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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
Visual.ly Blog Launched
I see that the Visual.ly blog on data and design has been launched. I like their general approach, but am leary of the overuse of infographics. I like to see...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cost of Customer Loss
In Inc. Thoughtful short piece about the cost of customer attrition. " .... It may surprise you just how much each lost customer is costing your business.... "
From My Biased Coin
Plane Work
I dislike flying, but I have a few flights coming up.I find that engaging in "real thinking" about problems while on a plane is generally beyond me. (I'm jealous...
From Schneier on Security
Security Problems with U.S. Cloud Providers
Invasive U.S. surveillance programs, either illegal like the NSA's wiretapping of AT&T phone lines or legal as authorized by the PATRIOT Act, are causing foreign...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Unveils Cybesecurity R&D Roadmap
Earlier today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Happy Computer Science Education Week!
All of our preparations have come to this week, the 2nd CS Ed Week, the celebration of Computer Science in K-12 education. I would like to take this opportunity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Duke Synovate Research Center
Brought to my attention. The Duke Synovate Research Center. Sounds similar to our own Innovation Center founded in 2000. It will include board members from CPG...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Retail Challenge Scholarship Awards
In an era rewarding mostly sports and celebrity, it is great to see math being noticed. More.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stickers Acting as Sensors
In general a nice idea. Wireless sensors delivered as stickers. With considerable potential application in retail. Gamifying implications. Worth following.More...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Breaking from Microsoft Office
Walter Riker, who teaches MS office applications and is a true expert on their use, writes about their use and how that influences our work. Nice job Walter. ...
From Schneier on Security
Recent Developments in Full Disclosure
Last week, I had a long conversation with Robert Lemos over an article he was writing about full disclosure. He had noticed that companies have recently been reacting...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH:
Over 3,600 officials spanning government, industry, and academia are gathered at the third annual mHealth Summit just outside Washington, DC, this week, “to advance...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Bentley
Last week I accepted an invitation from Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University to attend the open house for their new CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digitizing Innovation at P&G
My first post at Innovation Excellence was realized recently. It was a re-post of an item in this blog on modeling and innovation at P&G. I am glad to see it...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Our CS Teachers: A CS Ed Week Poem
As we embark on the week to celebrate CS Education Let us pause for a moment in order to make mention Of computer science teachers, our educational heroes Who...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disney Method
In Innovation Excellence: Using the Disney Method. By Paul Sloane. A group parallel thinking method that we were introduced to now years ago that is based on...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking Fast and Slow
Freeman Dyson, physicist and favorite thinker and writer, insightfully reviews : Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. Excellent thoughts regarding HowThe...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Dealing with harsh criticism
Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, once told how Dilbert fared poorly initially. His critics objected that Dilbert was hardly ever funny, except when he appeared at...
From Schneier on Security
GCHQ Hacking Contest
GCHQ is holding a hacking contest to drum up new recruits.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM