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Design Thinking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Design Thinking

The idea came late to our world, which was more 'analytical problems solving ...'Two top designers debate the value of “design thinking”  in FastcompanyPentagram...

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing – Choosing the Right GPU for the Job
From insideHPC

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing – Choosing the Right GPU for the Job

In this new whitepaper from our friends over at Exxact Corporation we take a look at the important topic of deep learning for Natural Language Processing (NLP)Deep...

Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard
From Schneier on Security

Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard....

More Neuromorphic Computing and Sensors
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Neuromorphic Computing and Sensors

We worked with ORNL.   Where more sensor based computing would have been useful in reasoning about complex processes.    Its not clear that just getting closerNeuromorphic...

Meet One of the 2019 MacArthur Fellows- Computer Scientist Josh Tenenbaum!
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Meet One of the 2019 MacArthur Fellows- Computer Scientist Josh Tenenbaum!

The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its 2019 MacArthur Fellows – “26 extraordinary MacArthur Fellows demonstrate the power of individual creativity to reframe...

Jungle Jims, Foodie Adventures
From The Eponymous Pickle

Jungle Jims, Foodie Adventures

Am a long-time shopper at Jungle Jims.  Every week.   Also led many tours there for our innovation groups from all over the world.  Saw this article and had toJungle...

Ian Foster named DOE Distinguished Scientist Fellow
From insideHPC

Ian Foster named DOE Distinguished Scientist Fellow

In this video, Ian Foster from Argonne accepts his award naming him as one of the DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientists Fellows. "Foster was honored “for...

Video: Research on Blue Waters
From insideHPC

Video: Research on Blue Waters

Dr. Brett Bode from NCSA gave this talk at the HPC User Forum. "Blue Waters is one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world and is one of the fastest supercomputers...

We Can't Trust Deep Learning Alone
From The Eponymous Pickle

We Can't Trust Deep Learning Alone

Its roughly the 65th anniversary of the proposal of AI.   Time to rethink the broad idea.   More comments on a book I have been reading: Rebooting AI: Building by...

Linking Gamification and AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Linking Gamification and AI

Steve Omohundro talks some favorite topics of mine in a recent presentation, slides at the link.  Integration of gamification a favorite.  We used gamificationBytedance...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

A Polemical Overreach?

Our 1977 paper on the role of formal methods [ Harvard ] Harry Lewis is known for his research in mathematical logic, and for his wonderful contributions to teaching...

From Computational Complexity

Differentiation and Integration

Recently there was an excellent xkcd about differentiation and integration, see here. This brings up thoughts on diff and int: 1) For some students Integration...

Voice Landscape in Europe
From The Eponymous Pickle

Voice Landscape in Europe

 Some good alternative work ongoing in Europe:Voice Landscape in Europe from All About Voice Conference – Voicebot Podcast Ep 119From Voicebot.ai  by Bret Kinsella...

Fujitsu installs Quantum-Inspired Computing Digital Annealer in Singapore
From insideHPC

Fujitsu installs Quantum-Inspired Computing Digital Annealer in Singapore

Today Fujitsu launched of the Digital Platform Experimentation Project in Singapore. In cooperation with A*STAR and SMU, the Project marks the world’s 1st on-premises...

In Context Facial Recognition Improved
From The Eponymous Pickle

In Context Facial Recognition Improved

More work in this space, apparently particularly useful when seeing alternative views to ID.  The UK's massive coverage of CCTV cameras would benefit considerably...

China vs US in AI Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

China vs US in AI Research

Perhaps, but citing is not always a good measure to determine value.  There can be pressure in some countries to cite other papers from your country.    NumberChina...

Insect Scale Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Insect Scale Robotics

And is a bit frightening too.The Deep Learning Way to Design Fly-Like RobotsEPFL (Switzerland)October 11, 2019Researchers at Switzerland's Swiss Federal Institute...

HPE Hybrid HPC Early Access Program for your Hybrid HPC Journey
From insideHPC

HPE Hybrid HPC Early Access Program for your Hybrid HPC Journey

This timely article from our friends over at HPE provides the following key takeaways: HPE Hybrid HPC provides you choice to meet demanding workload needs; HPEHPE...

Details of the Olympic Destroyer APT
From Schneier on Security

Details of the Olympic Destroyer APT

Interesting details on Olympic Destroyer, the nation-state cyberattack against the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Wired's Andy Greenberg presents evidence...

Data Visualization in Quadrants with a Story
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Visualization in Quadrants with a Story

Clever piece in KDNuggets, about how to take survey data and take some basic, well known frameworks, and add a story to make your point.  Non-technical.   Not sure...
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