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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
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm being interviewed on "Hacking in the Public Interest" as part of the Black Hat Webcast Series...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Planning For School in the Fall of 2020
This time of year I always start thinking about the next school year. Even though I don’t expect to be teaching (announced my retirement already) I can’t stop thinking...
From insideHPC
NERSC Rolls Out New Community File System for Next-Gen HPC
NERSC recently unveiled their new Community File System (CFS), a long-term data storage tier developed in collaboration with IBM that is optimized for capacityNERSC...
From insideHPC
Project BreathEasy using Digital Twins of Lungs to Improve COVID-19 Patient Outcomes
OnScale and LEXMA have partnered to create patient-specific digital twins that may accurately predict oxygen and blood flow in a patient’s lungs, helping doctors...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC @ AAAS 2020 – Artificial Intelligence Research: A Community Roadmap
In August 2019 the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), released A 20-Year Community...
From insideHPC
New 2nd Gen AMD EPYC Processors Target HPC Workloads
Today AMD added three new processors to its 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor family. Targeted at HPC workloads, the new processors combine the balanced and efficientNew...
From insideHPC
Video: Fighting Wildfires with AI and IBM Systems
In this video, Michele Taufer from the University of Tennessee describes how AI enabled by HPC allows researchers to study wildfire propagation which enhances predictions...
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Ocean Wave Energy
We primarily used our simulation techniques to investigate inertial sea wave energy converters, which are renewable energy devices developed by our collaborators...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nuro Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Approved for Test
The intriguingly designed robotic grocery delivery system takes a step forward in testing. According to the article these are vehicles without direct human control...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Contact Tracing Tracking: Privacy vs Valuable Data
More details on this, and how some descriptions about how it might proceed. Seems it has many positives for gathering information about the progress of the virus...
From Schneier on Security
Ransomware Now Leaking Stolen Documents
Originally, ransomware didn't involve any data theft. Malware would encrypt the data on your computer, and demand a ransom for the encryption key. Now ransomware...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Distanced Shopping Push Robot Delivery?
Yes, it will push further consideration. Distinguish companies that have the ability. There remains the complexity of broad coverage and autonomy. Note the example...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data-Enabled Surveillance in Higher Education
Interesting and considerable piece on this in the CACM. Gathering such information can be of value to tailoring and improving the educational experience toThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Revisiting Old Coding Problem Friends
John Conway died the other day. He created the famous "Conway's Game of Life" that is familiar to so many programmers and computer scientists.I've recently decided...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Researchers Respond to COVID-19: Personal Protective Equipment Fabrication
The following is a guest blog from Kristin Osborne, Communications Manager at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, at the University of Washington...
From Apophenia
Teens Are Addicted to Socializing, Not Screens
Screenagers in the time of coronavirus. (This was originally written for OneZero.) If you’re a parent trying to corral your children into attending “school” online...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and The Future of Technical Work
Useful thoughts about the state and future of automation. Will it all be described as professional?Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Professional Work...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analog or Digital Mechanisms of the Past
Excellent summary of what is known to date about of the Antikythera Mechanism, a 'computer' found in an ancient Greek shipwreck, over 2000 years old. Not technical...
From insideHPC
PASC20 Conference postponed to 2021
The PASC20 conference in Geneva has been postponed to 2021. The new dates for the conference – PASC21 – are July 5-7, 2021, at the same location – the University...
From The Eponymous Pickle