It is graduation time. Congratulation to all graduates all over the world. I’d like to share two of my favorite commencements speeches with you. Please share your favorite ones with rest of us.
- Jeff Bezos commencement speech at Princeton University (click here)
- Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford University (click here)
What does it take to be the CIO of a major school district? I live in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) district, which happens to be large as school districts go. It is in the top 20 by school enrollment, with a 1.4 billion dollar budget. It has just changed superintendents, and has an open position for CIO.
I’ve never been the CIO of a school district, but does the requirements of CMS match what you think the head of technology at one of the largest school district in the nation requires? Does the CIO of a school district need experience as an educator? By nature it is also extremely political. Can the position have an innovator?
Here is the full job description: Continue Reading »
Fifteen years ago on this day, May 11 1997, IBM super computer Deep Blue, won a chess match with the world’s chess champion. Deep Blue became the first computer program to defeat a world champion in a match under tournament condition. Here is some information about Deep Blue and its impact on the field of Artificial Intelligence. Deep Blue’s victory against a human champion under a tournament condition generated lots of hot discussions regrading Deep Blue’s intelligent level and future of Artificial Intelligence. Professor Drew McDermott of Yale university wrote an article on this topic for New York Times which was published on May 17, 1997. You can read a long version of that article by clicking here.
In this anniversary video, Dr. Murray Campbell, member of IBM Deep Blue team, explains Deep Blue and the challenges that it overcame. A documentary video was also created by Computer History Museum about this historic milestone in human history.
Take a look at this startup (Diaspora) that blossomed from NYU students that allows people (not companies) to own data on a social network:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-10/on-diasporas-social-network-you-own-your-data
I read this fascinating article which describes Daniela Rus’ work on using robotic blocks to build geometric shapes.
Its a story that has an element of Matrix and Harry Potter in it. The underlying idea is to reach into a bag of sand (in this case the robotic building blocks), and allow them to assemble in a “smart” way such that they create a shape collectively. Does this remind you of elements in nature?
You can find out more here: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-10/daniela-russ-robotic-sand
What applications do you think are possible as a result of this technology?
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