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Gladys West: Where’s my satellite? Where’s my child? #BlackHistoryMonth
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Gladys West: Where’s my satellite? Where’s my child? #BlackHistoryMonth

Gladys West solved the maths problems behind the positioning of satellites. She worked closely with programmers to write the code to do calculations based on her...

From Computational Complexity

Will Strassen's Matrix Mult Alg ever be practical?

All time bounds are asymptotic and really O-of.Recall that Strassen found a clever way to multiple two 2x2 matrices with 7 mults (and lots of adds)  leading tohere...

Information Extraction
From The Noisy Channel

Information Extraction

When we index content for search, it’s natural to think in terms of documents. But searchers aren’t necessarily looking for documents. They’re looking for information...

Content Understanding
From The Noisy Channel

Content Understanding

This publication is a series of posts devoted to content understanding. Each post is self-contained, but there is a natural progression. If you’d like to read them...

Buying the Cameras
From The Eponymous Pickle

Buying the Cameras

Implications of the fears of needed data gathering for General AI, Placed in the context of human behaviorWhat Keith Lowell Jensen sums up  is what George Orwell...

State of Digital Grocery
From The Eponymous Pickle

State of Digital Grocery

 Podcast to listen to:The State of grocery retail around the worldOctober 6, 2022 | PodcastBy Bill Aull, Dymfke Kuijpers, and Daniel LäubliThe state of groceryA...

Detailing Neural Activity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detailing Neural Activity

Rare Electrical Recordings of Human Brain Detail Neural ActivityBy New York University, October 5, 2022An international team of neuroscientists used medical data...

BMW and Alexa
From The Eponymous Pickle

BMW and Alexa

In car voice still commonly chosen?Alexa Custom Assistant Will Power BMW’s Voice AIERIC HAL SCHWARTZBMW and Amazon revealed plans to build BMW’s next-generation...

Common Sense
From The Eponymous Pickle

Common Sense

 Makes makes much senseA Common-Sense Test for AI Could Lead to Smarter MachinesBy The Next WebSeptember 29, 2022AI with common sense could mean big things forToday's...

Micro:Bit Programming for Grades K to 3 With #MicroCode
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Micro:Bit Programming for Grades K to 3 With #MicroCode

The Micro:Bit is a pretty cool piece of hardware being used in a lot of schools. It’s mostly used in middle school and above but that may be changing. New fromMicrocode...

Frontier Testing and Tuning Problems Downplayed by Oak Ridge
From insideHPC

Frontier Testing and Tuning Problems Downplayed by Oak Ridge

Everything about the Frontier supercomputer, the world’s first exascale system residing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is outsized: its power, its scale andFrontier...

Makers Won't Weaponize
From The Eponymous Pickle

Makers Won't Weaponize

Agreements at least from western makers.Leading Makers Pledge Not to Weaponize Their RobotsNPR, Joe Hernandez, October 6, 2022Six major robot manufacturers have...

Amazon.com is Freezing Hiring for its Corporate Staff in retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon.com is Freezing Hiring for its Corporate Staff in retail

In Retailwire: THE NEW YORK TIMES  10/05/2022Amazon.com is freezing hiring for its corporate staff in retail for the rest of the year. More than 10,000 openings...

Storytelling and Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Storytelling and Science

 As a marketing company, we knew Storytelling is important. Good piece, intro below.    See also 'How to Tell a Story' which I am currently reading, by Meg Bowles...

New York AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty
From The Eponymous Pickle

New York AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty

 New York AI Bias Law Prompts UncertaintyThe Wall Street Journal, Richard VanderfordSeptember 21, 2022A law that goes into effect in New York City in January requires...

Transform Through Disruption
From The Eponymous Pickle

Transform Through Disruption

How to transform through disruptionSeptember 17, 2022In the face of persistent disruption, what does it take for an organization to undergo a successful transformation...

TSMC September 2022 Revenue Report: Up 36% YoY
From insideHPC

TSMC September 2022 Revenue Report: Up 36% YoY

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Oct. 7, 2022 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for September 2022: On a consolidated basis, revenue for September...

Machine Learning Model Predicts MS Health Conditions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning Model Predicts MS Health Conditions

A very good application directionMachine Learning Model Predicts Health Conditions of People with MSBy Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearchers at Carnegie MellonThe...

White House Announces New Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

White House Announces New Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights

The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently released a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” The goal of the AI Bill of Rights is to provide a set...

RIKEN’s Matsuoka Wins 2022 IEEE Seymour Cray Award
From insideHPC

RIKEN’s Matsuoka Wins 2022 IEEE Seymour Cray Award

HPC luminary Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka of the Japan’s RIKEN Center for Computational Science has been named recipient of the 2022 IEEE Computer Society Seymour CrayRIKEN...
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