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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
Mobiles for Women. Part 1: The Good.
As mobile penetration increases across the developing world, the entry of mobile phones in the hands of women causes reactions. In many cases, mobile phone ownership...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The Role of Information Sciences and Engineering in Sustainabilty
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From Putting People First
Macro design for nation building
In his paper “MacroDesign for Nation Building“, Uday Dandavate, founder and CEO of SonicRim Ltd., elaborates on the concept of MacroDesign, a public policy perspective...
From Putting People First
How Fidelity used design thinking to perfect its website
Frederick S. Leichter, chief customer experience officer at Fidelity Investments, reports in the Harvard Business Review on how design thinking practices have helped...
From Putting People First
Ethnography in UX
In his book The Human Factor, Kim Vicente presents the Human-Tech Ladder, which categorizes human and societal needs according to five factors: physical, psychological...
From Schneier on Security
RFID Tags Protecting Hotel Towels
The stealing of hotel towels isn't a big problem in the scheme of world problems, but it can be expensive for hotels. Sure, we have moral prohibitions againstmore...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
2011 Mini-Course: Post-Course Survey Results
Each year at the end of my mini-course, I give the girls a customized survey to try and find out what their attitudes are about computer science after experiencing...
From Computational Complexity
FCRC Early Registration May 16
One final reminder for the FCRC Conference. Early registration deadline is this Monday, May 16. There are a number of events at FCRC of interest to our readers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science As Competitive Sport
I was reading Tracey Armstrong's blog this morning. He was writing about the end of the Texas CS Competition season. Yep, in Texas there is a Computer Science competition...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Buck Stopping in Business
In the HBR: Where and when does the buck stop in business? Scope of responsibility.
From Schneier on Security
"Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem"
This blog post by Richard Clayton is worth reading. If you have more time, there's 238-page report and a 31-page executive summary.
From Wild WebMink
? Meddling In Foreign Affairs
The Special 301 Report is an annual publication by the US Trade Representative (USTR), fulfilling US legal requirements to identify countries whose copyright, patent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Searchable Body Map
In ReadWriteWeb: Today, Healthline released the first three-dimensional, interactive, online search tool for the entire human body, BodyMaps ...
From CERIAS Blog
Sony, Congress, The Media and Me
Prelude As a researcher and educator, I regularly follow many newsletters, blogs and newsfeeds on a near daily basis. Some items I bookmark for my classes and research...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey Learns About Knitting and Algorithms
Here, Renee Ciezki is showing Sock Monkey how a knitting pattern is actually an algorithm. Renee is a member of the CSTA Leadership cohort. She teaches in Arizona...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A National Jukebox
The US Library of Congress has launched a 'national jukebox' from their huge collection of audio recordings. You can listen free, but not download. Nice idea, from...
From Schneier on Security
Medieval Tally Stick Discovered in Germany
Interesting: The well-preserved tally stick was used in the Middle Ages to count the debts owed by the holder in a time when most people were unable to read or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wristband Measures Emotional Component
Affectiva is best known for its founding by Rosalind Picard of MIT. We worked with them to understand the emotional responses of people to products on a shelf. ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog