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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
More Big Data Thoughts
In the NYT Sunday Review: On the impact of big data. Personally I think it is how business analytical methods can be effectivey used against the right amount...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Teaching with Technology
In the Chronicle of Education: A teacher rethinks teaching with technology. Like the solution to any difficult problem, it is never all just about technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adaptive Marketing
Adaptive Marketing was a new term to be. Apparently devised by Mindshare to describe consumer focused and data based marketing. It is good to be as adaptive as...
From The Noisy Channel
Enjoying Seattle
My excursion to Seattle was delightful, and I thought I’d share some details with readers. I spent most of Friday at the University of Washington, meeting with...
From Writing
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Prolog, Day 2
Today is the second day of Prolog in the Seven Languages in Seven Weeks series of blog posts. You can find the first day of Prolog here.Prolog, Day 2: ThoughtsToday...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When are Tweets Worthy of Your Time?
I started using Twitter about four years ago, dubbing it an 'experiment'. I continue to use Twitter, in part because some clients and colleagues use it, and in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Econophysicists and the Swans
Ultrafast Trades Trigger Black Swan Events Every Day, Say Econophysicists The US financial markets have suffered over 18,000 extreme price changes caused by ultrafast...
From The Eponymous Pickle
E-Books Changing the Book Industry
It is obvious that it is, but how? In E-Commerce Times. An author speaks: " ... Just as the iPod changed the music industry a decade ago, e-books are changing...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Issues PERFECT Solicitation
Just a week after announcing
From Wild WebMink
? Sarah Jarosz
This performance by 20-year-old Sarah Jarosz is completely magical. She’s supported by Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas but there’s no missing her star quality....
From Apophenia
New Pew study on tone of social network sites
Pew Internet & American Life Project just released a new study called “The tone of life on social networking sites” where they examine adult meanness and cruelty...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid's Beard
It's an acoustic bluegrass band. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shiny Packages
Dan Ariely on the effect of packaging design on choice. Good exploration based on eye tracking research. " ... when making such simple choices, consumers can...
From Computational Complexity
STOC 2012 accepts are posted
STOC 2012 paper accepts are posted here. Travel support for grad students (which I am involved with) is posted here. On a quick glance: I tried counting thehere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Choosing Relevant KPI's
A slide show in Information Management that has some useful information. Though this contains useful information, it is also an example of how the style of information...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Ups and the Downs
Why does it always feel as thought we are moving one step forward and two steps back? After holding an annual summer camp in January (Yes, here in New Zealand...
From The Eponymous Pickle