computing

Deadline extendes- Interactive Storytelling ICIDS 2009 - GUimaraes, Portugal

Submitted by Anaventura on Jul 06, 2009, 11:30 AM

Submission deadline extended- July 13,2009

ICIDS 2009 - Second International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling | 9 - 11 December 2009, Guimarães, Portugal

New Arbitrage Opportunities for Image Search: Metaphors, Game Metadata, Common Sense

Submitted by Ray Uzwyshyn on Jun 16, 2009, 12:24 PM
A new opportunity for image search is presented by leveraging emergent image retrieval paradigms (Google Image Labeler) with New Interface Possiblities (Cool Iris) for the next stage of Image Search: http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-09/JunJul09_Uzwyshyn.pdf 

ICCC X - First International Conference on Computational Creativity

Submitted by Anaventura on May 28, 2009, 02:27 AM
Conference on Computational Creativity in Lisbon, Portugal - 7 - 9 January 2010

Duke U Press Publishes Study by Obama's Mama

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on May 04, 2009, 02:03 PM
It hasn't been very often, if ever, in American history that the mother of the President of the United States was a scholar and an academic.  Congratulations to Duke University Press for publishing Against the Odds:  Village Industry in Indonesia, by the late S. Ann Dunham.  Duke U Press Editorial Director Ken Wissoker notes:  ?It is a great privilege for Duke University Press to be publishing this remarkable work by Ann Dunham.  Her global perspective and obvious respect for other people?s intelligence and self-direction is a model we all can learn from. Her children clearly have!?

PLOrk at the DML showcase

Submitted by John Jones on Apr 16, 2009, 11:11 PM
The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) gave an amazing performance tonight at the opening reception for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition. Here's some clips from the question and answer session that followed the performance: Part one:

Part two:

When Technology Fails Us All

Submitted by mindprints on Mar 19, 2009, 05:15 PM

Sometimes we are gifted with amazing technologies that can change our lives for the better. Sometimes these new technologies are so advanced and different to what we are accustomed to, we can not fully benefit from them. We try to use these new tools in the same way we used their predecessors. We cling to methods that are rooted in inferior, antiquated channels.

 

Here is a true story that illustrates this. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.