Communications of the ACM
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August 2018
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tutorial for Genetic Algorithms
A code up via of GA's here for a traveling salesman problem. I would use existing tested codes for this, but laying this out is instructive.
By Eric Stoltz
" ...Evolution of a salesman: A complete genetic algorithm tutorial for…
From Putting People First
[Book] Made by Humans – The AI Condition
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Made by Humans – The AI Condition by Ellen Broad Melbourne University Publishing July 2018, 277 pages An Australian data expert challenges the idea of AI being better than humans Who is designing AI? A select, narrow group. How…
From Putting People First
Tech companies use “persuasive design” to get us hooked. Psychologists say it’s unethical.
Behind the screens of the games we play and digital communities we interact with are psychologists and other behavioral science experts, who are hired to create products that we want to use more and more. Big tech now employs…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 10th, 2018)
There are far fewer forest fires now than there was 15 years ago. The Earth is getting greener. There are more forests: We show that—contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined globally—tree cover has increased…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: New Tool for Grabbing Squid and other Fragile Sea Creatures
Interesting video of a robot grabber that's delicate enough to capture squid (and even jellyfish) in the ocean. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.…
From insideHPC
There’s still Time to register for HPC User Forum in Detroit – Agenda targets AI, Autonomous Cars, & Sensor Networks
There's still Time to register for HPC User Forum in Detroit. The meeting takes place September 4-6 in Dearborn, Michigan. Key topics include AI and other advanced analytics, automated driving systems a.k.a. self-driving vehicles…
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on IBM, Maersk Supplychain and Blockchain
I see that a number of companies that have to take supply chain management very seriously are involved. So they believe in the use of this technology. Includes my former company, Procter & Gamble, where we were involved in…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Forrester on AI in Retail
Could not agree more, its not about things like image recognition. Its first about automating business process with deep and transparent data. And insert the pattern recognition if you need it.
AI In Retail? Nope — Start With…
From Schneier on Security
xkcd on Voting Computers
Funny and true....
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Does AI Mean for Supply Chain Jobs?
Augmenting jobs, net leading to more collaboration between people and technology, and changes in that technology. Jobs too will be invented as part of a new, data rich collaborative technology. Note specifics of jobs below.…
From insideHPC
The Rigetti 128-qubit chip — What it means for quantum
Chad Rigetti writes that his company is building a 128-qubit quantum computer over the next 12 months. The company has already built the 128-qubit processing chip. If successful, it could be the world’s most powerful quantum
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From insideHPC
Supercomputing HIV-1 Replication at TACC
Researchers are using TACC supercomputers in the fight against HIV. In a new study published in Nature, a team led by Cornell researcher found the naturally-occurring compound IP6 promotes both assembly and maturation of HIV-1…
From insideHPC
Julia 1.0 release Opens the Doors for a Connected World
Today Julia Computing announced the Julia 1.0 programming language release. As the first complete, reliable, stable and forward-compatible Julia release, version 1.0 is the fastest, simplest and most productive open-source programming…
From insideHPC
Dr. Eng Lim Goh presents: Prediction – Use Science or History?
Dr. Eng Lim Goh from HPE gave this keynote talk at PASC18. "Traditionally, scientific laws have been applied deductively - from predicting the performance of a pacemaker before implant, downforce of a Formula 1 car, pricing of…
From Schneier on Security
Don't Fear the TSA Cutting Airport Security. Be Glad That They're Talking about It.
Last week, CNN reported that the Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating security at U.S. airports that fly only smaller planes -- 60 seats or fewer. Passengers connecting to larger planes would clear…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Centricity Playbook
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The Customer Centricity Playbook: Implement a Winning Strategy Driven by Customr Lifetime Value By Peter Fader and Sarah Toms
How did Global Gaming Company Electronic Arts…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting the Future to Understand the Present
Had covered this in progress, can it be directed against more abstract kinds of process as well?
To Make Sense of the Present, Brains May Predict the Future
A controversial theory suggests that perception, motor control, memory…
From insideHPC
Video: New Cascade Lake Xeons to Speed Ai with Intel Deep Learning Boost
This week at the Data-Centric Innovation Summit, Intel laid out their near-term Xeon roadmap and plans to augment their AVX-512 instruction set to boost machine learning performance. "This dramatic performance improvement and…
From insideHPC
Video: Neutrino Telescope Data Management and Analysis
In this video from PASC18, Tessa Carver from the University of Geneva presents: Neutrino Telescope Data Management and Analysis. "We will describe the data flow structure of onsite DAQ to filtered steams for various physics scopes…
From insideHPC
DDN Building New Flash Enterprise Virtualization and Analytics Division
Today DDN announced it is rapidly hiring engineers, support and sales team members for its newly-created Server Virtualization, Analytics, VDI, Container and DevOps division. The new division will focus on helping enterprises…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Services APIs from Microsoft
They have published a guides I am reviewing. Note they are using the term Cognitive rather than AI, probably a good idea given the confusion.
Deliver a more personal experience to customers
Easily infuse your apps with Cognitive…
From insideHPC
SkyScale: GPU Cloud Computing with a Difference
In this guest post, Tim Miller, president of SkyScale, covers how GPU cloud computing is on the fast track to crossing the chasm to widespread adoption for HPC applications. "Two good examples of very different markets adopting…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Proof of Concept Malware Uses Intelligence
I know executives who are alarmed when they see programmers or major companies outline how new kinds of Malware can be built. Isn't it bad enough? But it does help to outline the vulnerabilities to plan for them. This example…
From insideHPC
Thierry Pellegrino on What’s New at the Dell HPC Community
In this video from the Dell EMC HPC Community Meeting, VP Thierry Pellegrino describes how AI and HPC are coming together to foster innovation. "The newly announced Dell EMC Ready Solutions for AI were built to simplify Machine…
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Biomind AI
China Focus: AI beats human doctors in neuroimaging recognition contest Source: Xinhua
BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) system scored 2:0 against elite human physicians Saturday in two rounds of
The…
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Phishing Sites with Machine Learning
Really interesting article: A trained eye (or even a not-so-trained one) can discern when something phishy is going on with a domain or subdomain name. There are search tools, such as Censys.io, that allow humans to specifically…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Progress in New Hampshire
Things have been moving right along in New Hampshire. First we developed CS teacher certification (a joint effort with the department of education and a team of computer science educators). Now we have CS included in the legal…
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Other Assistant, Baidu gets Broad Distribution
Note the 'Show' style device. Previously took a look at Baidu through reports, was available only in Chinese.
Baidu’s DuerOS AI assistant is now installed on 100 million devices By Kyle Wiggers in Venturebeat
Amazon’s Alexa…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft’s New Ethereum Blockchain Product
Microsoft enters the fray here. Intriguing notion of proof of authority vs Proof of work. Examining implications.
Microsoft’s New Ethereum Blockchain Product Gets Rid of Mining
Software giant Microsoft has debuted a new Blockchain…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hands Free Skype Calling via Cortana, and Beyond?
I see you can now do Skype calling hands-free. A use of Cortana that is fairly obvious. And one of the few assistant-type serious interactions from Microsoft. I am waiting for. Would also like some real intelligent integration…