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CIA to Establish a Lab to Study Blockchain
From The Eponymous Pickle

CIA to Establish a Lab to Study Blockchain

Seems CIA is taking this very seriously.CIA’s New Research Lab to Study BlockchainIn Coindesk by Danny NelsonThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launched a new...

CPG in Pandemic Growth and Challenges
From The Eponymous Pickle

CPG in Pandemic Growth and Challenges

And piece related to previous item regards growth and inventory post Pandemic.For giant food companies, the pandemic has fueled growth — and challengesTheresa F...

Another Blogging Note
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another Blogging Note

Some of the the changes in this blog require me to repeat some rules.Plain text mean I am the author, unless quoted otherwise, for special cases like multiple authors...

Companies Trying to Predict Post Pandemic
From The Eponymous Pickle

Companies Trying to Predict Post Pandemic

Can Retail predict post pandemic?  In the car today we discussed how drive through fast food will exist after pandemic.  Two effects. Very large increase of drive...

Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2020
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2020

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is virtual this year! Like many things in 2020, it might not be the same experience, but the positive is that it can now be...

Innovations in Simulation, HPC, Big Data and AI at Teratec Digital Forum 2020 — Oct. 13-14
From insideHPC

Innovations in Simulation, HPC, Big Data and AI at Teratec Digital Forum 2020 — Oct. 13-14

On October 13 and 14, the digital version of the next Teratec Forum will present a review of the latest international advances in simulation, HPC, Big Data andInnovations...

Siemens Covid Resources
From The Eponymous Pickle

Siemens Covid Resources

his was recently pointed out to me by a Siemens contact:Siemens Healthineers:  COVID-19: Scientific publicationsThis collection of information about the COVID-19...

Breakthrough Extends Quantum State Stability by 10,000 Times
From The Eponymous Pickle

Breakthrough Extends Quantum State Stability by 10,000 Times

More movement in improving results stability for Quantum.Breakthrough Extends Quantum State Stability by 10,000 TimesUPIBrooks HaysAugust 14, 2029Scientists at...

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!
From The Noisy Channel

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!

In 1984, Robin Williams starred in Moscow on the Hudson as a Russian saxophonist who decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a New York department...

insideHPC Special Report Optimize Your WRF Applications – Part 3
From insideHPC

insideHPC Special Report Optimize Your WRF Applications – Part 3

A popular application that simulates climate change is the Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF) model. This white paper discusses how QCT can work with leading...

SullivanStrickler Joins the Active Archive Alliance
From insideHPC

SullivanStrickler Joins the Active Archive Alliance

BOULDER, Colo. – Sept. 21, 2020 – The Active Archive Alliance today announced that SullivanStrickler has joined the collaborative alliance, which promotes modern...

Sturm und Drang and Hacking and Twitter
From CERIAS Blog

Sturm und Drang and Hacking and Twitter

Last week, an article appeared in the Washington Examiner that contained a couple of quotes from me. The context of how the quotes were obtained is explained below...

YouTube in ChromeCast with Assistant
From The Eponymous Pickle

YouTube in ChromeCast with Assistant

I have  just noticed the business perspective of having Youtube more closely connected with Chromecast. You can create lots of business snippets for projects there...

From Computational Complexity

Baseball can go on forever, it doesn't just seem that way

 Most games have some way to make sure they cannot go on forever.1) Chess: I had thought there was a 50-move rule and a 3-times-same-position rule, but its a byte...

Wal-Mart Testing Drone Delivery too
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Testing Drone Delivery too

Will drone retail delivery direct to consumer ever succeed? Walmart testing drones for deliveries in North Carolina city    by Anne D'innocenzio in TechExploreWalmart...

More Japanese Humanoid Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Japanese Humanoid Robotics

Why humanoid?  Impressive look and restocking a key retail problem.  Telepresence example.  In IEEE SpectrumVideo Friday: This Robot Will Restock Shelves at Japanese...

Strategic Decisions from Wargaming?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Strategic Decisions from Wargaming?

In my early days worked with the DOD,  Used wargaming, but mostly about testing new technology as part of operational warfighting decisions.  Not broader strategy...

Uncertain Future of Corporate HQs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Uncertain Future of Corporate HQs

Questionable, though major HQs will likely still need the presence.   My guess is that many will be threatened. The Uncertain Future of Corporate HQs    in HBRThe...

This Device Keeps Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
From The Eponymous Pickle

This Device Keeps Voice Assistants From Snooping on You

For those with concern about this.seems a reasonable solution.  Still a  prototype as mentioned.This Device Keeps Voice Assistants From Snooping on YouArs Technica...

Science and Technology links (September 19th 2020)
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Science and Technology links (September 19th 2020)

A large city dating back 4,300 years has been discovered in China. It predates the Chinese civilization. At its center was a wide pyramid supporting a 20-acre palace...
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