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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Biden Names Science Team; Eric Lander as Science Advisor; Elevates Position to Cabinet-level
The following is a guest blog post by the Computing Research Association (CRA) Government Affairs Director, Peter Harsha. It was originally posted on CRA’s Computing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tracking Tourists Everywhere
Inevitable idea direction. I recall the broad expansion of CCTV cameras in europe, this just adds more sophisticated tracking. Venice Is Watching Tourists' Every...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Former CCC Council Member Maja Matarić Named A 2020 ACM Fellow
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently named 95 of its members as the new ACM Fellows for 2020. One of the newly named members is former Computing...
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project Software Technology Issues Updated Capability Assessment Report
Jan. 15, 2021 — Tthe latest update (V2.5) of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Software Technology (ST) Capability Assessment...
From Schneier on Security
Click Here to Kill Everybody Sale
For a limited time, I am selling signed copies of Click Here to Kill Everybody in hardcover for just $6, plus shipping. Note that I have had occasional problems...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford and IBM Lead in Edgey Tech
Perhaps most surprised in Ford leading in autonomous vehicles, but having worked with them was impressed with their analytical system offerings.IBM Leads in Quantum...
From insideHPC
The Dell Technologies HPC Community Interviews: Jay Boisseau on the Convergence of AI and HPC – Or Is It?
HPC industry veteran Jay Boisseau – former director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and now AI & HPC technology strategist at Dell, among other career...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Twelve Innovative Companies
From KDNuggets:We bring you industry predictions from 12 innovative companies - what key trends they expect in 2021 in AI, Analytics, Data Science, and Machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Acquiring 3D Images from LED Room Lighting
Researchers Acquire 3D Images with LED Room Lighting, SmartphoneOptical Society of America, January 11, 2021Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Strathclyde...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How We Can Be Manipulated Into Sharing Private Information Online
Useful look at general manipulation methods in play.How We Can Be Manipulated Into Sharing Private Information OnlineBen-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Comments on Commenting Code
Comments sometimes seem to be a hot button for software developers. Opinions range from the manager I had who actually did want a comment on every line of code...
From insideHPC
Oqton Inc. Raises $40+M Series A for Industry 4.0 and AI Manufacturing Platform
Ghent, Belgium / San Francisco – January 15, 2021 – Oqton, Inc., the U.S.- and Belgium-based software company specialising in AI-based manufacturing, today announces...
From Schneier on Security
Cell Phone Location Privacy
We all know that our cell phones constantly give our location away to our mobile network operators; that’s how they work. A group of researchers has figured out...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Machine Learning for Disaster Cost Estimation
AI and Natural Disaster Cost Estimation. The kind of problem that is greatly expanding. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Are Important Tools to Improve...
From insideHPC
Rescale Named to Y Combinator’s Top Companies List
San Francisco – January 14, 2021 – Rescale, the hybrid HPC cloud platform for intelligent computing for digital R&D, was recently named to Y Combinator’s Top Companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
State Department Sets Up Bureau for Cybersecurity, Emerging Technologies
Need for new examination of emergent tech and its application. State Department Sets Up Bureau for Cybersecurity, Emerging TechnologiesThe Hill, Maggie Miller.The...
From insideHPC
GigaIO and Microchip Power Native PCI Express Network Fabric for Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure
Carlsbad, CA – January 17, 2021 – GigaIO, maker of data center network architecture and connectivity solutions, has announced a collaboration with Microchip Technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is There a Need Apologetic AI?
Now this really struck me. As a useful consideration. When humans do tasks they do apologize, sometimes appropriately, sometimes not. Makes them more human...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA's Choice of Moon Landers
Fascinating decision process/ You have three choices, and how do you move forward with a choice? Goals, values, risks? NASA Will Choose One of These 3 Landers...
From The Eponymous Pickle