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AI for Reading Understanding
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI for Reading Understanding

Been reading and exploring about what reading understanding means.  Here an update from Quanta Magazine on the toic.      We still have far to go when we have to...

Microsoft AI Powered Digital Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft AI Powered Digital Marketing

Not a very detailed article, but of interest.   Somewhat unexpected space for Microsoft.  Here an effort first in India.Microsoft unveils AI-powered Digital Marketing...

A64fx: A Game Changing, HPC / AI Optimized Arm CPU for Exascale
From insideHPC

A64fx: A Game Changing, HPC / AI Optimized Arm CPU for Exascale

Satoshi Matsuoka from Riken gave this talk at Linaro Connect 2019. "Fugaku is the flagship next generation national supercomputer being developed by Riken R-CCS...

Artifcial Gut Exploring Microbiomes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artifcial Gut Exploring Microbiomes

Saw a presentation recently on means of using the human microbiome, but not linking to an artificial gut that would allow it to be interacted with and simulated...

Podcast: Simulation & Visualization Drive New Discoveries and Insights
From insideHPC

Podcast: Simulation & Visualization Drive New Discoveries and Insights

In this podcast, Katrina Feliciano-Stoddard joins Intel's Conversations in the Cloud. "Katrina talks about simulation and visualization, its role in innovation,...

AI Startups in Healthcare
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Startups in Healthcare

A look at AI type startups in the health and diagnostic and imaging areas.  Very active.8 AI Diagnostics and Imaging Startups for Digital Health in NAnalyzeInvesting...

Database of Tomorrow: Self Driving and Autonomous
From The Eponymous Pickle

Database of Tomorrow: Self Driving and Autonomous

Was struck by the depth and further volume of data and implications?  The intro below, much more at the linkThe Database of Tomorrow: The Self-Driving, Autonomous...

Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs
From Writing

Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs

On January 10, 2019, I weighed in at 223 lbs. On October 20, I weighed in at 173 lbs. That’s 50 pounds lost (22.7 kg) in 10 months.

Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs
From Writing

Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs

On January 10, 2019, I weighed in at 223 lbs. On October 20, I weighed in at 173 lbs. That’s 50 pounds lost (22.7 kg) in 10 months.

Reflections and Projections about IBM Watson
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reflections and Projections about IBM Watson

An nicely done internal look at Watson.   As I have mentioned here before, Watson may not have lived up to some of the early expectations, but it remains a serious...

Video: The Cambridge Research Computing Service
From insideHPC

Video: The Cambridge Research Computing Service

Paul Calleja from the University of Cambridge gave this talk at the UK HPC Conference. "The Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery (C2D3) brings together researchers...

Job of the Week: HPC at Quantlab in Houston
From insideHPC

Job of the Week: HPC at Quantlab in Houston

Quantlab in Houston is seeking an HPC Engineer in our Job of the Week. "We seek to fill the role of an HPC Engineer within our research group in Houston, TX. The...

Handheld Printing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Handheld Printing

Fascinating application, for some kinds of graphics applications. In Indiegogo. With the usual warnings that such offers for product are high risk.  For both initial...

Matching for Identification of Antibiotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Matching for Identification of Antibiotics

Refreshing here is that there is no claim for AI.  We need all kinds of analytics to enhance our skills.Computational 'Match Game' Identifies Potential Antibiotics...

Jeff Bezos's Master Plan
From The Eponymous Pickle

Jeff Bezos's Master Plan

Some non technology views of how unique Amazon is, and where it is goingJeff Bezos’s Master Plan in The Atlantic By Franklin FoerWhat the Amazon founder and CEO...

Echo Auto: Customizing Mobile Voice Experiences
From The Eponymous Pickle

Echo Auto: Customizing Mobile Voice Experiences

My test for client discussions have been ongoing.  In my last post on this I mentioned that Amazon currently has very different behavior between home and Echo Auto...

Attention for Advanced Forecasting and Classification
From The Eponymous Pickle

Attention for Advanced Forecasting and Classification

Interesting and quite technical view of forecasting and classification that is worth a look.  Of course accurate and timely forecasting is important for most businesses...

Friday Squid Blogging: Six-Foot-Long Mass of Squid Eggs Found on Great Barrier Reef
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Six-Foot-Long Mass of Squid Eggs Found on Great Barrier Reef

It's likely the diamondback squid. There's a video. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered...

California Launches Earthquake Early Warning System
From The Eponymous Pickle

California Launches Earthquake Early Warning System

What is particularly good here is that the means to test this will be obvious.   I get USGS reports on earthquakes via an App, can filter them to mag 4.5 and higher...

Why Technologists Need to Get Involved in Public Policy
From Schneier on Security

Why Technologists Need to Get Involved in Public Policy

Last month, I gave a 15-minute talk in London titled: "Why technologists need to get involved in public policy." In it, I try to make the case for public-interest...
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