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737: Management and Technology
From The Eponymous Pickle

737: Management and Technology

My daughter in law flies for American Airlines, has been in furlough for awhile now.   The most recent issue of the ACM outlines elements of how 737 technologyBoeing's...

Neural Networks are Bayesian
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neural Networks are Bayesian

 Just reading this, worth thinking about. Technical.Neural networks are fundamentally Bayesian  in TowardsDataScience By Chris MingardStochastic Gradient Descent...

Voice AI Trends in Europe
From The Eponymous Pickle

Voice AI Trends in Europe

Podcast and more of work being done in and for Europe.  From VoicebotVoice AI in Europe Year-in-Review 2020 with 169 Labs, Soapbox Labs, and Voxalyze – Voicebot...

Holiday Week Update: HPC Community Funds Rich Brueckner Scholarship Awards to Goal – and Beyond
From insideHPC

Holiday Week Update: HPC Community Funds Rich Brueckner Scholarship Awards to Goal – and Beyond

Last week, we issued an update on a fund drive in memory of one of the HPC community’s most beloved figures, the late Rich Brueckner. We’re happy to report that...

[Book] Creating a Culture of Innovation
From Putting People First

[Book] Creating a Culture of Innovation

Innovation can only occur in the right environment. While organizations can attempt to hire for innovation, there is little that can blossom in a restrictive and...

Detecting Sarcasm
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detecting Sarcasm

Even in the early days of reading consumer reactions to product communications  we knew it was useful to have an idea of how much sarcasm was being used.  To determine...

Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers
From insideHPC

Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers

This insideHPC Special Research Report, "Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers," provides an overview of what to consider when selecting an...

Making Smart Thermostats More Efficient
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Smart Thermostats More Efficient

 Beyond the simplest adaptable method.Making Smart Thermostats More EfficientMIT NewsResearchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Russia's...

On the Geopolitics of AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Geopolitics of AI

Useful thoughts on power and balance, beyond AI, but also all kinds of analytical method.The geopolitics of artificial intelligence24 Dec 2020| By Anastasia Kapetas...

Doing Simple Chatbots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Doing Simple Chatbots

Close to the kind of thing we did simply in the 90s.  In the Alexa Blog:How to Create a Chatbot With No Coding Experience in 4 Simple Steps  By Lydia RothIf you...

Broader Strategies for Cyberattack
From The Eponymous Pickle

Broader Strategies for Cyberattack

 Being more precise about detection data gathering and retaliation.   Wondering what the context of the existing modeling included. A Better Kind of Cybersecurity...

DeepMind Masters Games without the Rules, Just Rewards
From The Eponymous Pickle

DeepMind Masters Games without the Rules, Just Rewards

MuZero. An intriguing  example, with the right data. DeepMind's AI Masters Games Without Even Being Taught the RulesIEEE Spectrum by   Philip E. RossThe MuZero...

Pandemic Holiday Retail Post Mortem
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pandemic Holiday Retail Post Mortem

What Just Happened?  Good overview by a number of experts on retail process.  Join us in January for a recap of the craziest holiday season on record.  Wed., Jan...

My Science and Technology review for 2020
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

My Science and Technology review for 2020

The original PlayStation game console (1994) was revolution thanks in part to its CD drive that could read data at an astonishing 0.3 MB/s. In 2020, the PlayStation...

Modifying the Way Companies Talk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Modifying the Way Companies Talk

Because machines are analyzing the patterns in what is said.   And of course, machines will soon also generate some of the conversation.How machines are changing...

ReThinking the Global Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

ReThinking the Global Supply Chain

Yes, do a better job of risk analyses.Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for managers and prompt them...

Coders Flock Back to Crypto Projects
From The Eponymous Pickle

Coders Flock Back to Crypto Projects

 Intriguing direction.  Of the belief that developers will become replaced by automated methodsCoders Flock Back to Crypto Projects with Prices Surging AgainInBy...

Science and Technology links (December 26th 2020)
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Science and Technology links (December 26th 2020)

Researchers used a viral vector to manipulate eye cells genetically to improve the vision of human beings. Seemingly independently, researchers have reported significant...

Transmitting Holograms for Remote Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Transmitting Holograms for Remote Experience

Do we need a hologram machine in every home?  For telemedicine and work?   Replacing our zoom stadia?   So we might have crowds of realistic holograms in situ? ...

Secure Multi Party Computation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Secure Multi Party Computation

 A considerable discussion of the problem in the most recent issue of the ACM.  In general the notion of Multi Party Computation (MPC) was something I had not thought...
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