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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 Computer Science Teachers Association
Facebook
As computer science educators, we think of ourselves as computer savvy. We are knowledgeable about social networks and online communities. I'll wager that a good...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Photography Business
I was previously involved with a startup company that sought to bridge the gap between amateur and professional photographers. There have since been many changes...
From Wild WebMink
? Digital Liberty Activism
For @uupc listeners: How to take action on BBC DRM, the Digital Economy Bill, ACTA and the UK Elections.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pushing the Drive-Through Concept
We looked at this through a number of drive-through supercenter concepts. A good overview article in the Chicago Tribune. Online is open 24/7, so why not have a...
From Schneier on Security
Security Cameras in the New York City Subways
The New York Times has an article about cameras in the subways. The article is all about how horrible it is that the cameras don't work: Moreover, nearly half...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - March 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 3)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the March issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Food Lion Tracking Shopper Data with Cameras
Several reports on how Food Lion is gathering video data from cameras in-store. They are using the videomining system to gather and analyze results. We talked to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Procter Remains a Global Marketer
In AdAge, a video: Video: At Induction to AAF Hall of Fame, Execs Discuss Importance of Multi-Brand Efforts.
From Computational Complexity
SIGACT Awards
ACM announced the following awards recently. Note that some of the awards are named after theorists and some awards went to theorists. Any comments on theirhere...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
TEDxCarletonU
Last night I attended a TED event for the first time ever. It was a TEDx (i.e. independently organized) event with a Carleton University flavour. The speakers...
From Wild WebMink
? Digging Deeper, Finding Salt
Breakthroughs at last in DeBill? Plus a great historical lesson, why Microsoft isn't the only aggressor against Google, and rare good news from Italy.
From Schneier on Security
Should the Government Stop Outsourcing Code Development?
Information technology is increasingly everywhere, and it's the same technologies everywhere. The same operating systems are used in corporate and government computers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Exploring Problem-Solving Processes with Smithsonian and Microsoft
Something for the wider education community. I think we need to do more to teach problem-solving and critical thinking through out the curriculum so this online...
From My Biased Coin
Two Inspiring Posts
Inspiring me to blog, that is....Matt blogs about the psychology of program committees. It's one of those things that would be funny except that it's true. So...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ease of Blogging
Walter Riker expands his new blog on The Ease of Blogging. Read it and follow.-
From Schneier on Security
Leaders Make Better Liars
According to new research: The researchers found that subjects assigned leadership roles were buffered from the negative effects of lying. Across all measures,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Prediction Without Markets
Good overview and link to the original Cornell paper, here an abstract of that:' ... Though theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that markets do often outperform...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-03-30
Tech coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law This is a welcome development, one we need to see replicated in other subject areas and other countries. Most...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Computing
CACM, the worlds preeminent computing professional society, gives a good view of cloud computing: Clearing the clouds away from the true potential and obstacles...
From The Eponymous Pickle