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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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ExaWind: How Exascale-class HPC Will Help Optimize Skyscraper-sized Wind Turbines of the Future
A wind power revolution is blowing through the U.S. electrical industry, and exascale-class supercomputing is expected to play an increasingly instrumental role...
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NCSA’s Dan Katz Elected to Board of IEEE Computer Society
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz was elected to the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors for a three-year term...
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HPC Center Stuttgart Celebrates 25 Years
Stuttgart, Germany – October 6, 2021 – Founded in 1996 as Germany’s first national high-performance computing (HPC) center, the High-Performance Computing Center...
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Quantum Company Rigetti Computing to Go Public via SPAC
BERKELEY, Calif. — Oct. 6, 2021 — Rigetti & Co., Inc. (“Rigetti”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, announced today it has entered into a definitive merger...
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MIT: Blockchain Could Secure Robot Team Communications
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 5, 2021 — Imagine a team of autonomous drones equipped with advanced sensing equipment, searching for smoke as they fly high above the Sierra...
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Altair Updates Integrated Simulation and Analysis Portfolio
TROY, Mich., Oct. 5, 2021 — Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), maker of converged simulation, HPC and AI solutions, announced enhancements to its integrated portfolio of simulation...
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EuroHPC Summit Week to Be Held March 22-24 in Paris
The EuroHPC Summit Week 2022 will take place from 22 to 24 March in Paris. The conference will be hosted by GENCI, the French HPC agency, and organised by PRACE...
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Infratil Limited Invests in Kao Data Centre Expansion Plans
October 5, 2021 – London – Colo data centre services provider Kao Data has recently signed an agreement to acquire two UK data centres with a long-term anchor lease...
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DARPA Program Aims to Build Quantum-inspired Solvers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Quantum-Inspired Classical Computing (QuICC) program seeks to leverage lessons learned from benchmarking...
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Let’s Talk Exascale: Chandrasekaran on Teaching Supercomputing and Leading ECP’s SOLLVE Project
In this episode of the Exascale Computing Project’s Let’s Talk Exascale, the ECP’s Scott Gibson interviewed Sunita Chandrasekaran, the new principal investigator...
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SoftIron Names Kenneth Van Alstyne CTO
Richmond, VA – October 5th, 2021 – SoftIron Ltd., maker of purpose-built data infrastructure solutions, today announced the appointment of Kenneth Van Alstyne to...
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Quantum Computing Inc. Announces ‘Domain-Wall’ Encoding Findings
LEESBURG, Va., October 5, 2021 — Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT), a company focused on bridging classical and quantum computing, today announced researchQuantum...
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D-Wave’s Cross-platform Offering to Cover Annealing and Gate-model Quantum Computers
BURNABY, B.C. — October 5, 2021 – Quantum computing systems and software company D-Wave Systems Inc. today said at its annual user conference, Qubits, it has released...
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Akridata Launches Edge Data Platform for ‘Data-Centric AI’
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 5, 2021 – Akridata, which calls itself a category-maker in Data-Centric AI, today announced the launch of the Akridata Edge Data Platform...
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Quantum Corp. Launches Long-Term Archiving with Object Storage Services
SAN JOSE, October 5, 2021 — Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced two breakthrough innovations aimed at organizations generating, storing, and managing...
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DOE: Up to $400M Open Call Funding for Basic Research to Advance Science
Oct. 1, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $400 million in funding for a range of research opportunities to support DOE’s clean energy...
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SC21 Updates Safety Protocol for On-site Attendees
SC21 has issued an update about on-site safety protocols at its annual conference, to be held November 14–19, 2021 in St. Louis. Following are highlights of their...
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CATALOG Secures $35M in Series B Funding, DNA-Based Computation Expected Next Year
Boston, Sept. 30, 2021 — CATALOG, a startup developing automated DNA-based digital data storage, announced it secured $35 million in Series B funding led by Hanwha...
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A Look Inside the US’s 1st Exascale Supercomputer Facility
Preparing for the nation’s first exascale system, the upcoming HPE Cray EX Frontier “Frontier” system at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National...
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