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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
The Beauty of Content and Structure
I recently created a website for our lab at school: Graphics, Imaging, and Games Lab (GIGL). I found it strangely satisfying, even though I didn't write a single...
From Computational Complexity
STOC 2011 accepte papers posted.You heard it here...12th!
For those who did not read yesterdays comments or Lance's Tweet (the empty set?) the list of accepted STOC papers is here. 84 papers accepted. I personallygrow...
From Wild WebMink
? Is Open Source Good For Security?
I’ve two stories about the discovery and resolution of bugs in important software packages – Solaris and Java – that suggest a properly-functioning open source...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-02-09
White House will propose new digital copyright laws The Obama administration wants Big Media to have even more repressive control on America's citizens. Looks like...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are Programming Languages Really Languages
Every so often someone suggests, sometimes in jest and some times in all seriousness, that programming languages “count” as a language for meeting graduation or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Design, Functionality and Diffusion of Innovations
In the CACM: " ... What's the relationship between functionality and design? What kinds of factors influence whether people do or don't adopt a technology? ......
From The Eponymous Pickle
Loyalty Hinges on Delight
In Mediapost: " ... This year's Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index shows " 'delight' is now the critical brand differentiator and most important driver...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wired Billboards
Something we studied in the innovation centers. In the WSJ. Signs, billboards and displays that can interact with the observer and shopper. The shopper is now...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predictive Analytics in the Supply Chain
A podcast from Accenture. " ... In this podcast, Frode Gjendem, senior director for supply chain analytics at Accenture, discusses the role of predictive analytics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Super Ads as a Distraction.
Jonathan Salem Baskin does a good job raking the creative competition called the Superbowl Ads. " ... Brands don't need creative ideas; brands need business propositions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MillionBrains
I am doing some re-exploration of crowd-sourced innovation ideas and I discovered this: Via IdeaConnection: " ... MillionBrains (MB) is a professional social innovation...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NAE Announces Class of 2011
The National Academy of Engineering has announced the newly-elected Members of the Class of 2011.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-02-08
mflow music Give this UK-based online music site a try (assuming you can – the usual music industry geographic restriction nonsense applies). It lets you listen...
From Putting People First
Latest developments on Low2No
A team of international and Finnish designers, including Experientia, announced the current status and latest developments of the Low2No project today, at a sustainable...
From Schneier on Security
Micromorts
I'd never heard the term "micromort" before. It's a probability: a one-in-a-million probability of death. For example, one-micromort activities are "travelling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Innovative Educator Teacher Professional Development
The Microsoft Innovative Educator program at Microsoft is offering a number of two-day seminars for teacher trainers and technology integration specialists.Microsoft...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
China: the new Scientific Superpower?
From my experience, the quality and the quantity of the scientific research articles from China has been increasing dramatically in the last five years. To verify...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linkedin as the Login of Choice
In ReadwriteWeb: Short article and infographic about the rise of Linkedin as the Login of choice. Facebook, though also moving toward more of a B2B identity place...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Get the Data
Nice idea. Questions and anwers about getting data you need in the form you need it in.Every day, more and more data is being published on the web; but trying...
From Putting People First