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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 Schneier on Security
Medieval Security Techniques
Sonja Drummer describes (with photographs) two medieval security techniques. The first is a for authentication: a document has been cut in half with an irregular...
From Schneier on Security
Attack against Florida Water Treatment Facility
A water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, was attacked last Friday. The attacker took control of one of the systems, and increased the amount of sodium hydroxide...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vaccines by Drone
Don't quite see what this buys you, excerpt in remote locations.ACM TECHNEWSDrones Could Begin Vaccine Deliveries in April, Firm SaysBy The Hill, February 11,Drone...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Software, Hardware Seeding the Market
Good review of what quantum players and users are looking for in the market. Despite the early days.Quantum Computing Hardware, Software Players Seeding the Market...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Artificial Emotional Intelligence
Fascinating thoughts on emotional intelligence. Given how much I trust all the ads pushing 5G I see, scary too. Artificial emotional intelligence: A safer, smarter...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disinfection Robotics in Retail
Another example of robotics addressing problems of today.Ahold Delhaize’s RBS pilots UV disinfection robotsAva Robotics technology aids COVID-19 cleaning in two...
From insideHPC
Core Scientific Partners with HPE on Greenlake HPC as-a-Service Offering
Bellevue, WA – Core Scientific, an infrastructure and software solutions provider for artificial intelligence and blockchain, today announced a partnership with...
From insideHPC
Arm Ecosystem Reports Record 6.7 billion Arm-based Chips Shipped in Q3 2020
February 11, 2021 — Arm reported today that its silicon partners in the third quarter of 2020 shipped a record 6.7 billion Arm-based chips, which equates to ~842...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE to Hold Workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on April 5
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will host a one-day workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing...
From insideHPC
MIT Researchers Develop Neural Networks for Computational Chemistry Using SDSC, PSC Supercomputers
Even though computational chemistry represents a challenging arena for machine learning, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Risks and Challenges of the Global COVID-19-vaccine Rollout
Good piece by McKinsey. Note the interactive piece to explore the related complexities. The risks and challenges of the global COVID-19-vaccine rolloutMcKinsey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
India Analyzing Data Goals and Gaps with AI
Notable use of AI and other pattern recognition approaches: What data do we have, its ability, to achieve certain levels of understanding of our economy. Then...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scale of Autonomous Truck Startup
Considerable launch, had several people contact me re a recent post agreeing that this will promote the implementation of analytical improvements in supply chains...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The State of Virtual Reality Hardware
Well done piece, suggesting we will soon be there for general usage wearable screens for our eyes to give the illusion of three dimensional immersive experiences...
From Putting People First
Crypto Sentiment Advisor
The Crypto Sentiment Advisor (CSA) is an EIT-Digital supported platform for investors holding cryptocurrencies, to anticipate swings in the sentiment for their...
From insideHPC
Opus Interactive Expands Multicloud Services across AWS, GCP and Azure with Scality RING and Zenko Open Source
San Francisco – Feb. 11, 2021 – Scality announced today that Opus Interactive, a cloud, colocation and IT services company, is using Scality RING and Zenko to deliver...
From insideHPC
CHIPS Alliance Appoints Rob Mains as Executive Director
February 11, 2021 — CHIPS Alliance, a consortium advancing common and open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, today announced the appointment of Rob...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Infants as a Model for Perceiving Language
Classic kind of approach, , can we have systems learn knowledge like language? Have followed the idea for many years. Scientists Develop Computational Approach...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Human Buildings Outweigh Life on Earth
An interesting Malthusian kind of statistic, but not sure what it really means we should do about it. Human ‘stuff’ now outweighs all life on Earth By Erik ...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing