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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 Computational Complexity
Partha Niyogi (1967-2010)
University of Chicago Computer Science and Statistics Professor Partha Niyogi passed away on Friday after a battle with brain cancer. Partha worked in machine...
From Schneier on Security
Analyzing CAPTCHAs
New research: "Attacks and Design of Image Recognition CAPTCHAs." Abstract. We systematically study the design of image recognition CAPTCHAs (IRCs) in this paper...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Should Johnny Learn to Program?
Last week I shared a link on Facebook - Why Johnny Can't Program: A New Medium Requires A New Literacy
From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT Open Courseware not Paywalled
There were rumors that the 2000 plus courses that MIT is offering free online would soon the charged for in some way. The rumors were denied this week. The remarkable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Next Generation of Consumer Loyalty
A good piece from the Harvard Business review voices on the next generation of location and consumer loyalty systems. Foursquare and beyond. "These experiments...
From Schneier on Security
Sky Marshals Flying First Class
I regularly say that security decisions are primarily made for non-security reasons. This article about the placement of sky marshals on airplanes is an excellent...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Farnam Jahanian to be CISE AD
Farnam Jahanian, Professor and Chair of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, today was named the next Assistant Director for Computer and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Auctioning the Right to Use Laptops in Class
This is interesting. Ten years ago I had a conversation with a professor at Wharton who had been part of the redesign of some of the large classrooms in new buildings...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Corporate Fun
Techdirt writes on enforced corporate fun. Yes, happy workers are a good idea, but bizarre forced programs of humor and fun do not create happiness. Better to...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Real (ish) Life Computational Thinking
I went to see the most delightful talk this week, given by a graduate student. Like many academic talks, the speaker outlined a problem, described similar research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing: Exploring the Brain of the Consumer
Leon Zurawicki at UMass has a new book: Neuromarketing: Exploring the Brain of the Consumer. Professor Zurawicki joined us at a panel I led on neuromarketing last...
From Computational Complexity
The Annual Fall Jobs Post
The CRA is working on setting guidelines for job deadlines to help out with some of the gridlock in the job market. Many of the top departments have already moved...
From Schneier on Security
Monitoring Employees' Online Behavior
Not their online behavior at work, but their online behavior in life. Using automation software that slogs through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 October 2010
What a week. On Friday I gave a keynote talk at the 16th Annual Technology and Learning Conference at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania. WhatTwitter...
From Wild WebMink
New ventures: OpenDJ,
Friday was a busy day full of news for me. After an exhausting day full of conference interventions on Thursday at Open World Forum (a total of five), Friday was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blog in the Communications of the ACM
This blog, among a number of others, is featured and cross posted in the blog section of the Communications of the ACM. The ACM is the Association of Computing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Review of Peer to Peer
In the CACM: A good review article:Peer-to-Peer SystemsWithin a decade, P2P has proven to be a technology that enables innovative new services and is used by millions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Marketing Infographics
Some interesting infographics on mobile marketing. Colorful data, but another example where there are much better ways to display this more clearly. Via Stan...
From The Eponymous Pickle