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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
Fending off Bitcoin Mining HPC Thieves – Idaho National Lab’s ‘Cryptojacking’ Detector
Demand for HPC resources from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency miners has only increased with the recent explosion in the cryptocurrency’s price – up 65 percent...
From Schneier on Security
Encoded Message in the Perseverance Mars Lander’s Parachute
NASA made an oblique reference to a coded message in the color pattern of the Perseverance Mars Lander ‘s parachute. More information.
From insideHPC
HPE to Build Research Supercomputer for Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology
HPE’s string of HPC contract wins has continued with the company’s announcement today that it’s building a supercomputer for KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
You Need a Challenge Network
Good thought, agreed, always worked best when challenged. Why You Need a ‘Challenge Network’ in K@WIn the following excerpt from his new book, Think Again, Wharton...
From insideHPC
Multiscale COVID-19 Virus Model Aided by HPC at TACC, PSC, Chicago Research Computer Center
The Texas Advanced Computing Center has announced completion of what it said is the first complete, multiscale model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a project that leveraged...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real-Time Marker-Less Motion Capture for Animals
Real time feedback for animal movement and posture. Real time Studies of animal Motion by Neural activity.By EPFL (Switzerland)Nik Papageorgiou, December 10, 2020...
From insideHPC
Open Compute Project Foundation Announces the OCP Future Technologies Initiative
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has announced the formation of the OCP Future Technologies Initiative, a formal project within the Foundation whose mission...
From insideHPC
NeoPhotonics 400G ZR Modules Support Extended Operation up to 80C Case Temperatures
SAN JOSE — February 25, 2021 – NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digitization of Creativity and the Maker Movement.
A considerable piece. In particular note the connection to the 'Maker Movement', an approach we were introduced to as early as the 80s. Of course 3D printing...
From insideHPC
RSTOR Updates Software Defined Cloud Platform for Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Infrastructures
SARATOGA, Calif. – Feb. 25, 2021 — RSTOR, a software defined cloud platform provider that enables enterprises to manage data across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures...
From Schneier on Security
Chinese Hackers Stole an NSA Windows Exploit in 2014
Check Point has evidence that (probably government affiliated) Chinese hackers stole and cloned an NSA Windows hacking tool years before (probably government affiliated)...
From Schneier on Security
National Security Risks of Late-Stage Capitalism
Early in 2020, cyberspace attackers apparently working for the Russian government compromised a piece of widely used network management software made by a company...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Free Virtual Workshop on Assessing and Improving AI Trustworthiness: Current Contexts, Potential Paths
On March 3-4 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene “Assessing and Improving AI Trustworthiness...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Recodes Software
Another intriguing application. AI Recodes Legacy Software to Operate on Modern PlatformsIBM's AI-based tools let engineers explore ways to extract value from legacy...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Vampire Squid Fossil
A 30-million-year-old vampire squid fossil was found, lost, and then re-found in Hungary. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the securityhere...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: On SQUIDS
A good tutorial: But we can go beyond the polarization of electrons and really leverage the electron waviness. By interleaving thin layers of superconducting and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Knowledge Sharing Across Silos
From the APQC Blog: Why Knowledge Sharing Across Siloes Is More Important in 2021Team-based collaboration got a huge boost in 2020However, we don’t seem the same...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Should We Evaluate High School Teaching Records?
Mark Guzdial posted several articles about evaluating the teaching records of undergraduate faculty. (Links below) They really got me thinking. Now evaluating secondary...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Everywhere: Implications of?
Thoughtfull. But I don't consider just algorithms to be AI. AI is adaptable and evolving abilities to do things that currently humans do best. Like reading...
From The Eponymous Pickle