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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
Driverless Cars Licensed for Test in Nevada
Google continues its test of driverless automobiles. A view of the future, when this will become common? Or will the idea be thwarted by accidents? For this...
From Wild WebMink
Bad News For The Meshed Society?
The Oracle/Google initial verdict is out in the US, and it’s bad news for the 21st century software industry. My take is on InfoWorld, but there’s still a fragment...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data can Show Large ROI
Intriguing piece with some case studies about how big data can lead to ROI. By examining the real relationships in the data. This points to may potential opportunities...
From Computational Complexity
Paying to Publish
You proved a nice theorem, wrote up the paper and submitted it to a major computer science conference. Your paper was accepted! Congratulations. Now pay up. An...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Peapod Store in Chicago Tunnel
The approach uses simple smartphone scanning. " ... A Chicago "L" station is about the last place you would think of to pick up a carton of milk. But online grocer...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Open Book Exams and SMOP
It is perhaps fitting to write a blog about teaching programming while I sit here and monitor my students as they write the final exam. I did my other exam yesterday...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Vision Allows Group Drone Flying
From the Fraunhofer Institute: In continued development of advanced imaging and control, this development is added to the broader development of drone sensors...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 7
May 9 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the consumer privacy reports issued by the Federal Trade Commission...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Surge in Postdocs Continues, According to Latest Survey Data
The recent surge in the number of new Ph.D.s in computer science and allied fields pursuing postdoctoral positions
From Schneier on Security
Naval Drones
With all the talk about airborne drones like the Predator, it's easy to forget that drones can be in the water as well. Meet the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 May 2012
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From Wild WebMink
Making Hybrid PDFs
It’s easy with LibreOffice. Send people attachments you can be sure they can view, but
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile no Longer Optional for Visualization
Notes In Znet: I largely agree. Tablets have become the new normal for viz. I don't think I would acquire a visualization application that I could not display...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mind Mapping Expertise
From the Biggerplate mind mapping library blog: " ... Liam meets mapping expert Philippe Boukobza: Last week I was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity...
From Wild WebMink
Half Dome Sunset
Reblogged from The Global Mink: Despite the crowds who gather to share the experience, watching the sun set and the shadow of the Sierras pass across the face of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Front Line Workers Need to Innovate
I much agree. It is ultimately essential. But in real life experience the effort is often seen as wasting time. Real rewards for it are often slow in coming....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Philosophy vs Science
In data management. More akin to social science versus physics. There is science involved, but it is of the statistical rather than the precise law kind. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Orange Ads Work Better on Facebook
Tailoring ad effectiveness. Makes sense to look at this analytically.Not Unlike Continual Improvement Processes in Factories, CPG Giant Taps Data to Constantly...
From Putting People First
The false question of attention economics
An older post, but I missed it. So here it is, more than two years after it was published by Stowe Boyd: “A few posts have emerged recently that recapitulate the...
From Putting People First