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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
Optical Stun Ray
It's been patented; no idea if it actually works. ...newly patented device can render an assailant helpless with a brief flash of high-intensity light. It works...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup Stories
Today I am on my way out to Redmond WA for the US Final of the Imagine Cup. Here I will see 22 teams who have advanced over hundreds of other teams to win the invitation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Integrity Cornerstone of BI
Mark Montgomery of KYield writes in the Enterprise CIO Forum: Data Integrity: The Cornerstone for BI in the Decision Process When studying methods of decision making...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Message from Dave Burkhart
Hello Everyone As one of the candidates for the CSTA Board of Directors, I am writing to ask for your support in this election. When someone is first elected...
From Computational Complexity
Kanellakis and Grace Murray Hopper Prizes
The ACM announced several award winners today. Two of particular interest to the theory community. Craig Gentry, recipient of the Grace Murray Hopper Award for...
From My Biased Coin
Harry Lewis Asking Tough Questions (Again)
Harry Lewis is asking Harvard to confront the issue of some of Harvard's professors being involved in money-making opportunities, like working for Libyan dictators...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFC Payment System Test
Engadget outlines the test of an NFC phone payment system in Salt Lake in 2012. Another step towards phone-as-wallet. The big rollers are now involved. " ... ...
From Schneier on Security
Counterterrorism Security Cost-Benefit Analysis
"Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security," by John Mueller and Mark Stewart: Abstract:The cumulative increase...
From Putting People First
Interview with Stefana Broadbent on our increasingly mixed personal and work lives (in French)
Hubert Guillaud of the French online magazine InternetActu interviewed Stefana Broadbent, anthropologist and digital ethnographer, who in the last 20 years has...
From Putting People First
Africa to be first post-PC continent
A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent. Low investment in wired...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Cryptography is Hard
I love stories like this - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/22/ba_jihadist_trial_sentencing/ Briefly stated a group of would be terrorists rejected all suggestions...
From Putting People First
About unnatural user research and limits to usability
Two new articles on UX Matters: User research Is unnatural (but that
From Wild WebMink
? The Sentinel Principle
If we try to define what an “open standard” is, we’ll probably find the definition being gamed by well-funded corporate interests within a short time. But what...
From Putting People First
The problem with design education
University industrial design programs are usually cloistered in schools of art or architecture, and students in such programs are rarely required to study science...
From Wild WebMink
? Google Cuts Off Travellers
Usually when I want to illustrate the capricious and arbitrary nature of cloud-provided services, I use other examples. But today Google has shown me that they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Leading the Learning Function
Have started reading in the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Blog. The post How do you lead the learning function is a good start. Largely agree, as long as it is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media Relationship to Mass Media
Intriguing points about the relationship of social media to mass media. " ... Study Shows How Social Media Amplifies Mass Media ... Social media is touted by...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Last Minute Preparations for our Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering
Tomorrow is our second annual Carleton Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering, hosted by CU-WISE. This is an event I came up with last year after attending...
From Computer Science Teachers Association