Communications of the ACM
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November 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Congressional App Challenge 2016
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From Putting People First
[Book] Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective
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Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective First Edition Edited by: Alberto Alemanno, Anne-Lise Sibony Hart Publishing December 2015, 400 pages Abstract Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human decision-making…
From Putting People First
[Book] Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective
Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective First Edition Edited by: Alberto Alemanno, Anne-Lise Sibony Hart Publishing December 2015, 400 pages Abstract Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human decision-making…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alibaba's Singles Day Shopping Fest Changes e-Commerce
In ClickZ: Upcoming. Quite an international change. Number of interesting details in the article." .. Alibaba wants to change the world's e-commerce landscape, using its Singles Day on November 11 as a springboard.Alibaba's…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Charted Cognitive Biases
A favorite topic, cognitive biases: Here a list of 20 biases in chart form. Never thought there were so many, but it is worth considering them all. They skew reasoning that you do, even when you are working with good data…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The World Series Of Complexity Theory
László’s three talks Chicago Chronicle source László Babai must be busy getting ready for his series of talks. Today Ken and I wish to discuss one issue that has come up in comments about his result. By the way, the big event…
From insideHPC
HPC Thought Leaders Headline Intel Community Hub at SC15
"Looking for the HPC community thought leaders at SC15? You will find many of them at the Intel Community Hub where hourly interactive discussions will feature more than 35 community thought leaders over three-days. Speakers …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger's Technology Store Ideas
Kroger is building the grocery store of the futureby Kate Taylor ....An overview of a number of technologies that Kroger is testing in real stores .... Have seen several of them myself. They deserve a close look.
From insideHPC
World’s First Data-Aware Cloud Storage Gateway Coming to SC15
Today ArcaStream and General Atomics introduced Ngenea, the world’s first data-aware cloud storage gateway. Ready for quick deployment, Ngenea seamlessly integrates with popular cloud and object storage providers such as Amazon…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Economist on BlockChain Trust
Well done. Non technical. A conversation I had with a financial technology expert made this clear:The great chain of being sure about thingsThe technology behind bitcoin lets people who do not know or trust each other build…
From insideHPC
Google Open Sources TensorFlow for Machine Learning
In a surprise move, Google has open-sourced TensorFlow artificial intelligence software. The powerful machine learning engine is one of Google’s successful experiments and helps the search giant in automated search and analysis…
From insideHPC
LSU Deploys IBM Power8 Delta Supercomputer
Today LSU announced the deployment of a POWER8-based supercomputer to advance big data research in Louisiana. Named Delta, the new supercomputer's unique design brings a new way of conducting computational research to LSU. The…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Disruption Stories
Just making my way through: Data Disruption: 33 experts tell their stories. Hardly secrets, but Free and nicely done. Non technical. Would suggest any manager read this. Via Kirk Borne, who is one of the experts. I …
From insideHPC
Slidecast: How to Buy a Supercomputer – Lessons Learned from NAG
In this slidecast, Andrew Jones from NAG discusses the lessons learned from over 40 supercomputing procurements. NAG has announced plans to launch an impartial HPC technology intelligence and analysis subscription service at …
From insideHPC
X-ISS to Bring ManagedHPC to Europe
Today eXcellence in IS Solutions (X-ISS) announced plans for European expansion. With details to be unveiled at the SC15, X-ISS will expand its signature ManagedHPC service into the European market.
The post X-ISS to Bring ManagedHPC…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robohub’s 25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About
Robohub has recently published its list of 25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About to highlight women who are making great contributions to modern robotics. Some highlights from the list include: Nancy Amato, a professor…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Open Sources their Machine Learning
Have seen a demo of an earlier version of this. Was impressed by the visual approach, which can lead to better understanding by decision makers. Recall we also looked at similar approaches for visual recognition and analysis…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Simple Brands Win
In the HBR. Good piece on the topic that has been of considerable impact in CPG. But the effect is broader than that. Points out the increasing watch paid to simplicity:" ... For the past six years, Siegel+Gale has published…
From insideHPC
Five Things Not to Miss in Austin
Austin a great destination for the SC15 conference. In this special guest feature from the Print 'n Fly Guide to SC15, William Wallace describes five things not to miss in Austin.
The post Five Things Not to Miss in Austin appeared…From Schneier on Security
Good Article on the Blockchain
The Economist published a really good article on the blockchain....
From insideHPC
A Foodie’s Guide to Restaurants and Entertainment in Austin
With SC15 in Austin this year, we all have a lot of good food and entertainment in store. In this special guest feature from the Print 'n Fly Guide to Austin, William Wallace writes that there’s a lot more to this town than just…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 November 2015
I spent the last few days in Phoenix Arizona at the fall board meeting of the Computer Science Teachers Association. It was a very busy couple of days and I got home late last night. Tonight and tomorrow night my school has parent…
From Writing
Should I start a company or work for one?
My blog post on O’Reilly Radar: Should I start a company or work for one?
From Writing
Should I start a company or work for one?
My blog post on O’Reilly Radar: Should I start a company or work for one?
From Computational Complexity
Looking forward to the GI result
As you all know Laszlo Babai will give a talk Tuesday Nov 10 on a result: GI in quasipolynomial time (2 to a polylog). Other theory blogs have already commented on this (GLL,In Theory,Shetl-Opt) When I was in Graduate School…
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Aviation and the Industrial Internet
I was just introduced to:GE AviationGE Aviation is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, and ship propulsion…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Integral Analytics for Smart Grids
Brought to my attention: Integral Analytics. Continuing an examination." ... When is the best time to rely on IA software?…when accuracy matters…Utilities face many risks. The usual suspects still remain -- reliability risk…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Money Newsletter
O'Reilly is offering a future of money newsletter. They usually do a good job. This has come up in several think tank interactions lately. Worth a further look.
From insideHPC
SC15 Diversity Sessions Coming to Austin
The SC15 Blog has published a listing of Diversity Sessions not to miss. Just a week away, the SC15 conference runs Nov. 15-20 in Austin.
The post SC15 Diversity Sessions Coming to Austin appeared first on insideHPC.
From insideHPC
Video: Chapel – Productive, Multiresolution Parallel Programming
Brad Chamberlain from Cray presented this talk at the recent Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "We believe Chapel can greatly improve productivity for current and emerging HPC architectures and meet emerging…