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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
I Received an Honorary Doctorate
Last weekend, I received an honorary PhD from the University of Westminster, in London. I have had mixed feelings about this since I was asked early this year....
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Holds Secure and Trustworthy Computing (SaTC) Webinar
Earlier this afternoon,
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Printers and Setting Them on Fire
It's the kind of research result that screams hype, but online attacks that have physical-world consequences are fundamentally a different sort of threat. I suspect...
From The Eponymous Pickle
FourSquare Check-ins
Some interesting statistics about Foursquare check ins at major retailers and fast food. Interesting that so many people are still checking in, but the percentage...
From Putting People First
Welcome to the post-digital world
Simon Jenkins writes in The Guardian that the “smart money is moving from online towards ‘live experience’.” “The new magnetism of congregation seems universal....
From Computational Complexity
Analysis of Boolean Functions blog/book (Guest post by Ryan O'Donnell)
(Guest post by Ryan O'Donnell) Lance and Bill have graciously let me plug my recently begun book/blog project, analysis of boolean functions. I am writingBoolean...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Who Knew Science and Dance Could Be So Closely Related?
So often we think of the arts and science as opposites. Many who are talented in one feel hopelessly lost in the other. But the two are more related than it might...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke Embraces QR Codes
Yet another example of a company using QR codes in packaging and using them for a specific campaign. As more consumers learn to use them, this will evolve further...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G and Teva Consumer Healthcare Partnership
I know I am late to this particular piece of information about Teva and P&G, but I am in the process of looking at it in more detail. Also Teva's press release...
From Schneier on Security
Walls as Security Theater
Interesting essay on walls and their effects: Walls, then, are built not for security, but for a sense of security. The distinction is important, as those whoas...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Business Analytics to Run the Global Enterprise
P&G has always been a numbers and modeling company, though there have been some attempts in recent years to move it sharply into a design direction. I think there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online Reading Trends
New trends in online reading. I find myself staging my technical reading more. On a tablet I do more moving back and forth in the text when doing technical reading...
From Wild WebMink
? Whitacre Grammy Nomination
You’ll perhaps remember that I really loved Light and Gold (a fine Christmas gift by the way – from Amazon UK and Amazon US) from American choral composer Eric...
From My Biased Coin
Letters of Recommendation Time. Ugh.
I don't mind writing letters of recommendation for students. It's part of the job. It's a good thing to do. I just mind dealing with the new e-application sites...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Bits & Bytes From the National Science Foundation
Another good lead from the CSTA today, the national Science Foundation is starting a new bi-weekly newsletter called CS Bits & Bytes aimed at high school students...
From Schneier on Security
Full-Disk Encryption Works
According to researchers, full-disk encryption is hampering police forensics. The authors of the report suggest there are some things law enforcement can do, but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emotion Reading Computer
Affective computing: New computer system can read your emotions, will probably be annoying about it (video). A solution to at least conscious reaction to products...
From The Eponymous Pickle