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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding For Fun and Mental Exercise
Recently, I started reading a book about the mathematics of cryptography. (Mathematics of Secrets) Fascinating. A lot of the math is hard (to put it lightly) for...
From insideHPC
NERSC Supercomputer to Help Fight Coronavirus
"NERSC is a member of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium. In support of the Consortium, NERSC has reserved a portion of its Director’s Discretionary...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (April 4th 2020)
Antartica was once a rainforest. Google’s DeepMind built artificial intelligences that can defeat human beings at all of the standard Atari (arcade) games. The...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Research HPC Specialist at South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University Division of Technology and Security is offering an exciting career opportunity as a Research High Performance Computer Specialist....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Next Steps in the Pandemic
More Business advice from McKinsey on next steps.Getting ahead of the next stage of the coronavirus crisisApril 2020 | ArticleBy Martin Hirt, Sven Smit, Chris Bradley...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Doing Mobility Reports
More on what Google can track.Google Is Tracking Whether You're Staying HomeThe company released "mobility reports" that show how people are social distancing in...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Communication
They can communicate using bioluminescent flashes: New research published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents evidence for a previously...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Talk on the AI Revolution
Cable TV Future Talk: “The AI Revolution”by Steve omohundroOn February 26, 2020 Steve Omohundro was interviewed by Marty Wasserman for the Palo Alto Cable TV program...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Based Reactions to Natural Disasters
Basic idea is good, support the system with useful and readily available knowledge to support operations. Probably harder though to actually make decisions based...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Engineers 3D Print Brain Implants
Considerably more at the link.Engineers 3D-Print Soft, Rubbery Brain ImplantsMIT NewsJennifer ChuMarch 30, 2020Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
From insideHPC
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Resources Available for COVID-19 Research
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, has allotted computing time on its...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Speaks to the Role of Data in Marketing
Relatively short interview on the topic. I like to see that Procter is pulling thoughts together as to what digital means for marketing.P&G’s brand chief on what...
From insideHPC
ICHEC: Satellite Data Indicates Illegal Burning in Rural Areas of Ireland During COVID-19 Shutdown
Satellite Data analyzed by scientists from ICHEC (Irish Centre for High-End Computing) using European Space Agency Sentinel 5-P satellite data shows evidence of...
From insideHPC
CXL and Gen-Z Consortiums to Collaborate
Today the Compute Express Link (CXL) Consortium and Gen-Z Consortium announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) describing a mutual plan for collaboration between...
From Schneier on Security
Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom
Over the past few weeks, Zoom's use has exploded since it became the video conferencing platform of choice in today's COVID-19 world. (My own university, Harvard...
From insideHPC
HPC at Scale Enabled by DDN A3i and NVIDIA SuperPOD
William Beaudin from DDN gave this talk at GTC Digital. "Enabling high performance computing through the use of GPUs requires an incredible amount of IO to sustain...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three Weeks of Teaching From Home
two of my international students have returned home to China. I spent some time talking to one of them after class today.It was interesting to talk to someone in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable Strain Sensor
Appears to be a new method, brought to my attention by a colleague looking at new sensors. Note implications beyond healthcare. Image at the link.Wearable Strain...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New in Alexa Skills
Understanding and leveraging the confidence of what you are hearing and presenting for a 'Skill' is important. As in human conversation it is often not perfect...
From The Eponymous Pickle