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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
Turning down a Fields Medal is eccentric, turning down the Millennium Prize is INSANE!
NEWS on Poincare Conjecture: Recall that Perelman was given the Fields Medal in 2006 for proving the Poincare Conjecture. He declined the award. Recent news...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Carleton Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering
Ever since I attended my first Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2008, I've dreamt of having a celebration of our own. Today I released a schedule...
From Schneier on Security
Side-Channel Attacks on Encrypted Web Traffic
Nice paper: "Side-Channel Leaks in Web Applications: a Reality Today, a Challenge Tomorrow," by Shuo Chen, Rui Wang, XiaoFeng Wang, and Kehuan Zhang. Abstract.explains...
From Wild WebMink
? Monkey Business
Microsoft and FOSS, Behind the scenes ACTA, Android & less-than-free, new music and new copyright.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eye Tracking Tablets
Considering adaptive text: '... What if the words you're reading were watching you? Some fear for the demise of reading real books and magazines, but some tech...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where does Computer Science Belong?
To some extent Computer Science is the red headed step child of K-12 education. It just doesn
From The Eponymous Pickle
Micro Industries Retail Signage Blog
Micro Industries, who contributed advanced digital signage to our innovation centers, has just added a blog to their site. A number of posts have been made, including...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Things Tweet
Twitter is starting to animate things in the evolving 'Internet of Things'. Seems like a very trivial way to talk about interaction of people and things. Some interesting...
From Schneier on Security
I'll be in Second Life Tonight
James Fallows and I are being interviewed in Second Life tonight, 9:00 PM Eastern Time.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheap e-Book Reading Devices
It's not unexpected, relatively inexpensive uni purpose e-book reading devices emerging. Not unlike the very inexpensive calculators that also emerged in the 1980s...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Do Contests Promote Computer Science?
I am just coming off the spring local programming contest circuit, as many of the nearby universities held their contest during their spring break. Unfortunately...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
OSTP proposes initiative for student-led innovations in broadband apps
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy seeks comments on a proposed initiative for student-led innovations in broadband applications. In doing so...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Curriculum, Companies, Cooperation and Conflict
Where does curriculum come from? Where should it come from? What involvement should industry in general have in creating curriculum? These are all questions suggested...
From Schneier on Security
How to Become a Nuclear Power
Sarcastic, yet a bit too close to the truth.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Privacy in the Era of DIgital Glass Houses
In CACM: ' ... As the boundaries for privacy have been redrawn by the connected world, the social norms and legal support structure that we count on to preserve...
From Wild WebMink
? OSI Opposes BBC DRM
OSI joins the Open Rights Group in opposing the introduction of DRM to UK broadcast TV.
From Schneier on Security
Natural Language Shellcode
Nice: In this paper we revisit the assumption that shellcode need be fundamentally different in structure than non-executable data. Specifically, we elucidate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Look at Metcalfe's Law
A look at long quoted Metcale'e law, about how value grows as networks grow. It has been the 'rule' of Web 2.0, in GigaOm:' ... Networks
From Wild WebMink
? Broken Democracy
Italian democracy, citizen surveillance, DRM from the BBC and even the BCS rejecting a petition. May I get depressed?
From Putting People First