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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 …
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Slidecast: ARM Steps Up to Machine Learning
In this slidecast, Jem Davies (VP Engineering and ARM Fellow) gives a brief introduction to Machine Learning and explains how it is used in devices such as smartphones...
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Apply Now: OSC Summer Institute Programs Introduce Young Women to Exciting STEM Careers
Each summer the Ohio Supercomputer Center offers summer programs for high school students and middle school girls interested in experiencing the dynamic fieldsApply...
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Fathom Neural Compute Stick Enables Mobile Devices to React Cognitively
Intel-owned Movidius has introduced a fascinating new device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick, a modular deep learning accelerator in the form of a standard...
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Bringing HPC Algorithms to Big Data Platforms
Nikolay Malitsky from Brookhaven National Laboratory presented this talk at the Spark Summit East conference. "This talk will present a MPI-based extension of the...
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Call for Papers: Workshop On Performance and Scalability of Storage Systems (WOPSSS)
The Second Workshop On Performance and Scalability of Storage Systems (WOPSSS) has issued its Call for Papers. The one-day workshop will be held jointly with ISC...
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Podcast: How Humans Bias AI
In this AI Podcast, Kris Hammond from Narrative Science explains that while it’s easy to think of AI as cold, unbiased, and objective, it is also very good at repeating...
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PRACE Publishes Best Practices for GPU Computing
The European PRACE initiative has published a Best Practices Guide for GPU Computing. "This Best Practice Guide describes GPUs: it includes information on how to...
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Katrin Amunts to Present on Decoding the Human Brain at PASC17
Today the PASC17 Conference announced Professor Katrin Amunts plenary presentation will be entitled, “Towards the Decoding of the Human Brain.” Regarded as oneKatrin...
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Application Profiling at the HPCAC High Performance Center
“To achieve good scalability performance on the HPC scientific applications typically involves good understanding of the workload though performing profile analysis...
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Call for Papers: International Conference on Parallel Processing in Bristol
The International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2017) has issued its Call for Papers. The event takes place August 14-17 in Bristol, UK. "Parallel and...
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Radio Free HPC Looks at Storj Blockchain Technology in Cloud
In this podcast, Radio Free HPC looks at a Startup called Storj, which will pay you to use your excess data capacity as cloud-based storage based on BlockchainRadio...
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Call for Papers: EuroMPI/USA 2017 in Chicago
"EuroMPI/USA 2017 will continue to focus on not just MPI, but also extensions or alternative interfaces for high-performance homogeneous/heterogeneous/hybrid systems...
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The REX Neo: An Energy Efficient New Processor Architecture
"With a team of four and less than $2 million, REX has taken a design concept to reality in under a year with a 16 core processor manufactured on a modern TSMCThe...
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Call for Papers: HPEC 2017 in Waltham
The IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC 2017) has issued its Call for Papers. The conference takes place September 12-14 in Waltham, MA. "HPEC...
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Intel Skylake Comes to Google Cloud Platform
Today the Google Cloud Platform announced that it is the first cloud provider to offer the next generation Intel Xeon processor, codenamed Skylake. "Skylake includes...
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Beyond the Moore’s Law Cliff: The Next 1000X
In this video from the 2017 HPC Advisory Council Stanford Conference, Subhasish Mitra from Stanford presents: Beyond the Moore's Law Cliff: The Next 1000X. Professor...
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Job of the Week: GPU Performance Analysis Architect at Nvidia
Nvidia is seeking a GPU Performance Analysis Architect in our Job of the Week. "The NVIDIA GPU Compute Architecture group is seeking world-class architects to analyze...
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Applications Now Open for Student Volunteers at SC17 Conference
Applications are now being accepted for the Student Volunteers program at the SC17 conference to be held Nov. 12-17 in Denver. Both undergraduate and graduate students...
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Video: Multi-Physics Methods, Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
"Through multiscale simulation of the circulatory system, it is now possible to model this surgery and optimize it using the state of the art optimization techniques...
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