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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 Putting People First
Digital Nation, in-depth documentary, online in full
In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. Continuing...
From My Biased Coin
Does Class Size Matter?
Preliminary stats show 55 students in my algorithms course. That's probably close to the mean and slightly above the median. It's certainly not the largest course...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Systemic Failures
Mark Montgomery posts on: Systemic Failures, by Design. See also the newletter of his company: Kyield.
From Putting People First
The Internet of things: Networked objects and smart devices
Constantine Valhouli, principal of the Massachusetts based Hammersmith Group, which consults to developers on the marketing and branding of luxury properties, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stronger Flavors Continue to Surge
" ... The year in flavor will be heavily influenced by bitter, warm and earthy notes," said Kevan Vetter, executive chef at McCormick. "We see America's palates...
From Putting People First
Europeans
On the 4th annual Data Protection day (28th January 2010) the European Commission announced the intention to reform the 1995 European Union (EU) Data Protection...
From Computational Complexity
Travel Support for Grad Students who GOTO STOC 2010
If you are a grad student and want to goto STOC 2010 there is travel support money that you can apply for. See here for details. What is the best way to get...
From Putting People First
Stowe Boyd: outdated UX metaphors are holding us back
Stowe Boyd arguest that the metaphors of computing user experience are holding us back from new ways of structuring our interaction through computers. “the thing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GS1 Mobile in Retail Paper
Have been members of GS1 for many years, download their excellent 34-page paper on Mobile retail below, they write:" .... We're pleased to announce the publication...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 1
There will be various events all week in connection with the rollout of the President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request. Check with agency websites for additional...
From Schneier on Security
More Movie Plot Terrorist Threats
The Foreign Policy website has its own list of movie-plot threats: machine-gun wielding terrorists on paragliders, disease-laden insect swarms, a dirty bomb made...
From Schneier on Security
Online Credit/Debit Card Security Failure
Ross Anderson reports: Online transactions with credit cards or debit cards are increasingly verified using the 3D Secure system, which is branded as "Verified...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 February 2010
All sorts of good things last week. Tops among them was a visit to Stevens Institute of Technology for a workshop with a great group of high school computer...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
IBM Extreme Blue Case Study Competition
Why is it that out of 20 awesome students in last summer's edition of IBM's Extreme Blue program in Ottawa, not one was female?That was the question the current...
From The Noisy Channel
Blogs I Read: Search Facets
A couple of years ago, I started The Noisy Channel as a personal blog. Since my then-employer Endeca didn’t have a corporate blog, I became the company’s ambassador...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Value and Caution of Evolving Robots
Several commenters have reported this also mentions the finding that evolving robots also learn to prey and ask 'What could go wrong'?' ... Dario Floreano and Laurent...
From The Noisy Channel
LinkedIn Search: A Look Beneath the Hood
Last week, I had the good fortune to attend a presentation by John Wang, search architect at LinkedIn. You may have read my earlier posts about LinkedIn introducing...
From My Biased Coin
Justifying Growth : We Need Better PR...
Background: As part of the "getting a new Dean" process, we're undergoing a "make a 5 year plan" process. The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Disaster Management
In Communications of the ACM: 'Improving Disaster Management: Social networking, sophisticated imaging, and dual-use technologies promise improved disaster management...
From Computer Science Teachers Association