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Automating Sense of Smell
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automating Sense of Smell

 A sensory space we also experimented withE-Nose Sniffs Out the Good Whiskey  IEEE Spectrum, Michelle Hampson, February 18, 2022New research describes an electronic...

Decentralized Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Decentralized Science

 Decentralized science, new to me as a concept.A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement   By Sarah HamburgA growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are...

Woman in Data Science Worldwide Conference to Be Held March 7
From insideHPC

Woman in Data Science Worldwide Conference to Be Held March 7

Women in Data Science will hold its conference on Monday, March 7, 2022, a technical conference featuring outstanding women doing exceptional work in data science...

NCI Australia Selects SoftIron for Ceph-based Storage for Integrated HPC Environment
From insideHPC

NCI Australia Selects SoftIron for Ceph-based Storage for Integrated HPC Environment

London – February 24, 2022 – SoftIron Ltd., a maker of task-specific data infrastructure appliances, today announced their selection by National Computational Infrastructure...

ZugZwang!  Compelling Moves
From The Eponymous Pickle

ZugZwang! Compelling Moves

Game strategy I remember this from learnings in tactical interactions.   Good overview here. Play First and Lose: Zugzwang in Chess, Math and Pizzas  in Quantamagazine...

American Mathematical Society Cancels Participation in 2022 ICM Conference in Russia
From insideHPC

American Mathematical Society Cancels Participation in 2022 ICM Conference in Russia

A statement from AMS President Ruth Charney: The AMS leadership is alarmed by the current situation in Ukraine and its implications for the 2022 International Congress...

congatec Introduces x86-based COM-HPC Server
From insideHPC

congatec Introduces x86-based COM-HPC Server

San Diego, February 24, 2022   congatec, a vendor of embedded and edge computing technology, announced the launch x86 based COM-HPC Server modules and the availability...

Fun With Rounding Errors
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Fun With Rounding Errors

I love xkcd cartoons. I came across this one thing morning that shows the benefits(?) or rounding up. My immediate idea was “what a great programming project!” ...

From Computational Complexity

I will be on instagram/If you have two reals in a box- Answer (Guest Post by David Marcus)

I will be on instragram:We,  Prof. Mohammad Hajiaghayi and Prof. William Gasarch plan to have an Instagram Live at @mhajiaghayi this SAT FEB 26, 1:30PM EDT (in...

Amazon Skills Kit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Skills Kit

Amazon skill development reports a new set of area specific skills for use.  How well does this support good assistance?   Taking a closer look.Build a Voice Skill...

HPE and Ayar Labs Partner to Bring Optical I/O to Slingshot Fabric for HPC and AI
From insideHPC

HPE and Ayar Labs Partner to Bring Optical I/O to Slingshot Fabric for HPC and AI

HPC systems leader Hewlett Packard Enterprise and startup Ayar Labs, maker of chip-to-chip optical I/O connectivity, today announced a strategic collaboration to...

Self Configuring Robotic Cubes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Self Configuring Robotic Cubes

Quite interesting application for space, and perhaps other complex environments for sensors? Robotic cubes: Self-reconfiguring ElectroVoxels use embedded electromagnets...

Enforcement by software
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Enforcement by software

At my university, one of our internal software systems allows a professor to submit a revision to a course. The professor might change the content or the objectives...

Quantum: IonQ Claims 20 Algorithmic Qubits
From insideHPC

Quantum: IonQ Claims 20 Algorithmic Qubits

Feb. 23, 2022 — Today, IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced that IonQ Aria, the company’s latest quantum computer, has achieved a record 20 algorithmic qubits and has furthered...

@HPCpodcast: The Potboiler HPC Chip Business
From insideHPC

@HPCpodcast: The Potboiler HPC Chip Business

It's a data center server chip industry that in five years has altered profoundly from Intel's unilateral dominance. The new, multilateral landscape delivers an...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Simons Awards for 2022

To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful—James Welch Jin-Yi Cai is one of the 2022 winners of the Simons...

Details on Microsoft Singularity for AI Workflow
From The Eponymous Pickle

Details on Microsoft Singularity for AI Workflow

Worth a look, I will.  Note indication of scheduling AI workloads.Microsoft goes public with details on its 'Singularity' AI infrastructure serviceMicrosoft's Azure...

insideHPC Guide to NVIDIA EGX Platform: One Architecture for Every Workload – Part 3
From insideHPC

insideHPC Guide to NVIDIA EGX Platform: One Architecture for Every Workload – Part 3

[SPONSORED POST] This technology guide sponsored by PNY describes how the NVIDIA® EGX™ Platform provides a single architecture to meet every data center workload...

Deep Learning and Quantitative Finance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deep Learning and Quantitative Finance

Of special interest, plan to attend:  March 16 Talk, "Deep Learning for Sequences in Quantitative Finance" with David KriegmanRegister now (and more info)    for...

Paying Attention to Attention: Meta-Awareness
From The Eponymous Pickle

Paying Attention to Attention: Meta-Awareness

 Case of Segway struck me here.  Reasonable?  University of Miami neuroscientist Amishi Jha explains why and how leaders should hone their meta-awareness.  by Theodore...
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