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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 U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Co-Sponsors Hill Briefing on Education
On May 20th, ACM will co-sponsor a briefing on Capitol Hill with the House STEM Education Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus. The event, "Bringing Innovative...
From Putting People First
The moral bankruptcy of Current TV - a personal comment
Until recently, I liked Current TV and its Vanguard journalism group very much. The reporting from such cities as Lagos, Nigeria was superb. I liked their mixture...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Alternative Certification for CS Teachers
In the midst of budget cuts (which the politicians claim won't harm education), a colleague of mine reported that a local school system had declared that it would...
From Putting People First
Human-centred design for sustainable development on an urban scale
The built environment is now the largest negative factor in the stability of ecosystems and the climate. As populations become increasingly urbanized, the evolution...
From Putting People First
Johanna Brewer about ethnography and design
Nicolas Nova reports on a lecture by Johanna Brewer about “What can ethnography do for technology?” Brewer, who is a PhD candidate in the Informatics department...
From Putting People First
Business Innovation Factory launches Student Experience Lab
The non-profit Business Innovation Factory (BIF) yesterday launched a new laboratory to enable innovation in higher education. The lab will support the design of...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-05-12
Open Participation Software for Java "OPS4J stands for Open Participation Software for Java, and this community is trying to build...
From insideHPC
Cambridge builds supercomputer cloud for SMB,
Found at ITPro, an article on U of Cambridge (UK) plans to open up its supercomputing infrastructure for small businesses and other universities that need excess...
From insideHPC
Argonne researchers receive award for MPI performance
This just in via email, news that a research team from Argonne National Lab has been selected as one of the award winners at this year’s
From insideHPC
Penguin Powers U of Florida HPC Phase
Penguin Computing, today, announced details that the University of Florida’s High Performance Computing Center Phase III installation will be a Penguin integrated...
From insideHPC
HLRS Deploys NEC/QDR
Voltaire Ltd, popular Infiniband vendor, has announced that the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart [HLRS] has deployed a new cluster based on their quad...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Earned Media
Jonah Bloom on public relations and 'earned media'. Includes a number of principles that are well worth considering.
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Two Projects in the PipelineAmbassador: Catherine Lang, Australia
The Australian ACM-W Ambassador has two exciting projects in the pipeline this year. The first, Digital Divas targets junior secondary school students. It is a...
From Putting People First
Bringing the everyday life of people into design
“Bringing the everyday life of people into design” is the title of a doctoral dissertation that Froukje Sleeswijk Visser is defending today to obtain her doctoral...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Announcing: The Shopper Marketing Lab
A radical and valuable idea, from Dave Katz, more details as they emerge:CLIENTONE INTRODUCES SHOPPER MARKETING 2.0 THE SHOPPER MARKETING LAB SHOPPER DATA SETSATLANTA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP Expands BI Strategy
At the current Sapphire meeting SAP has announced a number of expansions of its business intelligence capabilities. These appear to be quite innovative in their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Loyalty a Bad Thing?
Provocative thought, Many efforts underway to promote loyalty. Is is always a good thing? From Harvard Business Publishing: ... It might be tempting to pamper...
From The Noisy Channel