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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 Computational Complexity
How do legit fields of knowledge decide between competing fields? How does Astrology?
Euler was born April 15, 1707. Hence by the Western Astrology that we all ignore he is an Aries. However, I recently heard about another way (also worth ignoring)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Encyclopedia Britannica's 2010 Issue will be its Last in Print
In a true knowledge milestone, the 244 year old Encyclopedia Britannica will cease print editions with the 2010 edition this year. They will continue to produce...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS and Hadoop Connector
From Steve Polilli of SAS:" ... SAS published news of a newly available Hadoop access connector, The new Hadoop support allows the industry
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Building Better Rubrics Using Game Design
Game-like grading systems, a sense of playfulness, and more. Ian Schreiber gave a talk for AltDevConf on using principles of game design when teaching and showed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Browsers and Buyers
Roger Dooley gives a good recap of the presentations at the SXSW conference that dealt with neuromarketing and related capabilities.
From Schneier on Security
A Negative Liars and Outliers Review
Ths person didn't like it at all. It'll go up on the book's webpage, along with all the positive reviews.
From Schneier on Security
The Security of Multi-Word Passphrases
Interesting research on the security of passphrases. From a blog post on the work: We found about 8,000 phrases using a 20,000 phrase dictionary. Using a very...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Store Scanning Devices vs Apps
A short piece in the Boston Globe which notes that Stop & Shop is still the only major company that is generally providing in-aisle retail scanning. I worked...
From Wild WebMink
? Writing For InfoWorld
You may have spotted two posts by me on InfoWorld in the US recently (one about LibreOffice and one about OIN). I’m pleased to say that I was approached by them...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP Seeking to Work With Startups
In the WSJ: An article about how SAP is trying to promote its HANA methods with big data startups. It is naturally difficult for large enterprises to work with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Weak Neuroimaging Science
Stan Dyck sends along a link to this paper about weak neuroimaging science. I did some work with a company in trying to understand how well neuroscience was being...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Storytelling for Brands.
Storytelling for brands, and storytelling has a timeline, so Facebook timelines can tell a story, including those about brands.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM and SIGCHI Comment on Section 508 Refresh on Accessibility
USACM and SIGCHI submitted comments this week to the Access Board on the Draft ICT Standards and Guidelines on accessibility of federal government information and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DoE Announces EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards
The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has issued a call for
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Make a Difference
n January 2008, CSTA launched the CSTA Leadership Cohort. The goal of the cohort is to identify and support two teacher leaders in each state who are working to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Director Stepping Down, Heading to Google
As our colleagues at CRA’s Policy Blog
From Schneier on Security
Video Shows TSA Full-Body Scanner Failure
The Internet is buzzing about this video, showing a blogger walking through two different types of full-body scanners with metal objects. Basically, by placing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Backstage at the P&G Digital Meeting
More information about last week's meetings at Procter & Gamble on the power of digital. Background interviews.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ethics of Blogging
In the NYT section on Media and Advertising: Good piece by David Carr on the ethics of blogging. On the aspects of aggregation versus completely novel column...
From The Eponymous Pickle