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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 Computational Complexity
Recovery
Lance: Perhaps we should do a post-election vidcast--what does it mean for complexity!Bill: Not sure if you are serious- but I doubt a Biden presidency will either...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa Guesses Intent, Latent Goals
Quite interesting, but this depends on the results. Admirable idea. Based on what I read it seems this will at least somewhat depend on suggesting existing...
From insideHPC
Dr. Peter Braam Joins ThinkParQ as CTO
Kaiserslautern Germany, November 12th, 2020 – ThinkParQ, the company behind the parallel file system BeeGFS, announced today the appointment of industry pioneer...
From insideHPC
Using Workstations To Reshape Your Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
The study results summarized in this white paper show that firms are already using workstations to lower the cost, increase the security, and speed up their AIUsing...
From insideHPC
Iceotope and Lenovo Partner for Edge HPC
12 November 2020, Sheffield, UK: The Iceotope, Avnet and Schneider Electric partnership to jointly develop chassis-level immersion cooled data centre solutionsIceotope...
From insideHPC
Microchip Announces PCI Express 5.0 and CXLTM 2.0 Retimers
Chandler, AZ, November 10, 2020 – Microchip Technology Inc. announced today the XpressConnect family of low-latency PCI Express (PCIe®) 5.0 and Compute ExpressMicrochip...
From insideHPC
CXL Consortium Releases Compute Express Link 2.0 Spec
The CXL Consortium has announced the release of the Compute Express Link 2.0 specification, which adds support for switching for fan-out to connect to more devices...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Support for Email Addresses in Local Languages Grows with Major Tech Companies
By Mark Svancarek, Chair, EAI Working GroupMany people around the world are currently excluded from experiencing the full benefits of the Internet simply because...
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 the (ISC)² Security Congress 2020, November 16, 2020. I’ll be on a panel at the...
From insideHPC
WekaIO Wins Best of Show for Innovative AI Application at Flash Memory Summit
Nov. 11, 2020 – WekaIO (Weka), a specialist in high-performance and scalable NVMe-optimized file storage, today announced that Weka AI was honored with Flash Memory...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Holographic Video Display for Mobile Phones
New directions for display on mobile phone, multi dimensional? Implications for typical phone tasks? Advanced marketing?Sounds impressive.Thin Holographic Video...
From insideHPC
Stäubli to Highlight New Cooling Connectors at Virtual SC20
Duncan, SC (Nov. 9, 2020) — At virtual SC20, held online November 17 -19, Stäubli, a manufacturer of quick-release coupling systems for IT/liquid cooling, willSt...
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project Issues New Release of Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack
The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has announced the availability of the Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack (E4S) v1.2 release. ECP, a collaborative effort...
From Schneier on Security
“Privacy Nutrition Labels” in Apple’s App Store
Apple will start requiring standardized privacy labels for apps in its app store, starting in December: Apple allows data disclosure to be optional if all of the...
From Schneier on Security
New Zealand Election Fraud
It seems that this election season has not gone without fraud. In New Zealand, a vote for “Bird of the Year” has been marred by fraudulent votes: More than 1,500...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Networks
Technical, hardware.Building a Quantum Network, One Node at a TimeUniversity of Rochester NewsCenter By Bob MarcotteA nanoscale quantum node fabricated from magnetic...
From Schneier on Security
The Security Failures of Online Exam Proctoring
Proctoring an online exam is hard. It’s hard to be sure that the student isn’t cheating, maybe by having reference materials at hand, or maybe by substituting someone...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Pandemic Research for Preparedness & Resilience (PREPARE)
Recently, the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) released a white paper called Pandemic Informatics: Preparation, Robustness,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Causality is Important for Machine Learning
Have always thought causal thinking and learning was a major consideration for the future of AI in general. Here a step in the right direction. But overall its...
From insideHPC