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Sonar and Facial Expressions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sonar and Facial Expressions

Another kind of  privacy invasion?Cornell University researchers have developed EarIO, a wearable earphone device (earable) that can reconstruct the wearer's face...

Defending Your Enterprise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Defending Your Enterprise

Modeling your Defense with Chaos.Defending the EnterpriseBy David Geer, July 26, 2022 Cyberattacks bring turbulence and disruption, leaving unpredictable and chaotic...

@HPCpodcast: A Look at HPC Marketing Strategies with Mike Bernhardt — It’s More Than Speeds-and-Feeds
From insideHPC

@HPCpodcast: A Look at HPC Marketing Strategies with Mike Bernhardt — It’s More Than Speeds-and-Feeds

Because HPC is barrier-pushing technology it’s understandable that HPC marketers often focus on speeds-and-feeds. But Mike Bernhardt, one of the most recognized...

Comparing strtod with from_chars (GCC 12)
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Comparing strtod with from_chars (GCC 12)

A reader (Richard Ebeling) invited me to revisit an older blog post: Parsing floats in C++: benchmarking strtod vs. from_chars. Back then I reported that switching...

Bluetooth Signals Used to Identify, Track Smartphones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bluetooth Signals Used to Identify, Track Smartphones

Tracking SmartphonesBluetooth Signals Can Be Used to Identify, Track SmartphonesUC San Diego News CenterIoana Patringenaru, June 8, 2022Engineers at the University...

JW Space Telescope Reshaping Axtronomy
From The Eponymous Pickle

JW Space Telescope Reshaping Axtronomy

Good,  non-tech piece, intro belowTwo Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy  in QuantaMagIn the days after the mega-telescope started delivering...

Leap Seconds Confuse Computers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Leap Seconds Confuse Computers

 Unknown to me ....Leap seconds cause chaos for computers — so Meta wants to get rid of themFacebook’s parent company wants new ways to calculate timeBy James Vincent...

Genome Editing for Insect Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Genome Editing for Insect Research

 Designing molecular networks in insects using computer simulation!Scientists Expand Entomological Research Using Genome Editing AlgorithmHiroshima University (Japan)...

Hyperion Research Announces HPC User Forum Sept. 7-8, Tuscon
From insideHPC

Hyperion Research Announces HPC User Forum Sept. 7-8, Tuscon

ST PAUL, Minn., July 26, 2022—HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research today announced that registration is open for the fall HPC User Forum to be held September...

Deep Learning from Molten Salts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deep Learning from Molten Salts

Interesting results from local university. Deep Learning Method Worth Its SaltUC (University of Cincinnati) NewsMichael Miller, July 22, 2022A multi-institutional...

Chip Proccess and Classification
From The Eponymous Pickle

Chip Proccess and Classification

 Impressive speed for detecting and classifying imagesChip Processes, Classifies Nearly Two Billion Images per SecondPenn Engineering TodayMelissa Pappas, JuneUniversity...

Synthetic Data in Machine Learning: What, Why, How?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Synthetic Data in Machine Learning: What, Why, How?

Podcast of interest,  via Vincent Granville:  Synthetic Data in Machine Learning: What, Why, How?Published on July 25, 2022In this episode, Nicolai Baldin (CEO)...

NVIDIA Announces GA of AI Enterprise 2.1
From insideHPC

NVIDIA Announces GA of AI Enterprise 2.1

NVIDIA today announced the general availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise 2.1., an updated version of its AI and data analytics software suite designed to help enterprises...

Gartner on Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3 and NFT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gartner on Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3 and NFT

 Spaces I have been asked about of late. Click through to see: Gartner Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3, 2022By Avivah Litan | July 22, 2022 | 8 CommentsWe just...

Could AI Replace Therapists?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Could AI Replace Therapists?

 Likely, especially for gathering and arranging pertinent information. Could AI Replace Therapists?By Psychology Today,  July 13, 2022Therapy is most often based...

Detecting, interpreting Irony
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detecting, interpreting Irony

 I remember some very early work where we considered the detection of irony in consumer reactions.   Aka 'opinion minng', often including irony, often linked to...

Women in HPC Seeks to Fill Chair Vacancy
From insideHPC

Women in HPC Seeks to Fill Chair Vacancy

July 25, 2022 — Women in HPC announced today it is recruiting for a new chair. The organization said this is a volunteer, remote, part-time leadership opportunity...

How Cornerstone AI is making data ‘right’ for healthcare industry
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Cornerstone AI is making data ‘right’ for healthcare industry

Heathcare Data AIHow Cornerstone AI is making data ‘right’ for healthcare industryShubham Sharma.   @shubham_719  in VenturebeatJuly 18, 2022 11:30 AMTechnology...

From Computational Complexity

100 Best Number Theory books of all Time---except many are not on Number Theory

I was recently emailed this link: 100 Best Number Theory books of all Time That sounds like a good list to have!  But then I looked at it. The issue IS NOT that...

Round a Direction Vector to an 8-Way Compass
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Round a Direction Vector to an 8-Way Compass

Modern game controllers can point in a wide range of directions. Game designers sometimes want to convert the joystick direction to get 8-directional movement.Continue...
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