Communications of the ACM
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October 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Worlds First Fusion Reactor in 2040?
Although I read otherwise there are considerable issue to start. But that is long time to work at it.
The UK Government has unveiled ambitious plans to build the world's first working nuclear fusion reactor by as early as 2040…From The Eponymous Pickle
Sensory Trick for VR
Another sense covered?
Sensory Trick Makes Objects Seem Heavy or Light in VR
By New Scientist, September 13, 2022
Vibrating pads on people's arms can support a more convincing illusion of weight in virtual reality (VR) by fooling…From insideHPC
Supercharging Modern Data Centers with NVIDIA Networking Solutions
In this webinar sponsored by PNY Technologies, you will learn the benefits, functionalities, and key features of Accelerated Ethernet technology by NVIDIA Spectrum and how it delivers end-to-end innovations and synergies to optimize…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Gladys West: Where’s my satellite? Where’s my child? #BlackHistoryMonth
Gladys West solved the maths problems behind the positioning of satellites. She worked closely with programmers to write the code to do calculations based on her maths.
From Computational Complexity
Will Strassen's Matrix Mult Alg ever be practical?
All time bounds are asymptotic and really O-of.
Recall that Strassen found a clever way to multiple two 2x2 matrices with 7 mults (and lots of adds) leading to a matrix mult alg in n^{\log_2 7} = n^{2.87...}
From The Noisy Channel
Information Extraction
When we index content for search, it’s natural to think in terms of documents. But searchers aren’t necessarily looking for documents. They’re looking for information. That information may be a small part of a document or may…
From The Noisy Channel
Content Understanding
This publication is a series of posts devoted to content understanding. Each post is self-contained, but there is a natural progression. If you’d like to read them all, start with the first one.
Content Understanding was originally…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Buying the Cameras
Implications of the fears of needed data gathering for General AI, Placed in the context of human behavior
What Keith Lowell Jensen sums up is what George Orwell failed to predict is that:
"We'd buy the cameras ourselves and our…From The Eponymous Pickle
State of Digital Grocery
Podcast to listen to:
The State of grocery retail around the world
October 6, 2022 | Podcast
By Bill Aull, Dymfke Kuijpers, and Daniel Läubli
The state of grocery retail around the world
A survey of more than 30,000 consumers and…From The Eponymous Pickle
Detailing Neural Activity
Rare Electrical Recordings of Human Brain Detail Neural Activity
By New York University, October 5, 2022
An international team of neuroscientists used medical data to record human neural activity of visual processing in exceptional…From The Eponymous Pickle
BMW and Alexa
In car voice still commonly chosen?
Alexa Custom Assistant Will Power BMW’s Voice AI
ERIC HAL SCHWARTZ
BMW and Amazon revealed plans to build BMW’s next-generation voice assistant as an Alexa Custom Assistant platform. s annualBMW…From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Sense
Makes makes much sense
A Common-Sense Test for AI Could Lead to Smarter Machines
By The Next Web
September 29, 2022
AI with common sense could mean big things for humans, for example, better customer service, better performanceToday's…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Micro:Bit Programming for Grades K to 3 With #MicroCode
The Micro:Bit is a pretty cool piece of hardware being used in a lot of schools. It’s mostly used in middle school and above but that may be changing. New from Microsoft is Microcode beta. Programming is via a MicroCode web editor…
From insideHPC
Frontier Testing and Tuning Problems Downplayed by Oak Ridge
Everything about the Frontier supercomputer, the world’s first exascale system residing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is outsized: its power, its scale and the attention it draws. In HPC circles, the attention and talk have…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Makers Won't Weaponize
Agreements at least from western makers.
Leading Makers Pledge Not to Weaponize Their Robots
NPR, Joe Hernandez, October 6, 2022
Six major robot manufacturers have signed a letter promising not to weaponize their products. Boston…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon.com is Freezing Hiring for its Corporate Staff in retail
THE NEW YORK TIMES 10/05/2022
Amazon.com is freezing hiring for its corporate staff in retail for the rest of the year. More than 10,000 openings had been posted as of Monday evening. According to Brad Glasser,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Storytelling and Science
As a marketing company, we knew Storytelling is important. Good piece, intro below. See also 'How to Tell a Story' which I am currently reading, by Meg Bowles et al. Publication of' 'The Moth ' a storytelling consortium…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New York AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty
New York AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty
The Wall Street Journal, Richard Vanderford
September 21, 2022
A law that goes into effect in New York City in January requires companies to audit their artificial intelligence (AI) hiring…From The Eponymous Pickle
Transform Through Disruption
How to transform through disruption
September 17, 2022
In the face of persistent disruption, what does it take for an organization to undergo a successful transformation? For Andy Penn, CEO of Australian telecommunications company…From insideHPC
TSMC September 2022 Revenue Report: Up 36% YoY
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Oct. 7, 2022 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for September 2022: On a consolidated basis, revenue for September 2022 was approximately NT$208.25 billion, a decrease of
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning Model Predicts MS Health Conditions
A very good application direction
Machine Learning Model Predicts Health Conditions of People with MS
By Carnegie Mellon University
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Washington…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Announces New Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently released a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” The goal of the AI Bill of Rights is to provide a set of policies and regulations to protect against potentially harmful…
From insideHPC
RIKEN’s Matsuoka Wins 2022 IEEE Seymour Cray Award
HPC luminary Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka of the Japan’s RIKEN Center for Computational Science has been named recipient of the 2022 IEEE Computer Society Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award. It’s a measure of his standing in the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intro to Robotic Simulaton in Isaac Sim
Of interest, new to me:
SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE
Introduction to Robotic Simulations in Isaac Sim
Robotic automation has enjoyed great success in recent years with increasing hardware capabilities driving innovation in simulation…From The Eponymous Pickle
China wants to build the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignition
How close?
China wants to build the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignition
By: Maksim Panasovskyi in Gadget
China's Sichuan province could host the world's first nuclear reactor with fusion ignition.
Here's WhatConstruction…From The Eponymous Pickle
First 3D Printed Multi Story Home
New directions for efficient assembly become possible
First Multi-Story 3D-Printed Home Blends Concrete, Wood
Cornell University Chronicle
James Dean, September 14, 2022
Researchers at Cornell University, PERI 3D Construction, contractor…From Computational Complexity
Art and Technology
Last weekend I went to one of Chicago's jewels, the Art Institute, and saw the opening of a new exhibit by Berlin-based artist Josephine Pryde entitled The Vibrating Slab referring mainly to the phone that constantly tries to…
From insideHPC
How Well-Designed Infrastructure Can Overcome Challenges to Big Data Analytics Workloads
In this sponsored post, our friends over at Silicon Mechanics discuss how using big data analytics and predictive analytics through deep learning (DL) are essential strategies to make smarter, more informed decisions and provide…
From insideHPC
ALCF’s Michael Papka Wins Pinnacle of Education Award
Oct. 5, 2022 — Michael E. Papka, a deputy associate laboratory director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), has been recognized…
From insideHPC
Intel Says It’s Moving Toward Large-Scale Quantum Chip Production
Intel announced today it has demonstrated the industry’s highest reported yield and uniformity to date of silicon spin qubit devices. “This achievement represents a major milestone for scaling and working towards fabricating
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