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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 insideHPC
Hyperion Research Opens Registration for HPC Market Update During ISC
St. Paul, MN, June 4, 2021 – Registration is now open for Hyperion Research’s annual HPC market update session to be held in conjunction with the ISC High Performance...
From Schneier on Security
The Supreme Court Narrowed the CFAA
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court just narrowed the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: In a ruling delivered today, the court sided with Van Buren and...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Video of Giant Squid Hunting Prey
Fantastic video of a giant squid hunting at depths between 1,827 and 3,117 feet. This is a follow-on from this post. As usual, you can also use this squid posthere...
From Schneier on Security
Security and Human Behavior (SHB) 2021
Today is the second day of the fourteenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. The University of Cambridge is the host, but we’re all on Zoom. SHB is a small...
From Computational Complexity
What happened to self-driving cars?
In 2014, I wrote a blog post about a fake company Elfdrive. With a near record-setting investment announced last week, the self-driving car service Elfdrive is...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster
I my previous blog post, I documented how one might proceed to compute the number of digits of an integer quickly. E.g., given the integer 999, you want 3 but given...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CRA Executive Director Job Description and Advertisement
Last week, we announced the retirement of Computing Research Association Executive Director Andrew Bernat. The description and advertisement for the Executive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Amazon sell Marijuana?
Is this imminent? Certainly there will be negative publicity, regardless if it is fully legalized by congress. More generally cannabis? Is Amazon the likely...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AWS Location Services
Notified of this capability.AWS announces general availability of Amazon Location ServicesBy Sage Lazzaro @SageLazzaro in VenturebeatAmazon Web Services (AWS)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vineyard Smartphone Yield Calculation
I know some people in viticulture, In place/field analysis has its benefits.Cheap, User-Friendly Smartphone App Predicts Vineyard YieldsCornell Chronicle, Krishna...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Trip Report: Teaching as a Long Term Sub
Well, this is not actually a trip report but its something like it. I spend the last couple of months teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy as a long term substitute...
From insideHPC
GIGABYTE Offers More NVIDIA-Certified GPU Servers
June 3, 2021 – GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), a maker of high-performance servers and workstations, today announced additional GIGABYTE servers that have been...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel AI Builders Program
Further and detailed look at Intel's effort here. Clear connections to advanced chip plans. Had previously seen some of their work that related to retail marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AppTech Partners with Intel for AI Enabled Speech
A new partnership emerges. In Cision PRNewswireAppTek Partners with Intel to Foster the Development of Next Generation AI-Enabled Speech and Language Technologies...
From insideHPC
cPacket Networks Announces Solutions for 100Gbps Network Observability
SAN JOSE – June 3, 2021 – cPacket Networks, a provider of intelligent observability for the hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud networks, today announced two new products...
From insideHPC
Bright Computing Cluster as a Service for VMware
This whitepaper, “Bright Computing Cluster as a Service for VMware,” from Bright Computing discusses how through advanced automation, Bright Cluster Manager eliminates...
From insideHPC
Icelandic AI Company Miðeind Leverages atNorth’s HPC & AI Cluster-as-a-Service for NLP
Reykjavik, Iceland June 2, 2021 – atNorth, formerly known as Advania Data Centers, has delivered an AI and deep learning system to Icelandic start-up Miðeind. The...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’ll be part of a European Internet Forum virtual debate on June 17, 2021. The topic is “Decrypting...
From insideHPC
DOE Picks 32 Students for Computational Fellowships
June 2, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)announced the selection of 32 outstanding undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to receive...
From The Eponymous Pickle