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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
Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forecasts
Peter Dueben from ECMWF gave this talk at the UK HPC Conference. "I will present recent studies that use deep learning to learn the equations of motion of the atmosphere...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Magic 8 Ball and Projects From Real Life
There has been a 12 inch tall Pez dispenser on my desk for a couple of years now. It’s a great visual aid for talking about stacks. Today I got a Magic 8 Ball as...
From insideHPC
New Intel Xeon E-2200 Processors come to TYAN’s Entry Server Platforms
Today TYAN announced support for new Intel Xeon E-2200 processor-based server motherboards and systems to the market. TYAN’s Intel Xeon E-2200 processor-based product...
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Atos to Deploy AMD-powered BullSequana X Supercomputer at UIB in Spain
Today Atos announced a contract to supply a BullSequana X supercomputer to the Institute of Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) in Spain. TheAtos...
From insideHPC
OpenIO Achieves Record 1 Tbps Write Speed
French startup OpenIO recently announced record performance with Criteo, the advertising platform for the open Internet. OpenIO demonstrated the performance and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards a Bio-Internet of Things?
Seems we are already part of that, if we like it or not, but here is some moreThe scientists who are creating a bio-internet of things in Technology ReviewThe internet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalizing Voice Skills
Now personalization is generally available, a small but useful aspect of voice interaction.Personalize Your Alexa Experience with Voice Profiles (Generally Available)...
From Schneier on Security
Resources for Measuring Cybersecurity
Kathryn Waldron at R Street has collected all of the different resources and methodologies for measuring cybersecurity....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots, AI and Machine Learning Will be be Changing Your Jobs
All jobs will have their nature changed, not unlike how computing in general has changed many jobs. MIT and IBM are studying the changes and what they mean.The...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Hobgoblins in Our Equations
With consequences for physics Britannica source Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician who specialized in classical mechanics. He is known for a conjecture in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Being Paid for Your Data
More and better data means better training. Better results. And better adaption to future knowledge. Still not perfect results, and the risk involved in that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on McD's Knows What You Want
More on the McDonald's drive through idea. Less friction, more sales. Note plan to roll to all drive-throughs. Looking forward to see it in action.McDonald’s...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Disinformation is (Unfortunately) Here to Stay
We live in a new world. A world where information can spread fast and without any regard to accuracy. Our challenge as individual citizens is to somehow identify...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Parsing numbers in C++: streams, strtod, from_chars
When programming, we often want to convert strings (e.g., “1.0e2”) into numbers (e.g., 100). In C++, we have many options. In a previous post, I reported that it...
From Computational Complexity
Statistics to Scare
So how do you parse the following paragraph from Monday's NYT Evening Breifing. A study in JAMA Pediatrics this year found that the average Halloween resultedpaper...
From insideHPC
Spectra Logic Protects Genome Data for Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Today Spectra Logic announced that the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has chosen the Spectra NAS solution for management of its extensive library of research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predictions in Science
Could you crowdsource validity within science?Individual predictions might not tell us much, but group predictions are useful. in ArstechnicaLast year, a huge...
From insideHPC
Dell EMC to Deploy World’s Largest Industrial Supercomputer at Eni
Today Eni announced plans to deploy the world's largest industrial supercomputer at its Green Data Center in Italy. Called "HPC5," the new system from Dell EMCDell...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Numbers Being Transformations
Claimed success or sometimes not. Rarely seen the actual numbers discussed. Metrics are important.The numbers behind successful transformations By Kevin Laczkowski...
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