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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Document Data Model
Good overview .... and reminder of usefulness.WHITE PAPERWhy the Document Data ModelBuilt around JSON-like documents, document databases are both natural and flexible...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Twins
Useful piece on Digital Twins and their definition and use. Adds to my current examination and use cases.The Multiple Faces of Digital Twins By Alex Woodie ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (July 10th 2021)
We use CRISPR, a state-of-the-art gene editing technique, to edit the genes of live human patients in a clinical trials. A clinical trial has begun concerning an...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey: Trends in Tech
Well done overview:The top trends in techWhich technologies have the most momentum in an accelerating world? We identified the trends that matter mostThe top trends...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Security for Payment Processing
A space I worked in for a while. There is a lot of security that is required. Data Security Rules Instituted for U.S. Payment Processing System By ZDNet July...
From insideHPC
HPC Integral to DoD’s Post-JEDI Cloud Strategy; Early Co-favorites: AWS and Azure
The Pentagon’s cancellation of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract won in 2019 by Microsoft – the biggest tech story of the week and surely one of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Need of Advances for Electric Trucks
On the use of electric trucks, and what they will need to make them broadly viable.Electric trucks can go the (short) distanceTo electrify the entire industry,...
From insideHPC
Let’s Talk Exascale Code Development: WDMAPP—XGC, GENE, GEM
This is episode 82 of the Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, provided by the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project, exploring the expected impacts of exascale...
From insideHPC
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 ISC Student Cluster Competition
The 2021 ISC Student Cluster Competition (SCC) has wrapped up, and now it’s time to honor the students who participated from around the world, as well as provide...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building a Better Wallet
Digital wallets in the past have been insecure on some systems, and they are the primary user interface into cryptocurrency. Square is building a hardware crypto...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Identification Improvements Using Blurred Fingerprints
Fingerprint clear up analysis. An example of the use of Generative Adversarial Networks. But note the comment on auditing the results in court.AI Clears UpNew...
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Challenge for Learning from Human Feedback using Minecraft
Berkeley Bair challenge competition here using a common gaming environment. Been a long time since I looked at Minecraft. Short extract of the idea below, more...
From insideHPC
OCP Announces Leadership Changes
July 8, 2021 — The OCP Foundation and board of directors is excited to announce that Rebecca Weekly was elected to the position of chairperson of the Open Compute...
From insideHPC
Strangeworks Launches Early Access to Qiskit Runtime from IBM Quantum
July 8, 2021 – Austin-based quantum computing software company Strangeworks has announced it’s the first IBM partner to offer early preview access to Qiskit Runtime...
From insideHPC
DOE Awards $15.6M for Climate Modeling
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $15.6 million for new research studying the properties, formation, and interactions between atmospheric clouds...
From insideHPC
TACC’s Stampede2 HPC Helps ID New RNA Molecules for Disease Study
Researchers at Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University, UNSW Sydney, Illumina, and the Baylor College of Medicine have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithmic Impact Assessments
Welcome to Algorithmic Impact Assessments. I should note that I have done optimization and statistical models for decades, and this has very, very rarely come...
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IBM Using Blockchain for Validation
A trust/validation type of application for blockchain. In CoindeskIBM, Heifer International to Assist Honduras Farmers Access Global Markets Using Blockchain...
From insideHPC
Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 Edge Servers Certified to Run Sunlight NexVisor for IoT and AI
July 08, 2021, Cambridge, England — Sunlight.io, the edge infrastructure company, today announced that it has certified Lenovo’s compact edge compute server — the...
From insideHPC