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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 Putting People First
Yes, experience can be designed
Experience designers investigate the motivations behind users’ behaviors to develop skill in predicting and guiding those behaviors. A short article by designer...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Digital Media - New Learners of the 21st Century
PBS aired this program back in February this year. It is almost an hour long and features many of the big names in 21st century learning, including James PaulKatie...
From Schneier on Security
Investigative Report on "Buckshot Yankee"
This is a really good analysis about the Buckshot Yankee attack against the classified military computer network in 2008. It contains a bunch of details I had...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Pre-Holiday CT Activities
Heading into the holidays and the end-of-semester, I was thinking about activities that have students engage in computational thinking but without involving a lot...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Works in Emerging Technology
Of Interest (requires registration) Reading now. This has always been a primary focus of mine. We were largely successful in filtering out the not immediately...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Numerical Algorithms and DemandTec
I have been talking to several companies about advanced analytical algorithms used for making choices about engagement practices for the enterprise. A few new ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pick The Software First
Last week an email passed though my inbox that said something like “my district is buying the latest shiny new computing gadget. What software should I get to teach...
From Wild WebMink
? New Digital Divides
In today’s article on ComputerWorldUK, I consider the new digital divides that stand to separate us into a two-speed society. And they may not be what you’re expecting...
From Apophenia
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Penguins and statues and glaciers oh my! I’m off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of … OH MY GOD I AM ON VACATION!!!! Can you hear my enthusiasm? My complete...
From Schneier on Security
Liars and Outliers Galleys
My publisher is printing galley copies of Liars and Outliers. If anyone out there has a legitimate reason to get one, like writing book reviews for a newspaper...
From My Biased Coin
Grading
Some folks at the NSDI meeting were nice enough to say that it was nice that I was blogging again. Sadly, I've been under-the-gun busy for the last several weeks...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Perceiving the Complex World
I met Sumon Sadhu, the Director of Intelligence for Quid today. Augmenting Our Ability to Perceive this Complex World .. " We had been trying similar things...
From Schneier on Security
Feeling vs. Reality of Security in Sparrows
Sparrows have fewer surviving offspring if they feel insecure, regardless of whether they actually are insecure. Liana Y. Zanette, Aija F. White, Marek C. Allen...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Mosaic Report: Synergies Between CS, Social Sciences
Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) released a new report –
From Schneier on Security
Yet More Fear-Mongering from the DHS
Al Qaeda is sewing bombs into people. Actually, not really. This is an "aspirational" terrorist threat, which basically means that someone mentioned it whilelot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Creating Engineers One Student At A Time
Last weekend I visited the Maine State Championship for FIRST Lego League which is run by a group of volunteers in an organization called Maine Robotics. They...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowd Designed Episodic Game Development
Bold, Curious idea. But is it any more than just voting on minor elements of game design? I would think that a genetic oriented design based on usage would be...
From Computational Complexity
Solution to the reciprocals problem
In my last blog I asked you to look at this problem, try to solve it, and tell me if you think it is too hard for a HS competition. (I meant to post this on WED...
From The Eponymous Pickle