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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 Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (May 15th 2021)
There were rainforests near the south pole 90 million years ago. Though commercial exchanges are typically win-win for both the buyer and the seller, people tend...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Topology and Homology Address the Form of Data.
Nice short piece on Topology. I was introduced to it at an early age, and liked aspects of how it linked to the real world in a special ways. But I never saw...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The French Army Tests the Spot for Recon
Unexpected, but real uses in reconnaissance and supply applications. And just exposure of the French army and command to future, possibly more autonomous means...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Assistant to Roll on 700K Ford Vehicles
Pretty impressive rollout here. Like to see additional novel uses as well. My own Echo Auto continues to run well. Amazon’s Alexa Gets Biggest Auto Rollout By...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Smart Neighborhoods to Emerge
I know this has created some stir about privacy and invasiveness, but it seems most of the privacy gurus that have taken a closer look are seeing it as benign...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Detecting Explosive materials
Can think of several projects we connected with that would have benefitted by this effort. Depending on its efficacy. Is supported in part by the DHS. Department...
From insideHPC
IBM Doubles Down on 1000+-Qubit Quantum in 2023
As expectation-setting goes in the technology, this is one of the boldest we’ve ever seen. At IBM’s annual Think conference, a senior systems executive reiterated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulations Beat Quantum Computing
Toshiba work of interest. Linking to Microsoft Cloud. Would you expect a simulation to beat out an actual implementation? Depends. But a simulation usuallyCommissioned...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teeth Tapping Control
An unexpected direction.The Next Frontier for Gesture Control: TeethIEEE Spectrum, Evan Ackerman, May 5, 2021Researchers at Cornell University's Smart Computer...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Letter to ACM-W Chapters
Whew. What a year it has been. And you survived. Or maybe, even found a way to thrive. I want to let you know that we see the work you are doing, and we appreciate...
From insideHPC
ALCF Webinar May 26: NVIDIA Profiling Tools Ecosystem for HPC and AI
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) on May 26 will host a webinar in which NVIDIA will present their profiling tools, Nsight Systems and Nsight Compute...
From insideHPC
HPC4EI Spring 2021 Solicitation Webinar May 18
HPC4EnergyInnovation (HPC4EI) leadership will present a live webinar titled “National Laboratories Partner with U.S. Manufacturers to Increase Innovation and Energy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Humor Agents to Promote Learning
Always liked the idea of using humor to promote engagement. Used it a bit in our brand equity agents. Here is another, somewhat more sophisticated approach. Andrew...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Shuts Down its Blockchain Service
Microsoft/Azure shuts down its Blockchain service after six years. Offers some alternate migration paths. Surprising after continued heat in this area.Migrate...
From Schneier on Security
Ransomware Is Getting Ugly
Modern ransomware has two dimensions: pay to get your data back, and pay not to have your data dumped on the Internet. The DC police are the victims of this ransomware...
From insideHPC
Anchore Secures Containers for AI, Machine Learning and HPC on NVIDIA NGC
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today Anchore, a company focused on security and compliance for software containers, announced an expanded collaboration...
From insideHPC
Unlocking Cosmological Secrets at Durham University
Drawing on the power of a supercomputer from Dell Technologies and AMD, Durham University and DiRAC scientists are expanding our understanding of the universe and...
From insideHPC
EPA Awards ENERGY STAR Certification to Stream Data Centers’ Chicago I Facility
Dallas — May 13, 2021 — Stream Data Centers, a turnkey, powered shell and build-to-suit data center company, has announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
From Schneier on Security
New US Executive Order on Cybersecurity
President Biden signed an executive order to improve government cybersecurity, setting new security standards for software sold to the federal government. For the...
From insideHPC