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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Halting Is Poly-Time Quantum Provable
How does this intersect David Deutsch’s thoughts in 1985? Composite crop from homepages Zhengfeng Ji, Anand Natarajan, Thomas Vidick, John Wright, and Henry Yuen...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF’s Big Ideas
The following is a letter to the community from Erwin Gianchandani (Acting Assistant Director) and JD Kundu (Acting Deputy Assistant Director) of the National Science...
From insideHPC
Apply Now for ISC Travel Grant and Student Volunteer Programs
Early career researchers and university students are encouraged to take advantage of the ISC Travel Grant and the ISC Student Volunteer programs. The programs are...
From insideHPC
Reducing the risk of blood clots by supercomputing turbulent flow
People with mechanical heart valves need blood thinners on a daily basis, because they have a higher risk of blood clots and stroke. With the help of the Piz Daint...
From insideHPC
Jack Dongarra to Receive 2020 IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
Dr. Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee has been named to receive the IEEE Computer Society’s 2020 Computer Pioneer Award. "The award is given for significant...
From insideHPC
Deep Learning State of the Art in 2020
Lex Fridman gave this talk as part of the MIT Deep Learning series. "This lecture is on the most recent research and developments in deep learning, and hopes for...
From insideHPC
Advanced simulation tools for Vortex Bladeless wind power
Vortex Bladeless presented the company’s design for a new wind energy technology. One of the key characteristics of this system is the reduction of mechanical elements...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Twins and Innovation
Not sure I quite agree with the premise. These are simulations, and we often in practice we fed them with data from real operations. Such simulations were...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Computer Tech?
Points again to the 'Brain as a computing model' conundrum. We have lots of brains we can study, observe, dissect. But we still don't know their operational...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why do People Buy Products Unrelated to Search?
In Amazon/Science an interesting study.Why do customers buy seemingly irrelevant products?Analysis points to better algorithms for product discovery.By Liane Lewin...
From Schneier on Security
Critical Windows Vulnerability Discovered by NSA
Yesterday's Microsoft Windows patches included a fix for a critical vulnerability in the system's crypto library. A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Notices that you are Being Tracked Offline
A space we spend much time exploring. But as in all related spaces, how much attention will people play to this new fine print?Now Stores Must Tell You How They're...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Turns IPhones into Security Keys
Nice approach. What not have this done in al the common forms of phones. Isn't any phone a unique 'key'?Google turns iPhones into 2FA security keys — goodPaul...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How the Internet Spans the Globe
Part of the power of the internet was the fact that there were multiple ways to get from A to B, but this article makes it seem more vulnerable. The stats are...
From Computational Complexity
Quantum Provers to Infinity and Beyond
The Internets are buzzing about the new paper MIP* = RE by Zhengfeng Ji, Anand Natarajan, Thomas Vidick, John Wright and Henry Yuan. See posts by Scott, Boaz, not...
From My Biased Coin
ITCS 2020, Reflections
I've spent Sunday/Monday at ITCS, or Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science, where I am giving a talk on this paper on Scheduling with Prediction and the Price...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at Indiana University Bloomington on January 30, 2020. I'll be at RSA Conference...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Reveals Toothbrush with Alexa Speaker
If you wondered what a toothbrush would say to you.P&G unveils $230 toothbrush with Alexa speakerProcter & Gamble Co. plans to begin selling a $230 electric toothbrush...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Proposes U.S. AI Regulatory Principles
The following is a recent press release from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. They proposed 10 principles to guide federal regulation of...
From The Eponymous Pickle