier on Security
Overreacting to Potential Bombs
This is a ridiculous overreaction: The police bomb squad was called to 2 World Financial Center in lower Manhattan at midday when a security guard reported a package...
From The Eponymous Pickle