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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 The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Announcement from NSF/SHF: New funding opportunity Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems (PPoSS)
The following is an announcement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Software and Hardware Foundations Program Directors Nina Amla, Anindya Banerjee, and...
From insideHPC
IBM Doubles Quantum Volume with 28 Qubit Raleigh System
All qubits are not created equal. Over at the IBM Blog, Jerry Chow and Jay Gambetta write that the company's new Raleigh 28-qubit quantum computer has achievedIBM...
From insideHPC
New Achronix Bittware FPGA Accelerator Speeds Cloud, AI, and Machine Learning
In October Bittware and Achronix announced a strategic collaboration with Achronix to introduce the S7t-VG6 PCIe accelerator product – a PCIe card sporting theNew...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Software Deployment and Continuous Integration for Exascale
In this Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, Ryan Adamson from Oak Ridge National Laboratory describes how his role at the Exascale Computing Project revolves around software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Future Buyers
Predicting future customers. Or categories of users.How IBM uses AI to help Harley-Davidson find future ridersHarley-Davidson also used IBM tech for its new electric...
From insideHPC
Technologies for Energy Efficient Supercomputing
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that it is not always clear which HPC technology provides the most energy-efficient...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Valuation Perspectives
Have had several journeys into the valuation of data and its treatment as an asset (or liability). Another article on the topic has come up in The Berkeley Artificial...
From Computational Complexity
Silicon Valley Ethics
Spoiler Alert: This post has details from the final episodes of the HBO television series Silicon Valley A few times I've gotten emails from people claiming they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Classic ID Badge Soon to Disappear?
Makes sense, but will probably be pushed back on if it uses facial recognition, and also based on how the scanned information is used, beyond just identification...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How I teach database design
Most software runs on top of databases. These databases are organized logically, with a schema, that is a formal description. You have entities (your user), attributes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dementia Vaccine?
Via a loose connection I have with IdeaConnection.Novel dementia vaccine on track for human trials within two years By Rich Haridy(But note in the comments there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Walmart vs Amazon in India
Some acquisitions seem to indicate new activity in India. Follow ModernRetail for more.‘The last untapped retail behemoth’: India is the next battleground for Walmart...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bosch Face Reco Keeps Drivers Attention and Entertained
Clever general idea. A demonstration for now. How broadly might it be deployed? Something as simple as detecting when you a start looking 'down', and providing...
From insideHPC
WekaIO Named Major Player in File-Based Storage by IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape has recognized WekaIO as a Major Player in this sector. According to the IDC MarketScape 2019, IDC believes that file-based storage (FBS) will continue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Rolls out CES Products
First time I have seen Procter do this at a major tech show. But are not really serious about selling charmin roll delivering robots in the smart home.. TheyProcter...
From insideHPC
Delta Partners with IBM to Explore Quantum Computing
Today IBM and Delta Air Lines announced a multi-year collaborative effort to explore the potential capabilities of quantum computing to transform experiences for...
From Schneier on Security
New SHA-1 Attack
There's a new, practical, collision attack against SHA-1: In this paper, we report the first practical implementation of this attack, and its impact on real-world...
From insideHPC
Groq AI Chip Benchmarks Leading Performance on ResNet-50 Inference
Today AI chip startup Groq announced that their new Tensor processor has achieved 21,700 inferences per second (IPS) for ResNet-50 v2 inference. Groq’s level of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Research Community Responds to HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard
The following blog post is from Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Vice Chair Elizabeth Bradley (University of Colorado Boulder) and CCC Executive Council member...
From The Eponymous Pickle