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Mind the Gap
Between any two objects there is a gap.
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NSF Grants to Help Create Next-Generation Web
Machines May be Capable of Processes Resembling Deductive Reasoning
Computer scientists at UT Dallas have received $550,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop next-generation Web technology intended to enhance capabilities for everything from online scientific research to electronic social networking.
The researchers’ work concerns what’s known as the semantic Web, a smarter Web in which online content will be machine-understandable. Then computers will be able to process the meaning of words and phrases – and the thoughts they express – rather than simply searching for keywords and phrases.
Machines would then be able to relate one thought to others, processing knowledge – not just text – using processes similar to deductive reasoning and inference. That should produce better search results and the ability to navigate through the Web in a much more sophisticated way, enabling people to take fuller advantage of the abundance of information that’s online.
“Our research will not only advance the state of the art in semantic Web technologies but also address security challenges that arise as content searches become more advanced,” said Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, the principal investigator for the project and a professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UT Dallas.
Semantic Web technology is emerging as a crucial enabling technology for knowledge management, information integration, social networking and other applications, she added, noting that Tim Berners-Lee, a professor at MIT who’s credited with inventing the World Wide Web, has said that machine-understandable Web pages are key to making the Web more useful.
UT Dallas researchers have conducted extensive research on creating semantic Web technology and ensuring that it’s secure, and Thuraisingham’s latest book is titled Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs. She also teaches a graduate course on the topic, and she and her colleagues have introduced graduate courses on other aspects of semantic Web technologies and on an emerging technology known as cloud computing.
Her co-investigators on the two three-year NSF grants are fellow computer science faculty Latifur Khan, Murat Kantarcioglu and Vincent Ng.
Members of the UT Dallas team are also working on semantic Web research funded by agencies such as the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. In addition, they’re collaborating with Raytheon Co. on creating semantic Web technology that can find and analyze visual information.
“There’s a lot of emphasis on developing security technologies for Web 2.0, which is basically the Web as we know it today,” Dr. Khan said, “but we are looking ahead to Web 3.0, as the Web will exist several years from now. And semantic Web technology is expected to be a key part of that.”
Cybersecurity and semantic Web research projects have burgeoned at UT Dallas in the past two years with funding from not only NSF, IARPA and Raytheon but also the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and NASA, among others.
“We are also focusing on introducing novel courses on highly innovative topics and winning additional education grants from various federal agencies,” Thuraisingham added. “Our next step is to release a number of open-source software tools for both semantic Web security and knowledge discovery within the next year.” |
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Each group submit a comprehensive list of features for the collaborative learning space.
One posting per group, be sure to list all group members.
Links to different sites or blogs are acceptable. |
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Most teams avoid the storming stage which inhibits their ability to communicate effectively.
See Tuckman for details of his model of group development.
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Describe how the class can collaborate using the current tools created.
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Does the 1-9-90 rule affect digital collaboration?
Read about Jakob Nielsen and his internet user observation.
Click here to view.
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Read the following article to view what innovation by design looks like.
Shai Agassi is changing the world with an idea.
Click here to view Shai Agassi article in Wired magazine.
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Briefly describe your best learning experience.
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Posted in Silicon Valley - San Jose Business Journal, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 6:16 AM PDT
Stanford University and the Hasso-Plattner-Institute on Tuesday announced a $16 million research partnership in which they will investigate "design thinking," a methodology that melds an end-user focus with multidisciplinary collaboration and iterative improvement to produce products, services or experiences.
Leaders of both institutions signed an accord launching the program at Stanford in Palo Alto.
"We are interested in the design thinking method of innovation, which has been successfully taught at both institutions. Through joint scientific research projects we want to find out which factors ultimately contribute to the success of this kind of engineered and creative development of innovation for all areas of life," said HPI Professor Hasso Plattner of the Potsdam, Germany-based institute, who is providing the funding for the eight-year program.
Stanford Engineering Dean Jim Plummer said the program highlights the importance of innovation in benefiting society: "As engineers we strive to apply basic scientific discoveries in ways that will meet human needs. Improving our understanding of that innovation process will help us bring better solutions to society more quickly."
Half of the prospective projects will be contributed by HPI in Potsdam and the other half by Stanford University, giving each institution equal weight in the innovation research program.
