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Altair Invests $10M in Columbia Univ. Photonics Startup
From insideHPC

Altair Invests $10M in Columbia Univ. Photonics Startup

TROY, Mich., December 20, 2022 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has invested $10 million in Xscape Photonics, a start-up that developed patented technology for photonicAltair...

NTT Research and Tokyo Tech Announce Algorithm that Enhances Performance and Scope of Coherent Ising Machine
From insideHPC

NTT Research and Tokyo Tech Announce Algorithm that Enhances Performance and Scope of Coherent Ising Machine

Sunnyvale, Calif. – December 20, 2022 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that scientists from the NTT Research Physics & Informatics...

Trojaned Windows Installer Targets Ukraine
From Schneier on Security

Trojaned Windows Installer Targets Ukraine

Mandiant is reporting on a trojaned Windows installer that targets Ukrainian users. The installer was left on various torrent sites, presumably ensnaring people...

Mars Has Year Round Energy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mars Has Year Round Energy

 Surprising?Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year roundAn analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine...

White Papers for Mid-cycle Robotics Roadmap Update due January 9, 2023
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

White Papers for Mid-cycle Robotics Roadmap Update due January 9, 2023

A reminder that white papers for a mid-cycle update to the Robotics Roadmap due January 9, 2023. Through support from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC),...

Are ad-supported business models anti-consumer?
From Geeking with Greg

Are ad-supported business models anti-consumer?

Advertising-supported businesses are harder to align with long-term customer satisfaction than subscription businesses, but they make more money if they do. A common...

Thoughts on Optimization of Code
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Thoughts on Optimization of Code

Donald E. Knuth famously said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." The important word there is “premature.” Optimization is not a bad thing. It isn...

Silicon Photonics and the Hunt for an HPC Bandwidth Bottleneck Breakthrough
From insideHPC

Silicon Photonics and the Hunt for an HPC Bandwidth Bottleneck Breakthrough

“FLOPS are cheap, moving data is expensive.” In HPC circles this sentiment is heard often. There’s a growing sense that classical HPC systems and the advanced chips...

Sears Hometown
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sears Hometown

Was informed of this some time ago and the name Sears struck me, in the day had consulted with Sears and often shopped there.  Used to have the best prices.  Knew...

Thoughts on Remote Factory Supply Chain Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thoughts on Remote Factory Supply Chain Work

 Thought is not new,   a step towards the Metaverse?   Increases in security concerns an issue,  it canbe done, but will it be?   Most supply chains are remotely...

Thoughts on ChatGPT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thoughts on ChatGPT

Diving deeper into this, definitely worth a look.As Google weighs in on ChatGPT, You.com enters the AI chatBy Sharon Goldman  @sharongoldman, December 15, 2022Check...

How to Surrender to a Drone
From Schneier on Security

How to Surrender to a Drone

The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone: “Seeing the drone in the field of view, make...

[Book] Co-Cities
From Putting People First

[Book] Co-Cities

A new model of urban governance, mapping the route to a more equitable management of a city’s infrastructure and services.

From Computational Complexity

Voter Suppression, Harvard Style

The following appeared on Harry Lewis's blog, here, hence it is written in his voice, though it is a co-authored. You'll see why later.  I then have some comments...

Europe, Germany,  Gets first Exascale Super Computer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Europe, Germany, Gets first Exascale Super Computer

Europe get a big computing push.   See here for more about the specs of Exascale computing.EUROPE GETS AN EXASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER    Germany will host JUPITER, Europe...

Mobile Augmented Reality Talent Sources
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Augmented Reality Talent Sources

Agree, this is not common, perhaps in the game space?   Appreciate the lack of connective knowledge.   We spent some time at this in two very different domains....

Generative AI and Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Generative AI and Games

Intriguing approach .The Generative AI Revolution in GamesExcerpt from James Gwertzman and Jack Soslow   in a16z.com,  Andreessen HorowitzAI, machine & deep learning...

New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5x
From The Eponymous Pickle

New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5x

New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5xBy IEEE Spectrum, December 1, 2022Examples of two-dimensional images rendered in three dimensions.Nvidia Instant NeRF...

Trust in Online Content Moderation Depends on Moderator
From The Eponymous Pickle

Trust in Online Content Moderation Depends on Moderator

See also previous note about this topicFairly obvious if the background of moderators is accurately provided. By Cornell Chronicle, November 3, 2022A human andNearly...

Fake News, Echo Chambers & Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fake News, Echo Chambers & Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media?

Sabrine Hossenfelder does a good job in covering a number of research papers on this important topic, and analyzes them.    A fairly balanced look as I see it. ...
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