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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
An Exciting New Year
2011 was special, particularly with the arrival of our daughter Molly. But 2012 is looking pretty great, too!Although I wasn't able to get an NSF grant application...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable Computing
A topic we followed.. Not an unexpected direction. Integrated computing and clothing. We are not far off today, with buzzing devices in pockets altering us to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Continuous Revisions
By Nicholas Carr: A consequence of e-books: the ability to continually revise. Yes, I agree ... If we want that, but the same technology allows us to specifically...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding New Customers
In Mashable: Intriguing thoughts on how to get new customers. Not an obvious set of examples." ... The subject of finding customers is one of the most mysterious...
From My Biased Coin
New Year's Thanks
There are many things I'm thankful for this year. Perhaps most notably, the new year marks the halfway point of my 3-year stint as "Area Dean for Computer Science"...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Let
I was watching an episode of Mythbusters the other day. I always enjoy that show and while most of the attention goes to the two main stars my favorite is Grant...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Leveraging Semantics in 2012
Excellent post by Mark Montgomery: Strategic IT Alignment in 2012: Leverage Semantics ... read it here
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Explaining Why Computing is Important
IBM Fellow Grady Booch, co-creator of UML and object-oriented programming, has launched “a transmedia project” seeking to engage “audiences of all ages in the story...
From Schneier on Security
Studying Airport Security
Alan A. Kirschenbaum, Michele Mariani, Coen Van Gulijk, Sharon Lubasz, Carmit Rapaport, and Hinke Andriessen, "Airport Security: An Ethnographic Study," Journal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technology Evolution
In ReadWriteWeb. A look at Kevin Kelly's new book on technology evolution. Makes me want to read it. "... It's a highly ambitious and expansive book, which looks...
From Computational Complexity
Complexity Year in Review 2011
Result of the Year goes to the new bounds on Matrix Multiplication by Andrew Stothers and Virginia Vassilevska Williams. It's not every year that we see progress...
From Schneier on Security
Tying Up Phone Lines as a Cyberattack Tactic
There's a service that can be hired to tie up target phone lines indefinitely. The article talks about how this can be used as a diversionary tactic to mask a...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Top Ten CSTA Blog Posts of 2011
10. January 12, 2011- A Joint Call for Research Why Computer Science Education is Important for K-12. This post is well worth a second look to provide a good reminder...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Grace Hopper Interview
An interview with computer pioneer Grace Hopper, who I met while working at the Pentagon. A reminder of how far we have come.
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Marconi's Wireless in 1903
A great story: Yet before the demonstration could begin, the apparatus in the lecture theatre began to tap out a message. At first, it spelled out just one word...
From The Eponymous Pickle
WiFi Vending Machines
In Japan, the home of universal vending, machines that will provide free registration-less WiFi and product. Assuming they will sell advertising for companies that...
From My Biased Coin
Cross-Cultural Learning Curve: Sending a Paper to Science
We decided to submit our paper on MIC and MINE to Science it's a venue that my co-authors were familiar with and very interested in applying to. I was happy to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2011:
…became “the center of your world.” So says technology writer/editor
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sands Research Nails VW Ad
An interesting result that starts to connect new ad analysis methods with classic methods:------Wall St. Journal and AdWeek Agree with
From The Eponymous Pickle