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Book Review: Computer Science in K-12
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Book Review: Computer Science in K-12

Full disclosure: I haven’t read all of “Computer Science for K-12” edited and compiled by Shuchi Grover yet but a couple of chapters was enough to convince me I...

Record Number of Student Teams to Participate in the APAC HPC and AI Competition
From insideHPC

Record Number of Student Teams to Participate in the APAC HPC and AI Competition

The HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) in collaboration with the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore today announced the teams competing in the co-organized...

Xilinx Names Hasmukh Ranjan Chief Information Officer
From insideHPC

Xilinx Names Hasmukh Ranjan Chief Information Officer

Xilinx has announced that Hasmukh Ranjan has joined the company as chief information officer. As CIO, Hasmukh will lead Xilinx’s information technology group and...

DDN Data Storage in 7th-ranked Nvidia Supercomputer
From insideHPC

DDN Data Storage in 7th-ranked Nvidia Supercomputer

DDN announced that its data infrastructure is used in the NVIDIA supercomputer that achieved the seventh position in the most recently announced TOP500 supercomputing...

Google and SmartReply in YouTube
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google and SmartReply in YouTube

Been following the use of replies on YouTube, which are very good overall, here a new extension.  More from the Google AI blog.Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply...

Book: Data Preparation for Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Book: Data Preparation for Machine Learning

Just saw this announcement from Jason Brownlee. Have read some of his previous works, nicely done.   This intro starts where it should, at data preparation andData...

Necklace Reminds You not to Touch Your Face
From The Eponymous Pickle

Necklace Reminds You not to Touch Your Face

Clever idea, in a long ago virus example we looked at, we estimated that approximately 75% of transfer opportunities were initiated by face touches.  NASA Necklace...

CCC Welcomes New Council Members and Leadership!
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CCC Welcomes New Council Members and Leadership!

Today, July 1st, is the start of a new term at CCC! The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is happy to announce that Liz Bradley from the University of Colorado...

RadioFreeHPC Podcast: New Top on the TOP500
From insideHPC

RadioFreeHPC Podcast: New Top on the TOP500

We have a new #1 on the TOP500 list of most powerful supercomputers. Big gets bigger by a factor of 2.8x as Fujitsu’s “Supercomputer Fugaku” tops the list at 415...

Math Aware Search
From The Eponymous Pickle

Math Aware Search

Interesting  idea, and in some cases could be useful.  Perhaps search for similar math stated algorithms as starting points for analysis?RIT Researchers CreateRochester...

Reduced Attack Surfaces
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reduced Attack Surfaces

Quite a term: ... Attack Surfaces ... so government .... but a real issue now.   A former connection, 'Recorded Future' does a good job of talking it in the article...

Securing the International IoT Supply Chain
From Schneier on Security

Securing the International IoT Supply Chain

Together with Nate Kim (former student) and Trey Herr (Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative), I have written a paper on IoT supply chain security. The basic...

Robot Adoption in a New Retail World
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Adoption in a New Retail World

Was pointed out to me this was posted and updated:Robot Adoption Trends in a New Retail WorldThe Retail Analytics Council (RAC) recently hosted a roundtable discussion...

The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Rich Brueckner and ECP’s Doug Kothe Talk Exascale, Containers of the Future and Multiple Machine Coordination
From insideHPC

The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Rich Brueckner and ECP’s Doug Kothe Talk Exascale, Containers of the Future and Multiple Machine Coordination

As director of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), Doug Kothe leads one of the United State’s most important strategic computing efforts, one that promises significant...

On Contact Tracing Apps
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Contact Tracing Apps

Intriguing piece I have only scanned so far.  What got me most interested is that the tracing aspect included a considerable human element, at least if you were...

CCC Transition 2020 & Accomplishments 2017-2020
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CCC Transition 2020 & Accomplishments 2017-2020

The following is a letter from CCC Chair Mark D. Hill from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hello: Tonight the Computing Community Consortium transitions leadership...

CCC Computational Support for Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Detection, Treatment, and Recovery Workshop Report Released
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CCC Computational Support for Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Detection, Treatment, and Recovery Workshop Report Released

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to announce the release of the Computational Support for Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Detection, Treatment...

A2I POWER Processor Core Contributed to OpenPOWER Community
From insideHPC

A2I POWER Processor Core Contributed to OpenPOWER Community

The IBM-led OpenPOWER Foundation announced the contribution of the IBM A2I POWER processor core design and associated FPGA environment to the open source ecosystem...

Seeing Around the Corner
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeing Around the Corner

The general idea has been brought up a number of times.  Bouncing radar and cooperative systems can get more data, and if we interpret it to detect dangers, weRadar...

Banning Facial Recognition
From The Eponymous Pickle

Banning Facial Recognition

What I have been thinking.  Specifically, not generally accountable.   Even if the major players stop doing this, others quickly will.Bans on Facial Recognition...
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