Individual research projects will be funded with up to $150,000 annually. The research program, which will also include joint workshops of all participants in Potsdam and Palo Alto, starts in early September.
Science patron Professor Hasso Plattner, 64 is co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the global software company SAP. In 1999 he endowed the Potsdam Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering. In 2007 it was expanded by the HPI School of Design Thinking, which cooperates closely with the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University in Palo Alto. |
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A Hugh Macleod representation of the computer industry
posted on his blog at http://www.gapingvoid.com/ |
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Change the world or go home.
Why not think big? |
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To view current content on the EE screen follow the link:
UTD EE Screen content, go to the EE ppt link
Our goal is to create content that maximizes the platform. |
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When creation occurs as a group process it can be difficult. How was your experience? |
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| What is Design Thinking? |
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 The dbox research site is located at the following coordinates: Log into Second Life: 215 222 22 |
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How do you view the world? |
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 The digital language will require a dynamic intelligence, different from a conventional, linear flow of top-down knowledge access. The dynamic intelligence model represents an interactive, multi-directional flow of information. View www.http://utdbox.com/Digital_intelligence_graph.html for a detailed graph. |
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Research continues to find the perfect avatar with the right look to promote trust and improved interaction.
I think our research is a step ahead of the discussion by using an orb as the communicators' avatar.
While everyone is exploring how to imitate life in a virtual environment and more humaness creates comfort and trust, the orb jumps past these conjectures and posits that most human features and gestures are superfluous to effective communication.
This idea is counterintuitive and has been explored for centuries, a virtual platform provides the perfect environment to fully explore this idea and find out how much humaness is ideal to connect. |
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It's official, the dbox has a site.
Visit www.utdbox.com |
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USC CENTER ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RECEIVES MACARTHUR GRANT
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is awarding $550,000 to the USC Center for Public Diplomacy to begin a year-long exploration of the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds. The Center's Joshua Fouts and Doug Thomas were named co-Principal Investigators on the Macarthur Foundation grant. Click here to read the MacArthur announcement. Click here to read USC's announcement. |
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Are we our disabilities?

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 Is it possible to think outside the box?
For how long? |
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| A newspaper complaining of their readership being down is similar to Microsoft noting that fewer people are using Windows 3.0. |
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Seeking students to participate in an emac research project.

view 08art for details |
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There's a common mantra within the self-help community, that is "Don't be a victum."
This seems particularily relavent when exploring what keeps us from living a creative life.
What's your preferred disposition: Guilt, anger, laziness, indecision, fear, peer pressure, parental weight, or just a lack of energy?
The thought that comes to mind: Act, live, and create for yourself. The paradox, this can free you up to do more for others than you ever imagined.
No victums, no blocks, no distractions, no excuses. |
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Describe your creation process.
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How does an artist, student, person know they've arrived
if they don't know where they are going?
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Caponigro articulates digital imaging in his work and his writing.
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UTD is hosting one of the Dal-Rich Regional Destination Imagination Tournaments this year, March 2nd. & 3rd. and we need volunteers to run the event. There will be over 1,500 people on campus and UTD needs about 400 volunteers.
Check out the details at: http://www.dalrichdi.org/dalrichdi/index.asp
Or contact Megan Malone, 972-998-7557, MLM022000@utdallas.edu |
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The director of ATEC, Dr. Linehan was impressed with the student's work and passed the link to Lauraine O'Neil, UTD Office of Communications, after viewing the work, this was her response:
I think these are FABULOUS. I’m passing them along to Susan, Sheila and Pete (our graphic designer) for review. Personally, I think this would be an excellent page for the Viewbook or the College Guide we’re developing. Please keep passing work like this along. It’s always nice to be able to showcase our homegrown talent, especially when it’s this extraordinary.
Great job 2382 students. You've got to put it out there to be seen.
View project one (Self portraits) at http://08art.com/a_a_gallery_index.htm |
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In further exploration of the media as the message and we are becoming the machine, Professor Michael Wesch at Kansas State University has posted a couple videos that are excellent.
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=81
Be sure to turn off the "mojiti," this places an annoying and distracting commentary over the video. Click the button in the bottom left hand corner of the video screen. |
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