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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 The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Efficiency
Fairly obvious, you can that most analytical and computing system have the same effect. Consistency, speed, some level of autonomy,How AI is Helping Efficiency...
From insideHPC
Epic HPC Road Trip stops at NERSC for a look at Big Network and Storage Challenges
In this special guest feature, Dan Olds from OrionX continues his Epic HPC Road Trip series with a stop at NERSC. "NERSC is unusual in that they receive more data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Accesses Health Data
Been looking at personal data uses and abuses. Google has been and is now again in the mix:Google is to get access to millions of Americans’ personal health data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and MIT on the Future of Work
Posted this previously, now just taking a dive, worthwhile readThe Future of Work: How New Technologies Are Transforming Tasks- Artificial intelligence - IBM Research...
From insideHPC
Keys to Success for AI in Modeling and Simulation
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Robert Roe interviews Loren Dean from Mathworks on the use of AI in modeling and simulation. "IfKeys...
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Gloves to Control Drones Wirelessly
Another example of wearable interfaces. Gloves are usual special purpose clothing, so this probably links to special use cases. Astronaut smart glove controls...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying and Arresting Ransomware Criminals
The Wall Street Journal has a story about how two people were identified as the perpetrators of a ransomware scheme. They were found because -- as generally happens...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ethical Use of AI in Warfare
Brought to my attention. Intriguing comment on what is right, ethical and fair in war, now that we will soon have AI participating. But I note that these are...
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Self-Consciousness
From the Edge. What does consciousness mean, when is it necessary for useful intelligence?News from EdgeTo arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out...
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A New LIDAR Claims Better all Weather Vision
LiDAR Sensing was often criticized for not working in rain or snow. Now I see that Draper Apollo has announced that they have a Lidar that solves this. Progress...
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Autonomous Trucking Startup iSee
Interesting effort which could change supply chain logistics. Worried a bit about huge trucks flying around the road before we get it all right. For more about...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blue Sky Conference Track at The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2019
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), October...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toothbrushes with Apps
Although this has been done before, here some new ideas in the space, especially about automated imaging. Other applications?Does Your Toothbrush Have an App Yet...
From insideHPC
Production Trial Shows Global Science Possible with CAE-1 100Gbps link
In early October, A*CRC, ICM, and Zettar conducted a production trial over the newly built Collaboration Asia Europe-1 (CAE-1) 100Gbps link connecting Europe and...
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Counting Crowds
Interesting application, note the technique of training in various contexts of measurement. We don't do that enough with other problems.A bird’s-eye view of a...
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Amazon to Open New Physical Retail
Of interest, more Amazon competition to current retail, and note the cashierless tech not being included. Why not? Too expensive? We saw that as an issue with...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Goldbach: A Curious Conjecture
Models of the primes [ Montreal ] Andrew Granville writes brilliant papers that explain hard results in number theory. He also proves hard results in number theory...
From insideHPC
Accelerate Big Data and HPC applications with FPGAs using JupyterHub
Today InAccel annnounced that it has integrated JupyterHub into the company's adaptive acceleration platform for FPGAs. InAccel provides an FPGA resource manager...
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New LOCA Facility to Develop Open Computer Architectures at BSC in Barcelona
Today the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) announced the European Laboratory for Open Computer Architecture (LOCA). LOCA’s mission is to design and develop...
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