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Oak Ridge Scientists Use Quantum Computer for Solar Cell Research
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Oak Ridge Scientists Use Quantum Computer for Solar Cell Research

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that researchers at the lab used the Quantinuum H1-1 quantum computer to not only demonstrated best practices for scientific...

Chemours Announces Development of Specialty Fluid for Two-Phase Immersion Cooling: Opteon 2P50
From insideHPC

Chemours Announces Development of Specialty Fluid for Two-Phase Immersion Cooling: Opteon 2P50

Wilmington, Del., July 31, 2023 – The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company, recently announced advancements in the development and...

CCC Council Vice Chair, Nadya Bliss, Named One of The Top 50 Women Leaders of Arizona for 2023
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CCC Council Vice Chair, Nadya Bliss, Named One of The Top 50 Women Leaders of Arizona for 2023

Dr. Nadya T. Bliss, CCC Council Vice Chair and Executive Director of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) at Arizona State University (ASU), was just recognized...

DOE Announces $13.1M for Environmental Systems Science
From insideHPC

DOE Announces $13.1M for Environmental Systems Science

July 31, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.1 million in funding for 17 new projects to universities, academic institutions, federal...

Complying with Microdirectives
From The Eponymous Pickle

Complying with Microdirectives

 Schneier makes makes some useful thoughts, AI and MicrodirectivesImagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws.All day and every day,Imagine...

AI-Powered Brain Surgery Becomes A Reality In Hong Kong
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI-Powered Brain Surgery Becomes A Reality In Hong Kong

 ACM NEWSAI-Powered Brain Surgery Becomes A Reality In Hong KongBy South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)July 14, 2023, Robotic surgery equipment.Robotics are being...

Automatically Finding Prompt Injection Attacks
From Schneier on Security

Automatically Finding Prompt Injection Attacks

Researchers have just published a paper showing how to automate the discovery of prompt injection attacks. They look something like this: Write a tutorial on how...

Improving Product Quality with AI-based Video Analytics HPE, NVIDIA and Relimetrics Automate Quality Control in European Manufacturing Facility
From insideHPC

Improving Product Quality with AI-based Video Analytics HPE, NVIDIA and Relimetrics Automate Quality Control in European Manufacturing Facility

Manufacturers are using the power of AI and video analytics to enable better quality control and traceability of quality issues, bringing them one step closer to...

Balls, beams and quantum computers – performing calculations with patterns of light
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Balls, beams and quantum computers – performing calculations with patterns of light

by Jane Waite, Queen Mary University of London Have you played the seaside arcade game where shiny metal balls drops down to ping, ping off little metal pegs and...

[Book] Think Like a UX Researcher
From Putting People First

[Book] Think Like a UX Researcher

In this newly revised Second Edition, you'll find six new essays that look at how UX research methods have changed in the last few years, why remote methods should...

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
From Putting People First

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars

For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward...

From Computational Complexity

Another problem with CHATgpt

 I was giving a recruiting talk for my REU program and I had some slides with testimonials from students:-------------------------------------------------------...

Quantum Twist on Common Computer Algorithm Promises Speed Boost
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum Twist on Common Computer Algorithm Promises Speed Boost

Quantum Twist on Common Computer Algorithm Promises Speed BoostBy New Scientist, July 14, 2023An IBM quantum computer.Mazzola stresses the team is not yet claiming...

Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of Water
From The Eponymous Pickle

Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of Water

Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of WaterBy Wired, July 21, 2023The chip industry’s thirst for water springs from the need to keep silicon wafers...

Google's AI Red Team: the Ethical Hackers Making AI Safer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google's AI Red Team: the Ethical Hackers Making AI Safer

 Interesting piece.Google's AI Red Team: the ethical hackers making AI saferJuly 19, 2023, 3 min readToday, we're publishing information on Google’s AI Red Team...

Friday Squid Blogging: Zaqistan Flag
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Zaqistan Flag

The fictional nation of Zaqistan (in Utah) has a squid on its flag. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...

Dell: How HPC Serves a Vital Role in National Health & Wellness, Public Safety, Border and Commerce Security
From insideHPC

Dell: How HPC Serves a Vital Role in National Health & Wellness, Public Safety, Border and Commerce Security

When HPC and national security appear in the same sentence, thoughts typically turn towards military, defense and homeland security. While that’s a natural association...

TSMC Open R&D Center
From insideHPC

TSMC Open R&D Center

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., July 28, 2023 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today held an opening ceremony for its global Research and Development Center in Hsinchu,TSMC...

Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs
From Schneier on Security

Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs

Interesting research: “(Ab)using Images and Sounds for Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs“: Abstract: We demonstrate how images and sounds can be...

Stephen Streiffer Named Director of Oak Ridge Lab
From insideHPC

Stephen Streiffer Named Director of Oak Ridge Lab

July 27, 2023 — UT-Battelle, LLC, has appointed Stephen K. Streiffer to be the next director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He currently serves as interim...
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