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IOT Devices in the Hotel Room
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT Devices in the Hotel Room

Intriguing aspects of IOT in hospitality.   Has been less in the area of assistants than I expected.Shedding Light (and Sound) on Hidden IoT Devices in Your Next...

Computing Researchers’ Response to NSCAI’s First Quarter Recommendations
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Computing Researchers’ Response to NSCAI’s First Quarter Recommendations

Contributions to this post were provided by members of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Fairness, Accountability, Disinformation, and Explainability (FADE)...

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 25 – Game-Based Learning and Photovoltaics with Erik Verlage (Part 3)
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 25 – Game-Based Learning and Photovoltaics with Erik Verlage (Part 3)

A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. This is part 3 of Khari Douglas’ interview with Dr....

A Consortium for Confidential Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Consortium for Confidential Computing

Intriguing new effort:The Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) brings together hardware vendors, cloud providers, and software developers to accelerate the adoption...

iPhone Apps Stealing Clipboard Data
From Schneier on Security

iPhone Apps Stealing Clipboard Data

iOS apps are repeatedly reading clipboard data, which can include all sorts of sensitive information. While Haj Bakry and Mysk published their research in March...

Building Brain Like Synapses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Brain Like Synapses

And related to the last post, some work is progressing on doing functional mimicry:Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapseIon-based technology...

insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships – Part 3
From insideHPC

insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships – Part 3

This special report sponsored by Dell Technologies, takes a look at how now more than ever, agencies from all levels of government are teaming with private Information...

Artificial Neural Nets More similar to Brains than We Thought
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Neural Nets More similar to Brains than We Thought

In our earliest uses of neural methods we actually worked with some brain scientists.  And they were quick to point out that neural methods, though inspired byArtificial...

Amazon Honeycode: Nocode App Builder
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Honeycode: Nocode App Builder

Expect to see more NoCode and visual app building to drive more applications.AWS Launches a No-Code Mobile and Web App Builder in Beta: Amazon Honeycode   by Steef...

Blockchains for Clinical Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Blockchains for Clinical Data

Example of blockchain use in healthcare data applications.South Korean Government Turns to Blockchain Tech to More Reliably Store Clinical Diabetes DataJun 29,Coindesk...

Robot Disinfecting a  Food Bank
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Disinfecting a Food Bank

Would seem to be a very efficient use of robotics.  Considerable detail and video about the process at the link.CSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food BankUsing...

Amazon Wants a Big Piece of Self-Driving/Hailing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Wants a Big Piece of Self-Driving/Hailing

Been watching the extension of the smart home to the car by Amazon, interesting, but still weakly done.   Now are they really seeing 'self driving' as a means of...

Knowledge Management
From The Eponymous Pickle

Knowledge Management

Important thoughts, though I think it is still rarely done very well.Lauren Trees identifies trends in enterprise knowledge sharing and collaboration, researches...

Synthetic Data to Support Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Synthetic Data to Support Research

In a much less complex sense we used a method, connected to real sensors on systems, to construct sample datasets.  The resulting ML could then be used as a testbed...

Misconceptions about the Use of RPA
From The Eponymous Pickle

Misconceptions about the Use of RPA

NIcely put, nontechnical piece.  In particular I liked the comments about its difference between BPM modeling models.   All users considering its use should follow...

STOC Workshop on "Algorithms with Predictions"
From My Biased Coin

STOC Workshop on "Algorithms with Predictions"

The STOC workshop on Algorithms with Predictions was on Friday, and I thought it went really well!  I can't speak for my talk, but the other 3 talks (Tim Roughgarden...

Verified, Intentified Phone Calling is Advancing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Verified, Intentified Phone Calling is Advancing

Will we soon get the inferred reason for a phone call?  Its getting a start already, in IOS I get already get 'likely spam', and who it is likely to be from, but...

A Way to Consider and Onboard AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Way to Consider and Onboard AI

Thoughtful results from a survey from multiple countries.  A look at AI in the form of Assistant, Monitor, Coach and Teammate.  Reasonable ways to think of their...

Platt Retail Institute on Robot Adoption in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Platt Retail Institute on Robot Adoption in Retail

Some new thoughts about robotics being used a changed context.Via Platt Retail Institute by Northwestern There has been growing interest in robotic automation in...

Alphabet Buying North Glasses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alphabet Buying North Glasses

Somewhat Unexpected perhaps,  but some indication of seriousness on the ultimate wearable. Had heard from others that North Glasses were good.Report: Alphabet looking...
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