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San Diego Supercomputing
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San Diego Supercomputing

 Long ago we worked with UCSD group, in the Bio Modeling area.San Diego Supercomputer Center Helps Advance Computational Chemistry  By University of CaliforniaMIT's...

Brain Background Noise Useful
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Brain Background Noise Useful

Recall this being brought up in some work we did in understanding reactions to stimuli.    We theorized that it was always useful to calculate the background, where...

Airlines to Ask Contact Information
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Airlines to Ask Contact Information

Expected, likely useful.  A firm requirement?   Will it get the usual pushback on privacy?Airlines plan to ask passengers for contact-tracing detailsIn this Thursday...

Restoring Notre-Dame with VR
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Restoring Notre-Dame with VR

Very impressive imagery on current state and progress of Notre-Dame Damage and restoration. Certainly a model for future work of this kind.  Includes video describing...

Homomorphic Standards, Sample Efforts
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Homomorphic Standards, Sample Efforts

Very useful piece with links to alternate standards and company efforts underway.  Much more at the linkHomomorphic Encryption StandardizationAn Open Industry /...

Fine Tuning Vendor Risk Management
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Fine Tuning Vendor Risk Management

Crucial these days. How to Fine-Tune Vendor Risk Management in a Virtual World  in Dark Reading by Ryan Smyth & Spencer MacDonald Managing Director / Director,Without...

Self Organizing Textiles from Cellular Automata
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Self Organizing Textiles from Cellular Automata

Always an interest here, rarely applied.Cellular AutomataSelf-Organising Textures    in Distill.Neural Cellular Automata Model of Pattern FormationNeural Cellular...

The ENIAC Turns 75
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The ENIAC Turns 75

 I used to walk past the site of the ENIAC lab on the way to class at the U of Pa, and even got a tour of the space once.  Impressive, ENIAC Turns 75  By Samuel...

Detecting Object Permanence and more
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Detecting Object Permanence and more

Reinforcement learning problem. Learning like children do.AI Agents Learned Object Permanence by Playing Hide and SeekBy IEEE Spectrum  February 17, 2021Researchers...

FHE for Using Encrypted Data
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FHE for Using Encrypted Data

Very nicely done piece on the seeming paradox of FHE:IBM Makes Encryption Paradox Practical  in IEEE Spectrum.“Fully homomorphic” cryptography allows partial access...

Remote Access Cautions
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Remote Access Cautions

 Good more balanced view of the recent SCADA threat in infrastructure.  Remote access is a classic potential security weakness.    Have myself been involved inIncreased...

SAS: How AI Changes the Rules
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SAS: How AI Changes the Rules

Looks to be a good paper from SAS, below an overview, link through for more.  Always liked how SAS looked at the broader aspect of 'analytics'.  Reading.How AINew...

Addressing Sheet Metal Design Waste
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Addressing Sheet Metal Design Waste

 Note the connection between design and fabrication. in a workflow.  Minimizing waste.   If you have a model of workflow, its easier to look at things like design...

Searchandising
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Searchandising

OK, the term is completely new to me, this Algolia advertising piece links to a free ebook/pamphlet that describes it.Searchandising: 9 best practices for better...

Enhancing Data Security
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Enhancing Data Security

Its data, getting it and securely putting it to use.  Always highlighted in emergency situations.Microsoft enhances data security in Power BI business intelligence...

Connected Communications
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Connected Communications

Satellite connectivity for challenges like emergency communications. Connecting machines in remote regions  by Zach Winn, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOn...

Military Digitization
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Military Digitization

 An approach to military digitization, also for peace time efforts of crisis management and disaster recovery. German Armed Forces Order Deployable Mission-Critical...

More Biometrics for Identification
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More Biometrics for Identification

Handprints are a much older biometric ID capability, and iris scanning is also well known.  We tested the methods in our innovation centers. MIT News,Rachel Gordon...

Fabricating Functional Devices and Drones
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Fabricating Functional Devices and Drones

3D Printing and more.  Impressive too for spacecraft?  Fabricating Fully Functional Drones  From MIT CSAILResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's...

Perseverance Rover Landing, Testing Robotics
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Perseverance Rover Landing, Testing Robotics

 Am a long time follower of advanced robotics. The Mars rover is set to arrive tomorrow.  With new advances in Torque and Force arm sensing in a harsh environment...
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