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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
UPenn Professor Talks Robotics at TED 2012
Vijay Kumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics as well as Computer & Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a fascinating...
From Geeking with Greg
Ad targeting at Yahoo
A remarkably detailed paper, "Web-Scale User Modeling for Targeting" (PDF), will be presented at WWW 2012 that gives many insights into how Yahoo does personalized...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Dr Z
If you have downloaded and installed the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview you have noticed that is is different. In many ways very different from previous versions...
From Putting People First
In praise of lost time
Facebook Timeline is an exemplary bit of interaction design that does little to advance the timeline formally. Yet it might alter the nature of human memory itself...
From Putting People First
Striving and Surviving: exploring the lives of women at the Base of the Pyramid
On International Women’s Day, the GSMA mWomen Programme released a study called “Striving and Surviving
From The Eponymous Pickle
Priceonomics
Priceonomics. 130 million prices to buy or sell just about everything. I wonder why this kind of data has not been provided before.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Humboldt Squid Can Dive to 1.5 km
Yet another impressive Humboldt squid feat: "We've seen them make really impressive dives up to a kilometre and a half deep, swimming straight through a zone where...
From Schneier on Security
Liars and Outliers: Book Excerpt
Gizmodo published the beginning of Chapter 17: the last chapter.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why College?
Yesterday Edwin Guarin and I represented Microsoft at the formal opening of a computer lab at the Clark Elementary and Middle school in Hartford CT. The lab was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification Examples
I have now given several talks on the use of game dynamics for engagement and dreary task completion. I am often asked ... give me some real practical examples...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Science of Storytelling
In Forbes: A favorite research topic of mine. A form of neuroscience because we all do love the enchantment of a good story. What is a good ad if it is not...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Hosts Digital Future
Yesterday P&G hosted a number of top Silicon Valley execs in their downtown offices. Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Amazon, Nokia, Coke. .. etc.press...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Branding the Brain
A critical review of consumer neuroscience. Quite a lot of worthwhile interesting detail in both the scientific and commercial aspects ... " ... To appreciate...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CRA Issues Consensus Paper on Postdoctoral Fellowships
Last February, the Computing Research Association (CRA) — the umbrella organization of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) — launched an effort to engage the...
From Computational Complexity
Scott wins the Waterman
The NSF's most prestigious prize, the Alan T. Waterman award, recognizes an outstanding young scientist (35 or under) in any field of science or engineering. Breaking...
From Wild WebMink
? OIN
Are you safer from software patents today, or more at risk? The news that the Open Invention Network (OIN) has extended the definition of “Linux” so that more software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Migrating to the Cloud
In Computing Now: About Testing, quality and security concerns for migration to the Cloud. . Some useful comments on important considerations.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Bastion: Narrating Your Every Move
Who knew that having your every move narrated back to you could be so satisfying? Far from annoying, the compelling nature of the voice-overs in Bastion demonstrate...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog