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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
New EU Consortium Awarded €12.4M by the German Ministry of Education and Research
Feb. 12, 2021 – Today, IQM announced a quantum project consortium that includes Europe’s leading startups (ParityQC, IQM), industry leaders (Infineon Technologies)...
From insideHPC
Altran Collaborates With Ciena’s Blue Planet Division on Virtualization and Orchestration for 5G
New York – February 12, 2021 – Altran, part of Capgemini, and Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, today announced a collaboration to provide network operators with...
From insideHPC
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute Puts NEC SX-Aurora Tsubasa Supercomputer into Operation
Tokyo, February 12, 2021 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) put an NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA supercomputer...
From insideHPC
CHIPS Alliance Adds Antmicro and VeriSilicon
San Francisco, Feb. 11, 2021 – CHIPS Alliance, a consortium advancing common and open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, has added Antmicro and VeriSilicon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Scene Understanding
Intelligence allows us to quickly understand our world, here a good example, our visual world, based on sensors. To establish context we can depend on. Many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmented AI for Creative Invention
Have we stopped getting return from creative investment, and can AI change that? ‘Augmented creativity’: How AI can accelerate human invention By Adi Gaskell ...
From Schneier on Security
Medieval Security Techniques
Sonja Drummer describes (with photographs) two medieval security techniques. The first is a for authentication: a document has been cut in half with an irregular...
From Schneier on Security
Attack against Florida Water Treatment Facility
A water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, was attacked last Friday. The attacker took control of one of the systems, and increased the amount of sodium hydroxide...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vaccines by Drone
Don't quite see what this buys you, excerpt in remote locations.ACM TECHNEWSDrones Could Begin Vaccine Deliveries in April, Firm SaysBy The Hill, February 11,Drone...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Software, Hardware Seeding the Market
Good review of what quantum players and users are looking for in the market. Despite the early days.Quantum Computing Hardware, Software Players Seeding the Market...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Artificial Emotional Intelligence
Fascinating thoughts on emotional intelligence. Given how much I trust all the ads pushing 5G I see, scary too. Artificial emotional intelligence: A safer, smarter...
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Disinfection Robotics in Retail
Another example of robotics addressing problems of today.Ahold Delhaize’s RBS pilots UV disinfection robotsAva Robotics technology aids COVID-19 cleaning in two...
From insideHPC
Core Scientific Partners with HPE on Greenlake HPC as-a-Service Offering
Bellevue, WA – Core Scientific, an infrastructure and software solutions provider for artificial intelligence and blockchain, today announced a partnership with...
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Arm Ecosystem Reports Record 6.7 billion Arm-based Chips Shipped in Q3 2020
February 11, 2021 — Arm reported today that its silicon partners in the third quarter of 2020 shipped a record 6.7 billion Arm-based chips, which equates to ~842...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE to Hold Workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on April 5
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will host a one-day workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing...
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MIT Researchers Develop Neural Networks for Computational Chemistry Using SDSC, PSC Supercomputers
Even though computational chemistry represents a challenging arena for machine learning, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Risks and Challenges of the Global COVID-19-vaccine Rollout
Good piece by McKinsey. Note the interactive piece to explore the related complexities. The risks and challenges of the global COVID-19-vaccine rolloutMcKinsey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
India Analyzing Data Goals and Gaps with AI
Notable use of AI and other pattern recognition approaches: What data do we have, its ability, to achieve certain levels of understanding of our economy. Then...
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Scale of Autonomous Truck Startup
Considerable launch, had several people contact me re a recent post agreeing that this will promote the implementation of analytical improvements in supply chains...
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