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Day One–#CSTA2021
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Day One–#CSTA2021

Today was the first day of the Computer Science Teachers Association conference. All online of course. It was a pretty cool day. I got myself set up with a twohttps...

AI driven with Analogies
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI driven with Analogies

We Followed Melanie Mitchell's work, Especially with regard to Analogies. A Good direction,  working with advertising we liked the idea of their use, but the approaches...

HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe
From insideHPC

HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe

The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs...

Emergency and Crisis Software Development?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Emergency and Crisis Software Development?

 ACM writes about fast, even emergency software development.   We had something like that at the start of the pandemic.  How (and how well) was it done. How could...

Platform9 Unveils First Managed KubeVirt Solution to Unify Virtual Machines and Kubernetes Stacks 
From insideHPC

Platform9 Unveils First Managed KubeVirt Solution to Unify Virtual Machines and Kubernetes Stacks 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 13, 2021 — Platform9, maker of open-source, private, edge and hybrid cloud-native technologies that offers enterprises an  SaaSPlatform9...

Faster sorted array unions by reducing branches
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Faster sorted array unions by reducing branches

When designing an index, a database or a search engine, you frequently need to compute the union of two sorted sets. When I am not using fancy low-level instructions...

GitHub Previews AI Tool that Makes Coding Suggestions
From The Eponymous Pickle

GitHub Previews AI Tool that Makes Coding Suggestions

More steps towards automation of coding.  With the potential to strengthen security and efficiency of code. GitHub Previews AI Tool That Makes Coding Suggestions...

Towards Communal Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Towards Communal Computing

 Good thoughts, having now been involved in many smart home setups and updates,  the direction needs to be much broader.   And these adaptations also need to learned...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements
From Schneier on Security

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, a virtual conference hosted by The IEEE Society...

Hyperconnectivity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hyperconnectivity

 New term to me.  As I understand it is here today. Further implications?  Great efficiency or just less security? Hyperconnectivity, Not Well Understood, Ties ...

Pollination Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pollination Robotics

An example I had not seen before.Buzz Off, Bees. Pollination Robots Are Here.By The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2021Farmers have long relied on insects, windAcross...

BMW Kicks Off Crowd-sourced Quantum Challenge with AWS; Sept. 24 Deadline
From insideHPC

BMW Kicks Off Crowd-sourced Quantum Challenge with AWS; Sept. 24 Deadline

With hope of making quantum computing an automotive innovative engine, BMW today invited researchers, start-ups and companies from the quantum computing community...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Socially Reproduced Experiments

We must avoid becoming one Cropped from USA Today source José Altuve hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth against the Yankees on Sunday. He thereby...

Call for Applicants- Networking Tour “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine”
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Call for Applicants- Networking Tour “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine”

Are you a Ph.D. candidate or postdoctoral researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and medicine looking for a new opportunity? Are you interested in connecting...

AI and Design Thinking
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI and Design Thinking

Interesting point.   I say all systems, analytics, processes, management have a 'design problem', they need to be applied properly to provide value.     All statistical...

Quantum Computing Inc. and IPQ Partner on Clinical Trials and Diagnostics Strategies
From insideHPC

Quantum Computing Inc. and IPQ Partner on Clinical Trials and Diagnostics Strategies

Leesburg, Va., July 13, 2021 — Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) (OTCQB: QUBT), a company working to bridge classical and quantum computing, today announced a partnership...

Colorado Passes Consumer Privacy Law
From Schneier on Security

Colorado Passes Consumer Privacy Law

First California. Then Virginia. Now Colorado. Here’s a good comparison of the three states’ laws.

China Taking Control of Zero-Day Exploits
From Schneier on Security

China Taking Control of Zero-Day Exploits

China is making sure that all newly discovered zero-day exploits are disclosed to the government. Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability...

Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Attempts
From Schneier on Security

Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Attempts

Interesting attack: Masquerading as UK scholars with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the threat actor TA453 has been covertly...

Modeling on SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Reveals Findings on Pregnancy-related Hypertension
From insideHPC

Modeling on SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Reveals Findings on Pregnancy-related Hypertension

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), preeclampsia, or pregnancy-related hypertension, occurs in roughly one in 25 pregnancies in the...
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