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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
Beginning to Rethink CS Education at NSF
The President released his $3.8 trillion budget on Monday setting off a flurry of activity in the Nation's Capital. The budget sets the Administration's priorities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Public vs Private Sector Costs
Michigan economist Mark J. Perry continues to be an excellent source for gathering economic data and providing commentary on its implications. Recent post: the....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Martin Lindstrom on Personal Branding
Intriguing learnings and video: Look at Me Now! Personal Branding on TODAY Show (Pt 1)New York City. In a world growing increasingly more obsessed by celebrities...
From Putting People First
New Philips phone for the elderly
Philips reports that its new Lifeline Cordless Phone System has been designed “to enable the frail and elderly to maintain independence, despite their changing...
From Wild WebMink
? Leaving a bad taste
Study links soda, pancreatic cancer Looks like another damning finding against high sugar diets. Too late for me, but maybe you...
From Schneier on Security
Outguessing the Terrorists
Isn't it a bit embarrassing for an "expert on counter-terrorism" to be quoted as saying this? Bill Tupman, an expert on counter-terrorism from Exeter University...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New Windows 7 Track on Microsoft
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From Putting People First
Designing financial services for the poor
The Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at the University of California, Irvine, headed by Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology, aims...
From Schneier on Security
The Limits of Visual Inspection
Interesting research: Target prevalence powerfully influences visual search behavior. In most visual search experiments, targets appear on at least 50% of trials...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chefs, Not Bakers
A collaborator from some time ago, Mark Capper, pointed me to his blog: Chefs Not Bakers. I much like the premise and am adding it to my feed, add it to yours: ...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Networking is Key
Time and time again I find that networking truly is the key to a successful career. It's amazing what kind of opportunities arise because of who you know.During...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Trading latency for quality in research
I am not opposed to the Publish or Perish mantra. I am an academic writer. I am what I publish. We all think of researchers as people wearing laboratory coats,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Monitors Social Networks
Several reports are out about how Intel is monitoring the buzz in social networks regarding their Superbowl ads. This is hardly news, since if I had spent four...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 8
February 10 Hearing: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on cybercrime and identity theft. 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Building The House Science and...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-08
SourceForge turns off "blanket blocking" Good to see SourceForge being responsive here and deciding to take this risk. The draconian...
From Schneier on Security
More Details on the Chinese Attack Against Google
Three weeks ago, Google announced a sophisticated attack against them from China. There have been some interesting technical details since then. And the NSA is...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 February 2010
Well did you watch the Super Bowl? I confess that I did not. I
From Putting People First
Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium 2010
For the past four years, Microsoft Research (MSR) has sponsored a symposium on social computing that “brings together academic and industry researchers, developers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where Does this Blog Come From?
This blog was originally established to communicate to visitors at Procter & Gamble's Innovation Centers. I was asked during many visits that major retailers and...
From The Eponymous Pickle