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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 My Biased Coin
Submissions, A Comparison
I just got my set of NSDI papers to review, and have been looking them over.One thing that immediately strikes me as I give them a first quick pass is how nice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mindsign and 3D Ads
In ReadWriteWeb:Mindsign uses fMRI to analyze Cooliris ads with neuromarketing methods. So what do they get from it?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailer Innovation in China
MJ Perry about Innovation in China. Where he quotes: WSJ Asia Technology article "China Frets: Innovators Stymied Here" ... How likely is it? Our own experience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hanlon's Razor
Some reading reminded me of the principle of Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ... Though I recall this...
From Wild WebMink
? Donating Money To Open Source
My short article about the best ways to support an open source project financially is now available from the Essays page.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Ada Lovelace Day: Natalia
I participate in Ada Lovelace Day every year by blogging about my tech heroines. This year, I had a really hard time deciding who to honour because there are so...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Hundreds of Squid Wash Up on Southern California Beaches
Humboldt squid are washing up on beaches across Southern California. Seems like it's no big deal; the squid just swam too close to shore.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will the E-Book Kill the Footnote?
In the Sunday NYT. A breezy look at those old style sources of more information. I like the presence of more information. I prefer hyperlinks, but they only...
From The Eponymous Pickle
InferX
I had the opportunity to talk to InferX yesterday. A company that uses distributed data mining techniques to work on business analysis and fraud problems. From...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Indoor GPS
I looked at this topic for location applications in retail, and I see this article in Emerging Technology on a number of vendors in the area. I know there areZuluTime...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business of Certainty
In Fast Company:" ... Foresight Is 20/20: Predictive Analytics And The Business Of Certainty ... Want to make really smart decisions for your company? It's simple...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ThinkVine and Marketing Mix Modeling
Local company ThinkVine, who I worked with in the Enterprise, sends along this press release on marketing mix technologies. Excellent work. Note the mentionThinkVine...
From Schneier on Security
Security Seals on Voting Machines
Related to this blog post from Wednesday, here's a paper that looks at security seals on voting machines. Andrew W. Appel, "Security Seals on Voting Machines:...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Be The Robot
One of the issues with computer science is that some people would rather move atoms than pixels. That is to say that virtual objects, even if they involve images...
From Wild WebMink
? Communities and Control
What community? If you’re interested in the Tizen project, take a look at Dave Neary’s well-founded scepticism. The whole project has the sound of a force-fit that...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Reminder: Visioning Proposals Due Oct. 14
A reminder that proposals responsive to the Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) call for workshop programs that will define visions and agendas for exciting...
From Schneier on Security
FBI-Sponsored Backdoors
From a review of Susan Landau's Surveillance or Security?: To catch up with the new technologies of malfeasance, FBI director Robert Mueller traveled to Silicon...
From The Eponymous Pickle