Communications of the ACM
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December 2018
From The Eponymous Pickle
Power and Digital Surveillance
In HBR Big Idea: private data and targeted advertisement.
How to Exercise the Power you Didn't ask for By Jonathan Zittrain
I used to be largely indifferent to claims about the use of private data for targeted advertising, even…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Non Normal
A challenge we often encountered, good examples of how to address it in this article What if your Data is not Normal? in Towards Data Science
I Add: A lot of hand things we usually assume will not work when our data is
But…
From The Eponymous Pickle
People's Attitude Towards Algorithms
Though humans have broad concerns of the use of computer algorithms, it is inevitable they will be used ...
Public Attitudes Toward Computer Algorithms By Aaron Smith in Pew
Americans express broad concerns over the fairness…
From insideHPC
OpenMP API Specification 5.0 is Major Upgrade of OpenMP Language
The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced Version 5.0 of the OpenMP API Specification, a major upgrade of the OpenMP language. OpenMP 5.0 adds many new features that will be useful for highly parallel and complex applications…
From insideHPC
AMD Speeds HPC and Ai with EPYC Processors and Radeon GPUs
In this video from SC18, Derek Bouius from AMD describes how the company's new EPYC processors and Radeon GPUs can speed HPC and Ai applications. "It’s been a fantastic year in the supercomputing space as we further expanded
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From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 1st 2018)
Autism affects about 1% of the population and four times as many males as females. In older highly educated people, drinking 2 cups of coffee a day is associated with a reduced mortality rate of 22%. (This does not mean thatContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delta Biometric Atlanta Terminal
Thought this was only in China, but its here now. A needed use for security.
Here’s a look at Delta’s all-seeing, face-scanning, biometric airline terminal
By Melissa Locker in Fast Company
Delta Air Lines promised it would open…
From The Eponymous Pickle
E-Ink New Digital Paper
We worked with e-ink for a time in the lab.
E Ink’s new digital paper lets you draw with almost no lag in Thenextweb.
Almost like the real thing.
The hypothetical pinnacle of digital paper is when it becomes indistinguishable from…
From The Eponymous Pickle
E-Skin Functions as Bionic Compass
New idea, with details at the link:
E-Skin Functions as a Bionic Compass in IdeaConnection
An electronic skin able to detect motion relative to the Earth’s magnetic field could have applications in humans and robotics.
The e-skin…
From insideHPC
Video: Whamcloud – Lustre for HPC and Ai
In this video from DDN User Group at SC18, Robert Triendl describes how the company is building tomorrow's Lustre file system technology for Exascale. "Long recognized as a staple technology for those with the most demanding
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From insideHPC
Jobs of the Week: Software and Hardware Architects at the University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark is seeking Software and Hardware Architects in our Jobs of the Week. "The eScience Center at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), develops and operates large-scale e-Infrastructures dedicated…