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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 …
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DigiDog Policing Dog and Privacy
Seems the outgrowth of the 'Spot' dog, design from Boston Dynamics, which I have been following. Here called DigiDog. Not sure what this sure what this has to...
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Tezos and Wolfram for Blockchain
New to me, and interesting, with quite a bit of detail and even sample code. Will be examining smart contract implications.Third-Generation Blockchain Functionality...
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IBM Makes Encryption Paradox Practical in IEEE Spectrum
More on FHE and IBM. From IEEE Spectrum ... IBM Makes Encryption Paradox Practical in IEEE Spectrum“Fully homomorphic” cryptography allows partial access toBy...
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HPC Industry Analyst Firm Intersect360 Research Hires Dan Olds as Chief Research Officer
SUNNYVALE, CA—March 1, 2021— HPC, AI and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research has named Dan Olds its chief research officer, effective March 1. A 25-year...
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NERSC, ALCF, Codeplay Partner on SYCL GPU Compiler
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)...
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2FA as Security
Good overview piece abut 2FA and beyond. Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?By Keith Kirkpatrick Commissioned by CACM Staff February 25, 2021Many corporate...
From Computational Complexity
Using number-of-PhD's as a measure of smartness is stupid.
In Thor:Ragnorak Bruce Banner mentions that he has 7 PhDs. Gee, I wonder how he managed to slip that into a conversation casually. Later in the movie:Bruce: IDouble...
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Universities Capturing More Value from Research
Sounds akin to our own work on gathering value from research. Our recent work with the DOD to understand what research it has paid for, and can be monetizedShould...
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BERT for Unsupervised Training
A nice, fairly compact, somewhat technical view of how to use BERT for unsupervised training problems. And some unexpected uses. True, everyone should know...
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RPA Examined
See also aspects of business process modeling for extensions to the idea. And likely combination with broader methods of ML and AISome thoughts on RPA: By Maria...
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ECP: SuperLU Library Speeds Direct Solution of Large Sparse Linear Systems on HPC and Exascale Hardware
Technology consultant and writer Rob Farber wrote the following on behalf of the Exascale Computing Project. Lower-upper (LU) factorization is an important numerical...
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Dr. Céline Merlet wins 2021 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC
PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, has announced that French National Centre for Scientific Research researcher Dr. Céline Merlet from the...
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Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology
Contributed article, excerpt below in the March 2021 CACM.My first reaction was No! But some very good points made ... 'The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
New, Old, Ancient Results
Nonexistence theorems and attempts at lower bounds Cropped from src Joshua Grochow is an assistant professor in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
New, Old, Ancient Results
Nonexistence theorems and attempts at lower bounds Cropped from src Joshua Grochow is an assistant professor in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University...
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Data and its Useful Nature as an Asset
Recall this echoes some of our own examination of 'data as an asset'. Thoughtful ideas here but I think it is still useful to consider it as an asset that...
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Talking Blockchain
Wladawsky talks Blockchain. Good thoughtful piece with lots of backup. How Can Blockchain Become a Truly Transformative Technology?I first became interested inThe...
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Scramble for Post Quantum
Moving more rapidly than expected. The Scramble for Post-Quantum CryptographyBy Samuel Greengard , Commissioned by CACM StaffResearchers are working to counter...
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Ring Door Bell Goes Radar
Like some of the directions the doorbell tech is going, getting to be quite common. Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 uses radar for bird’s-eye view of front door activity...
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