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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
Creating the Expertise We Need
By now you have likely received the January issue of the CSTA Voice and discovered the exciting NSF plans for growing 10,000 new CS teachers and reaching 10,000...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hive Thinking
Jaron Lanier in the NYT. We were introduced to him and his Virtual Reality work years ago at the Institute for the Future. Some good points in the article, though...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Research that Changed the World: Reflections and Perspectives
New material has been posted on the website for the Library of Congress symposium hosted by CCC in spring 2009.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Small Business Tools at CES
A review of new small and mobile business tools from the Consumer Electronics Show. Nothing revolutionary, but a number of improvements shown.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Hub
Former colleague Rich Kiley has plans to make Cincinnati a world marketing hub. ' ... The fledgling effort to position Cincinnati as a world center for consumer...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The fundamental properties of computing
Physics works with fundamental properties such as mass, speed, acceleration, energy, and so on. Quantum mechanics has a well known trade-off between position and...
From Computational Complexity
ICS I: snapshots and the longer view (guest post)
(Guest Post by Rahul Santhanam) Title: ICS I : Snapshots & The Longer View 1. Local Arrangements: Kudos to the organizing committee for going far beyond...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Brute Force or is there an easy way?
This year being ‘10 has lead to a lot of talk about numbers that look like binary numbers 1/11/10 or 11110 for example. Related to this is talk about palindrome...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-01-13
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China Google doubtless understands that the Chinese government don't respond well to public...
From My Biased Coin
Algorithms and Data Structures : Course Goals
Richard Lipton has an excellent blog post up right now on "What should a course on complexity theory cover?" where he describes what he is putting in his graduate...
From Putting People First
The world in 2020: A glimpse into the future
Ten years ago we thought wireless was another word for radio, Peter Mandelson’s career was over
From My Biased Coin
New Harry Lewis Opinion at HuffPo
Harry Lewis has a new opinion piece up at Huffington Post. The title,Larry Summers, Robert Rubin : Will The Harvard Shadow Elite Bankrupt The University And The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
FAQ's About Google Wave
Frequently asked questions about Google Wave. Very good. I have played with Google Wave a bit, and get the general idea, but not why it will make my life easier...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shops Looking for You
In Martin Lindstrom's newest newsletter, video of some of his views on what has come to be called augmented reality. Why Search For Shops When The Shops Cansign...
From Schneier on Security
The Power Law of Terrorism
Research result #1: "A Generalized Fission-Fusion Model for the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Attacks," by Aaron Clauset and Frederik W. Wiegel. Plot the number...
From Computational Complexity
Guest Post on ICS 2010 (2 of 3)
Innovations in Computer Science 2010 (post #2) Guest Post by Aaron Sterling This is the sequel to my previous post on ICS 2010, the new theoretical computer...
From Putting People First
The New York Times on gestural interfaces
The New York Times reports on “natural” gestural interfaces in an article entitled “Giving Electronic Commands With Body Language”: “In the coming months, the likes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC
I love Kodu and I’ve written about it before (my Kodu blog posts) and I am regularly asked “when can I get Kodu for the PCs in my classroom?” Well now there isKodu...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson