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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
Google and Microsoft Talk Artificial Intelligence
An optimistic view of the future of AI. It is nice to see two big players talking this. " ... Google and Microsoft don't share a stage often, being increasingly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Big App On Campus
Microsoft announced a Windows Phone development contest for college/university students in the US (sorry about both the US only and the 18+ only
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using Corporate Advertising to Promote CS Education
I've attended quite a few Computer Science conferences over the years including many years of SIGCSE and the past two years of the K-12 Workshop at the Grace Hopper...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Camouflage
Some squid can switch their camouflage instantly. 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
Beauty Brands and Emotions
Former colleague Donna Sturgess, president of Buyology Inc. Talks about the the large emotional component of beauty brands. " ... Donna Sturgess, president...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shop - Scan - Buy
ShopSavvy brings instant scan and buy to mobile shoppers. This connects with my recent post about Amazon delivering a scan and price check application. Of course...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Collection of Kinect in Education Links
Thanks to Johnny Kissko (9 Excellent Programming Resources for Kinect) I recently discovered Ray Chambers who is
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Google
From our friends at The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Wired Campus Blog: Anyone can now track his or her citations via Google Scholar. The free citation service...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bezos
Fascinating interview with Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. Their delivery this week of a budget tablet will create a new more focused channel for products. I have...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Event Idea: The Truth About Women in Science and Engineering
I recently came up with what I thought was interesting event idea. Our Dean of Engineering had expressed some interest in CU-WISE coming up with an idea for aThe...
From Computational Complexity
Short Bits
Because some things are too long to tweet and too short for their own blog post. What's the algorithm for the perfect sushi? Enjoy it with some cool refreshing...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
USAID, ED Seeking to Tap Technology to Teach Children
At 10am EST this morning, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — together with its Australian counterpart
From Schneier on Security
A Link between Altruism and Fairness
I write a lot about altruism, fairness, and cooperation in my new book (out in February!), and this sort of thing interests me a lot: In a new study, researchers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Balanced Insight
Attended an excellent talk by Tom Hammergren, CEO of Balanced Insight as part of the local BI group here last night. See also their blog. Quite insightful...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Organizations as Decision Factories
Thinking about organizations as decision factories. I like to think about decisions being made within processes as a way to understand how to improve the operation...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Kicking Off CS Ed Week
What better way is there to kick off CSEdWeek than to hold an open house showcase of great student work and projects? This will answer for my community the age...
From Schneier on Security
EU Bans X-Ray Body Scanners
The European Union has banned X-ray full body scanners at airports. Millimeter wave scanners are allowed as long as they conform to privacy guidelines. UnderArticle...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Infographics Amok
In Adage: Seeing more infographics these days. Steve Rubel chimes in on their overuse. I think there is a further problem. They seem to be a reaction to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets as Ecosystems
In E-Commerce Times: With multiple affordable tablet systems starting to emerge, it is suggested that each will enable specific ecosystems of usage and product...
From The Eponymous Pickle