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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
Navigating via
More work on Robot navigation. But where do the clues come from? We already navigate from things like addresses. But to get there precisely may need more than...
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Steve Tuecke from Globus passes away
It is with tremendous sadness that we share the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague Steve Tuecke on November 2, 2019. "Steve was also a consummate...
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Video: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for HPC
In this video, Vinay Kumar from Oracle describes how the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure delivers high performance for HPC applications. "Oracle offers on-demand HPC...
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Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition
From what we know how the brain works to artificial neural nets (ANN), which we know are very simplistic neural models, then back to the actual operation of the...
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Cognitive Automation
Augmentation is the near term approach here, but I expect augmentation to become more automated over time. Checking, validation and Numbers presented here are...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Thermodynamic Computing Workshop Report Released
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently released the Thermodynamic Computing workshop report, the output of the CCC’s January 2019 visioning workshop...
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PSI Researchers Using Comet Supercomputer for Flu Forecasting Models
Researchers at Predictive Science, Inc. are using the the Comet Supercomputer at SDSC for Flu Forecasting Models. "These calculations fall under the category of...
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Penguin Computing to Showcase HPC Solutions at SC19
Today Penguin Computing announced plans for showcasing its innovative HPC solutions at SC19 in Denver. After a year of growth, Penguin Computing is bringing innovative...
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European Processor Initiative Reaches Important Milestones in First Year
The European Processor Initiative (EPI) has announced the completion of important milestones in its first year. "The first-generation chip family, named Rhea, will...
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Arm HPC User Group Returns to Denver Nov. 18
The Arm HPC team invites you to our 5th Annual Arm HPC User Group (AHUG) session at SC19. The all-day event takes place on Monday, Nov. 18 at the Curtis Hotel in...
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AI Heading off a Cliff?
Thoughts from a well known AI and Computing expert.Warning! AI Is Heading for a Cliff By California Magazine via CACMAsked if the race to achieve superhuman artificial...
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Considering Unforseen Circumstances
Are always an issue, and not considered carefully enough. Surely should be talked about in an analytical effort. Nice space by Peter Bruce that is worth following...
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Cortana will Read Emails
Always liked the idea of Assistants reading emails. Though it clearly has to be selectively, and the selection has to be very easy to do. Also note I have not...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA at 15 #CSTAat15
The Computer Science Teachers Association is now 15 years old. I’ve been a member from the start and I have to say that in some ways it feels like it has always...
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Wikipedia Adds Credibility with Digital Books
Fascinating additional link to readily accessible knowledge. Of course, you can ask, how accurate is the book cited? Still like the further effort, will look...
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Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract
New directions of defense department for the Cloud.Microsoft Is the Surprise Winner of a $10B Pentagon ContractAmazon had long been considered the favorite forThe...
From Schneier on Security
Homemade TEMPEST Receiver
Tom's Guide writes about home brew TEMPEST receivers: Today, dirt-cheap technology and free software make it possible for ordinary citizens to run their own Tempest...
From Computational Complexity
Limits of using the web for info- self-reference
(I wrote this a while back so when I say `I Googled BLAH' I meant back then. It is prob different now.) While the web is a wonderful to find things out there are...
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Real World Applications of Drones
Overlook of current uses and future applications.Real-World Applications for Drones By Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, November 2019, Vol. 62 No. 11,10...
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