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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 Schneier on Security
Password Sharing Among American Teenagers
Interesting article from the New York Times on password sharing as a show of affection. "It's a sign of trust," Tiffany Carandang, a high school senior in Sandiscusses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Resources
Good post on visualization resources: " ... This is the fourth part of a multi-part series designed to share with readers an inspiring collection of the most important...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation for the Library
In the HBR: If is clearly a challenge for the library to innovate in a way it will be able to survive. " ... The dominance of radio, TV, and Hollywood threatened...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G and Safe Drinking Water
P&G Facebook page promotes Children;s Safe Drinking Water program " ... In an effort to support its Children
From My Biased Coin
Faculty Applications
An anonymous commenter asked how we evaluate faculty applications. While it's a little late, it's a valid question, so here are some high-level thoughts. Here...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technologies Changing the Way we Shop
In AdAge: On three technologies changing the way that we shop. " ..... 3D Modeling, Wifi Sensors and Augmented reality ... "
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Gender Imbalance: Participation by Women on the 2011 AP CS Exam
Each year, the College Board provides state-by-state statistics for each Advanced Placement (AP) exam, broken down by various demographics. The numbers of women...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kinect Sweepstakes For Schools
Energize your classroom and get students moving! Enter for a chance to win a KinectTM for Xbox 360
From The Noisy Channel
LinkedIn @ CMU
As regular readers know, I have a deep affection for Carnegie Mellon University, where I did my graduate work. I’m happy to announce that two of my colleagues (both...
From Schneier on Security
Evidence on the Effectiveness of Terrorism
Readers of this blog will know that I like the works of Max Abrams, and regularly blog them. He has a new paper (full paper behind paywall) in Defence and Peace...
From Wild WebMink
OSI Reform at FOSDEM
I was interviewed about my upcoming FOSDEM keynote and gave this concise summary of the background to the changes I’m working on with the Board of the Open Source...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How to Revise Research Papers After Receiving Harsh Reviews
Whether you submit your work scientific journal or just post it on a blog, you can expect to receive harsh criticism from time to time. Sometimes you are facing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mind mapping for Students
Concise Learning explores forms of mind mapping for students. A look at a number of techniques.
From My Biased Coin
Collective Coordination of Conferences?
Around this time of year, I get a number of messages from students: I want to take your class, but there's a conflict with this other class I want to take, what...
From Schneier on Security
Federal Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop
A U.S. federal judge has ordered a defendent to decrypt her laptop.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fusing, Visualizing Data About How We Live
Always interesting and ground breaking Ken Karakotsios gives us a peek into his project about fusing data and visualization. He says that this willcoming to....
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Predictive Analytics
Good piece in SAS Voices About conversations with Olivia Parr-Rud on predictive analytics and innovative leadership. Some of her publications also look very...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Open access journals in Computer Science
Open access journals make articles freely available. Some of them even allow the authors to keep the copyright of their work. It would seem that they offer a compelling...
From Schneier on Security