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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 …
From insideHPC
DOE Awards $11.7M for Research on Quantum Computing
July 27, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11.7 million in funding for six collaborative projects intended to improve understanding of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New NSF Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Phase II Centers Program Launched
“Will Support Fundamental R&D That Transforms Ability to Forecast Pandemic-scale Events, Detect Outbreaks Early, and Respond Efficiently.” The COVID-19 pandemic...
From insideHPC
ExaWorks: Tested Component for HPC Workflows
ExaWorks is an Exascale Computing Project (ECP)–funded project that provides access to hardened and tested workflow components through a software development kit...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Decoding base16 sequences quickly
We sometimes represent binary data using the hexadecimal notation. We use a base-16 representation where the first 10 digits are 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and where...
From insideHPC
Hitachi Vantara Announces Integrated Solution with Microsoft Azure that Transforms Hybrid Cloud Management
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – July 25, 2023 – Hitachi Vantara, an ifrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced...
From Schneier on Security
Fooling an AI Article Writer
World of Warcraft players wrote about a fictional game element, “Glorbo,” on a subreddit for the game, trying to entice an AI bot to write an article about it.worked...
From insideHPC
Micron Sampling 8-high 24GB HBM3 Gen2 with Bandwidth Over 1.2TB/s
BOISE, Idaho, July 26, 2023 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today announced it has begun sampling what the company said is the industry’s first 8-high 24GB...
From insideHPC
SolidRun Launches Bedrock R7000, Fanless Edge-AI IPC with AMD Ryzen 7840HS and 3 Hailo-8 AI Accelerators
Acre, Israel, 26 July 2023 – SolidRun has announced the world’s first rugged system design that combines 8-core AMD Ryzen 7040 series processors with multiple Hailo...
From Computational Complexity
Paper Writing Before Overleaf
A twitter question from a young researcher. Wait, how do paper writing collaborations work with LaTeX that doesn’t use overleaf? You need more than a .Tex file...
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $33M to Advance Energy Research
July 26, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $33 million to support 14 clean-energy research projects as part of a program to ensure theDOE...
From insideHPC
Exxact Corporation Offers Liquid Cooled HPC and AI Development Platform
Fremont, CA, July 26, 2023 — Exxact Corporation, a provider of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and data center solutions, is nowExxact...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) Webinar – August 4th, 1-2:30pm ET
On August 4th from 1-2:30pm ET, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold a webinar answering questions about the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory...
From Schneier on Security
Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios
Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world. The European...
From insideHPC
Overcoming the Limitations of Classical HPC and Quantum: A New Computational Method
By Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO and Co-founder, LightSolver There’s a lot of excitement around exascale-class supercomputing and the possibilities of quantum computing,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
Another area we examined for retail tech,Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand WaveBy CBS News.July 21, 2023Paying with palm recognition...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Dear Colleague Letter: Workshops to Identify Educational Requirements of the Future Ocean Technical Workforce
The following is a joint Dear Colleague Letter from four Assistant Directors at the National Science Foundation – Dr. James L. Moore, III (Directorate for STEM...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Q-CTRL Adds Morpheus Ventures to Series B Funding with $54M Raised
LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2023 – Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, today announced the addition of Morpheus...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Getting off the beach, fast
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Paul goes on holiday and sees how a car park can work like a computer. Computers get faster and faster every year...
From insideHPC
HPC Colo atNorth Announces Shortlist Selection for the National Sustainability Awards
Reykjavík, Iceland – July 25th, 2023 – atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has been shortlisted...
From The Eponymous Pickle