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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Computational Complexity
Karp recently turned 90 but there was no conference to celebrate that. Which numbers do we use and why?
Karp turned 90 in January of 2025. I searched to see if there is a 90th Birthday Conference for him. I did not find one (is there one?). For which years do we...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Maria Cunitz: astronomer and algorithmic thinker
When did women first contribute to the subject we now call Computer Science: developing useful algorithms, for example? Perhaps you would guess Ada Lovelace inContinue...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How fast can you open 1000 files?
Jarred Sumner, the main author of the Bun JavaScript engine, commented a few days ago on X that opening many files on macOS could be slow due to thread contention...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Eating Bioluminescent Squid
Firefly squid is now a delicacy in New York. Blog moderation policy.
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: With Hyperion Research on the Big Trends Across HPC-AI, Quantum, Cloud, Optical, Storage and Interconnects
We dive into numbers coming out Hyperion’s latest HPC-AI market update, including the strong current and projected industry CAGRs, the state of quantum computing...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Welcomes New Program Associate, Alina Gerall
We are excited to welcome Alina Gerall as a new Program Associate for the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) subcommittee! In her new role, Alina will assist...
From insideHPC
HNO International Converting Wasted Flared Gas into Energy for Data Centers, Bitcoin Mining and Hydrogen
MURRIETA, CA — February 26, 2025 / HNO International, Inc. (OTC PINK:HNOI), a hydrogen-based clean energy company, announces the launch of EcoFlare Power, a division...
From insideHPC
SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s
Feb. 28, 2025 — SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling...
From insideHPC
Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Condemns Mass Firing of Science Agency Employees
As the Trump Administration with Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) seeks to cut federal government employee roles, “probationary employees”...
From insideHPC
LLNL Examines Exoplanet Atmospheres with HPC
Feb. 27, 2025 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory released this update on researchers’ use of high performance computing resources to study the atmospheres...
From Schneier on Security
“Emergent Misalignment” in LLMs
Interesting research: “Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs“: Abstract: We present a surprising result regarding LLMs and...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Congratulations to the trailblazing ACM Fellows!
The ACM has named 55 members ACM Fellows for significant contributions to computing. The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrating Technology Leaders Episode 16: An Inside Look at ACM-W Professional Chapters
While ACM-W is widely known for its supportive network within research and education, did you know we also have a growing global community of Professional Chapters...
From insideHPC
Exascale: Argonne-led Team Trains AI to Take on Infectious Threats with Frontier and Aurora
ASCR, the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has released a report on the use of exascaleExascale...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Announces Upcoming Workshop on Defining the Role of Computing Research in Neural Interfacing
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to announce an upcoming workshop focused on exploring the role of computing research in neural interfacing....
From Computational Complexity
You Need Much Less Memory than Time
Just as I was complaining that we haven't seen many surprising breakthroughs in complexity recently, we get an earthquake of a result to start the year, showing...
From Schneier on Security
An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe
Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Toyota Tsusho to Partner with ORCA Computing
LONDON and AUSTIN, February 25, 2025 — Quantum computing company ORCA Computing and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), a member of the Toyota Group, delivering...
From insideHPC
Generative Imaging AI Will Use Game Engines and Synthetic Data to Train Models
By Chris Zacharias, CEO, Imgix Imagine an AI capable of transforming a single photograph into a living, breathing scene. Change the lighting, the weather, or even...
From insideHPC