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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Notes on Day Two of #CSTA2021
Today started, for me, with help desk duty. While I was there no one needed any help which I suppose says good thi8ngs about the HopIn platform CSTA is using. The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Encrypts Doorbells
Long Awaited, we are just a bit more secure, deserves it.Amazon rolls out encryption for Ring doorbells in ZDNetPrivacy advocates have been asking for Amazon...
From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Experts Explore Tech’s Sustainability in Documentary
London – July 15, 2021– In a new documentary to be released later this month – Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future from The Quantum Daily – and developed...
From insideHPC
D-Wave, Los Alamos Isolate Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Using Quantum-annealing Computer
Using a D-Wave quantum-annealing computer as a testbed, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that it is possible to isolate so-called emergent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Matterport and Facebook AI Collaborate on 3D Spaces
Impressive efforts, including mention of staging digital twin simulations with scanned 3D Data.Matter and Facebook AI Collaborate on Worlds Largest Dataset of 3D...
From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Inc. Lists Shares on Nasdaq Exchange
LEESBURG, Va., July 14, 2021 — Quantum Computing Inc. (the “company” or “QCI”) (OTCQB: QUBT) (Nasdaq: QUBT), focused on bridging classical HPC and quantum computing...
From insideHPC
Registration Now Open for SC21
SC21 (November 14-19) has announced that registration (both on-site and online) is now open for this year’s conference, to be held for the first time in St. Louis...
From insideHPC
Digital Twin Consortium and Object Management Group to Discuss Space Mission IT Challenges at IEEE Conference
Boston – July 15, 2021 – Digital Twin Consortium and Object Management Group (OMG) announced they will present mini-workshops during the 8th IEEE InternationalDigital...
From insideHPC
DARPA Announces Teams Qualifying for Subterranean Challenge Virtual Competition Finals
Twelve teams have qualified for the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Virtual Competition Final Event, to be held September 21-24, where $1.5-million of prizes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Aims to Make Low-Code Easier
Been examining some of the evolving Low and No code options for delivering coded logic Here Microsoft's aims in the space.Microsoft to make coding 'in plain English'...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Day One–#CSTA2021
Today was the first day of the Computer Science Teachers Association conference. All online of course. It was a pretty cool day. I got myself set up with a twohttps...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI driven with Analogies
We Followed Melanie Mitchell's work, Especially with regard to Analogies. A Good direction, working with advertising we liked the idea of their use, but the approaches...
From insideHPC
HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe
The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emergency and Crisis Software Development?
ACM writes about fast, even emergency software development. We had something like that at the start of the pandemic. How (and how well) was it done. How could...
From insideHPC
Platform9 Unveils First Managed KubeVirt Solution to Unify Virtual Machines and Kubernetes Stacks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 13, 2021 — Platform9, maker of open-source, private, edge and hybrid cloud-native technologies that offers enterprises an SaaSPlatform9...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Faster sorted array unions by reducing branches
When designing an index, a database or a search engine, you frequently need to compute the union of two sorted sets. When I am not using fancy low-level instructions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GitHub Previews AI Tool that Makes Coding Suggestions
More steps towards automation of coding. With the potential to strengthen security and efficiency of code. GitHub Previews AI Tool That Makes Coding Suggestions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards Communal Computing
Good thoughts, having now been involved in many smart home setups and updates, the direction needs to be much broader. And these adaptations also need to learned...
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 Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, a virtual conference hosted by The IEEE Society...
From The Eponymous Pickle