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MUM,a new way to search online.
From The Eponymous Pickle

MUM,a new way to search online.

Is MUM just like a conversation online?   Most interesting/ Just recently noticed the amound of searching I had to do just to get some simple background info.This...

Exploratory Data Analyses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Exploratory Data Analyses

 Am a big proponent of exploratory data analysis, and making it initially as simple, visual and goal oriented as possible.   Here a piece from KDNuggets that shows...

AI Learns by Doing More with Less
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Learns by Doing More with Less

Interesting thoughts on the efficiency of natural and current AI systems. Biomimicry possibilities for future intelligences? AI Learns by Doing More with Less Washington...

Can a Robot Understand a Hug?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Can a Robot Understand a Hug?

Connecting touch and sight sensory interactions. Robot Can Understand What a Hug Is  By New Scientist, February 9, 2021A prototype soft robot with nylon skin developed...

Towards an Internet of Materials
From The Eponymous Pickle

Towards an Internet of Materials

 Below just the introduction.   A realm of materials than can be manufactured, sense, interact and even compute.  And combine to become an Internet of Materials...

Bonding Remotely With New Hires
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bonding Remotely With New Hires

 Some good thoughts  here.Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely  in HBRWK  by Iavor I. Bojinov and Prithwiraj Choudhury shows how "virtual watercooler"...

Sweden Silicon Valley of Europe
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sweden Silicon Valley of Europe

 Was our impression too, based on presentations during visits in the 90s.How Sweden Became the Silicon Valley of EuropeReuters, Colm Fulton; Supantha Mukherjee,...

Communities and Trust in Pandemic Context
From The Eponymous Pickle

Communities and Trust in Pandemic Context

 Interesting research here out of Kellogg Northwestern.  In the process of reading. Trust Usually Helps Communities Thrive. During a Pandemic, Not So Much.Places...

Friday Squid Blogging: A Good Year for Squid?
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: A Good Year for Squid?

Improved ocean conditions are leading to optimism about this year’s squid catch. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...

Fraunhofer Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fraunhofer Magazine

 Fraunhofer Magazine, brought to my attention.  The magazine for people shaping the future.  Often quoted here.  Free and in English.    

AI Writes Spear Fishing for Scale.
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Writes Spear Fishing for Scale.

 Just received such an attempt.   Was detailed, but it did not take much thought to realize it was fishing.  Reported it to Google. In anyone's experience do they...

Swimming Robotic Locomotion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Swimming Robotic Locomotion

Have seen a few swimming robot examples, now a deeper take via EPFL.Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience  by Ecole PolytechniqueThanks...

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Noyce Award
From insideHPC

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Noyce Award

WASHINGTON — Aug. 12, 2021 — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA with a focus on building accelerated...

Reading Emotions in Obscured Faces
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading Emotions in Obscured Faces

Something we have all noticed in the pandemicACM NEWSHumans and Algorithms Struggle to Read Emotions When Faces Are ObscuredBy The ConversationA recent study shows...

CACM Looks at the Future of Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

CACM Looks at the Future of Supply Chain

Very good non tehnical overview piece in the current CACM: The Future of Supply Chains  By Paul MarksCommunications of the ACM, July 2021, Vol. 64 No. 7, Pages10...

Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI

Fascinating points. Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI   By McGill University, August 12, 2021A new study shows that artificial intelligence (AI) networks based...

Using AI to Scale Spear Phishing
From Schneier on Security

Using AI to Scale Spear Phishing

The problem with spear phishing it that it takes time and creativity to create individualized enticing phishing emails. Researchers are using GPT-3 to attempt to...

SDSC Part of New NSF Project Supporting Transboundary Aquifer Resiliency
From insideHPC

SDSC Part of New NSF Project Supporting Transboundary Aquifer Resiliency

August 11, 2021 — Transboundary aquifers, which are deep subsurface water sources shared by multiple countries, have long been a critical source of water for communities...

Oak Ridge Lab’s Simulation Tool Creates Digital Twin of Buildings
From insideHPC

Oak Ridge Lab’s Simulation Tool Creates Digital Twin of Buildings

August 11, 2021 — A new tool that simulates the energy profile of every building in America will give homeowners, utilities and companies a quick way to determine...

Surrogate Machine Learning Models: Revolutionizing HPC Simulation Run-times
From insideHPC

Surrogate Machine Learning Models: Revolutionizing HPC Simulation Run-times

Physics-based simulations, that staple of traditional HPC, may be evolving toward an emerging, AI-based technique that could radically accelerate simulation runs...
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