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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 The Eponymous Pickle
More Novel Drone Use
Makes one wonder though, how secure are these drones?As Spain's Beaches Fill Up, Seaside Resort Sends in DronesReuters, Horaci Garcia, July 15, 2021Officials in...
From insideHPC
DOE Funds $13M for Adapting Scientific Software to Run on Exascale Supercomputers
July 21, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $13 million for five advanced-computing projects across nine states, including $4.4...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Joking Chatbots Help Learning?
Brought the below up before, here is more detail. Humor is powerful, but how do we harness it? Need a good way. Thoughts? See my Humor link.Joke-Cracking Chatbots...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Media Buying
Early on considered this option. Key was to also include options available, risks in choices, knowledge from previous choices. How custom algorithms will shape...
From insideHPC
Kubernetes Data Services Company ionir Names Mike Wall CEO
NEW YORK — July 21, 2021 — ionir, a microservices-based Kubernetes Data Services provider, today announced Mike Wall as CEO. The move comes as the company experiences...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Using AI to Detect Gravitational Waves
Gravitational waves, ‘ripples’ in space-time caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the Universe, were first predicted by Albert Einstein...
From insideHPC
Quobyte Releases Hadoop Native Driver for Analytics, ML, Streaming and Real-time Applications
SANTA CLARA, CA, July 21, 2021 — Quobyte Inc., a developer of scale-out software-defined storage (SDS), today announced availability of its Hadoop Driver. Quobyte...
From insideHPC
Aliro Quantum Wins U.S. Air Force Contracts for Quantum Network Simulation and Control
BOSTON — July 21, 2021 – Aliro Quantum today announced it has secured several contracts through AFWERX, a program from the U.S. Air Force focused on expanding technology...
From insideHPC
Spectra Logic and StorMagic Announce Active Archive Repository for Video Surveillance, Digital Evidence Management and Media and Entertainment
BOULDER, Colo. – July 21, 2021 – Spectra Logic, a global leader in data storage and data management solutions, today announced a partnership with StorMagic, aSpectra...
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project’s CEED to Hold Virtual Annual Meeting Aug. 3-4
The Exascale Computing Project‘s (ECP) Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations (CEED) will hold a virtual annual meeting highlighting progress on high-order...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tracking Human Mobility
A somewhat unusual look at different kinds of mobility and how it relates to pandemic challenges.App Tracks Human Mobility, COVID-19University of Miami, Deserae...
From insideHPC
NERSC Honors 8 Early Career Scientists with Annual HPC Achievement Awards
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) recently announced the recipients of its annual High Performance Computing Achievement Awards,NERSC...
From insideHPC
Atom Computing Unveils 1st-Gen Quantum System; Names New CEO after Closing $15M Series A Round
July 21, 2021 — Berkeley, CA — Atom Computing, a fast-growing quantum computing start-up announces its transition into the next phase of growth after closing $15M...
From insideHPC
Quantum Software Developer Classiq Technologies Forms Advisory Board
Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL — July 20, 2021 — Quantum computing software developer Classiq Technologies announced today that two leading researchers in quantum computingQuantum...
From insideHPC
Energy Secretary Recognizes Los Alamos Project Management for Exascale Class Computer Cooling Project
The team responsible for managing the Exascale Class Computing Cooling Equipment (ECCCE) project at Los Alamos National Laboratory was recognized by the Secretary...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Strategy to Understand Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Below, Ajit Jaokar puts together an Excellent introductory newsletter post (here one of many, join his newsletter for much more) To get all the text and all...
From insideHPC
Double-precision CPUs vs. Single-precision GPUs; HPL vs. HPL-AI Benchmarks; Traditional vs. AI Supercomputers
If you’ve wondered why GPUs are faster than CPUs, in part it’s because they’re asked to do less – or, to be more precise, to be less precise. Next question: OK,...
From Schneier on Security
NSO Group Hacked
NSO Group, the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer behind the Pegasus spyware — used by authoritarian regimes around the world to spy on dissidents, journalists...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Paying Older Audience Attention
Brought to my attention, being in the older, more experienced audience myself, struck me as rarely paid attention to. Good first look at this kind of resource...
From The Eponymous Pickle