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Algorithms, Bias, and Beautiful Women
I've been keeping my eyes open for things to discuss with students this fall, especially in Advanced Placement Computer Science…
From Computer Science Teacher – Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Teacher or Teacher of Computer Science
In some respects we have an identity problem in computer science education. Some of us think of ourselves as computer science teachers. Generally that means we...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Chief Talks Augmented vs Artificial
Always interesting to hear opinions on rapidly emerging technologies from the big players. Ultimately they must make the investments that need to be made.Artificial...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chasing Focus
Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus By Srini PillayThe ability to focus is an important driver of excellence. Focused techniques such as to-do lists, timetables...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disney and Kid-Robot Interactions
Interesting thought. Applications to robot-people interactions? Storytelling mentioned. Robots as androids, or more generally as devices? Do COPPA, andDisney...
From insideHPC
How HPE is Approaching Exascale with Memory-Driven Computing
In this video from ISC 2017, Mike Vildibill describes how Hewlett Packard Enterprise describes why we need Exascale and how the company is pushing forward withHow...
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC Looks at Results from the ISC 2017 Student Cluster Competition
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks back at the recent ISC 2017 conference and summarizes results from the Student Cluster Competition. "Eleven student...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blue Sky Ideas Track at Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence in February 2018
The Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 2-7, 2018. The purpose of the AAAI conference series...
From insideHPC
Red Hat Debuts Multi-Architecture Solutions for HPC at ISC 2017
In this video, Yan Fisher from Red Hat describes the company's multi-architecture solutions that were on display at ISC 2017. "Historically, HPC workloads haveRed...
From insideHPC
PSSC Labs Powers University of Dayton Atmospheric Optics Research
PSSC Labs recently announced the deployment of a powerful, turn-key HPC Cluster for the University of Dayton’s Intelligent Optics Laboratory. "It was importantPSSC...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How we Draw
Fascinating piece on how different cultures draw, using the circle as an example. A piece of metadata to understand and classify people and cultures? Note Google's...
From Schneier on Security
Now It's Easier than Ever to Steal Someone's Keys
The website key.me will make a duplicate key from a digital photo. If a friend or coworker leaves their keys unattended for a few seconds, you know what to do.....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Effectiveness of Retail Loyalty Programs
Good piece, and especially discussion on use and effectiveness of retail loyalty programs.How can retailers make loyalty programs more effective? by Tom Ryan...
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Consumer Brands and Blockchain
IBM piece. Refers to some work done by Wal-Mart using Blockchain. But then takes it further.By Laurence Haziot, IBM Global Managing Director and General Manager...
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Evolution of Amazon Recommender Systems
Building a store for each consumer. And how those consumers evolve over time? Instructive piece. What is the driving force for change? In IEEE Computer Society...
From Apophenia
Tech Culture Can Change
We need: Recognition, Repentance, Respect, and Reparation. To be honest, what surprises me most about the current conversation about the inhospitable nature of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Welcomes New Council Members and Leadership!
Saturday, July 1st, was the start of a new term at CCC! The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Chair Elizabeth Mynatt and Vice Chair Mark Hill are continuing...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Eric and Mike Turn 60
Birthday workshop at Rutgers last January Combined from source Eric Allender and Michael Saks have been leading lights in computing theory for four decades. They...
From Schneier on Security
Dubai Deploying Autonomous Robotic Police Cars
It's hard to tell how much of this story is real and how much is aspirational, but it really is only a matter of time: About the size of a child's electric toy...
From Computer Science Teacher – Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Twitter Chat - teaching computer science away from the computer #InfyEdChat
I'm going to host a twitter chat on Monday, July 10, 5PM PT / 8PM ET. Join me to talk about teaching computer science away from the computer. Bring your ideas and...
From The Eponymous Pickle