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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 Eponymous Pickle
Locating Shooters Using Smartphone Videos
Seems quite a move forward, basically triangulation from smartphone microphones. Examples and maps at the link. Has been released as open source code for testing...
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Human Robot Interaction from Wired25
Will become increasingly important. And soon much more so beyond the factory floor..Prof. Anca Dragan Talks About Human-Robot Interaction for WIREDProf. Anca Dragan...
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Amazon Debuts Dash Smart Shelf
If pushing the Dash Button was too hard for you, here is the next reordering play from Amazon, the smart shelf that automatically reorders when a shelf has less...
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Ayar Labs Joins DARPA PIPES Project as Intel Optical IO Provider
Optical startup Ayar Labs has been selected as Intel’s optical I/O solution partner for their recently awarded DARPA PIPES research project. "The goal of PIPESAyar...
From insideHPC
How Deep Learning is Driving New Science
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World looks at the development of deep learning and its impact on scientific applications. "In...
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Announces GPU-Accelerated Supercomputer on Azure
At SC19, NVIDIA announced the availability of a new kind of GPU-accelerated supercomputer in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. "Built to handle the most demanding AI...
From insideHPC
Data-centric Programming Helps ETH Zurich Team Win Gordon Bell Prize
Today ACM named a six-member team from ETH Zurich recipients of the 2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for their work on DaCe OMEN, a new framework for simulating the transport...
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Bots Work Better if they Impersonate
Interesting results, with shades of the implications of 'uncanny valley' and the need to define 'success' in strong context. Our guard is already up now whenBots...
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AI Birdwatching
Seeing and imaging continue to be the place where AI/Machine learning make the most progress. Here another tagging example. Currently working on a horticultural...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding For Fun
As with so many things, it started with Doug Peterson. Doug recently posted about something called 100 days of code. This got me started about the need I feel (some...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA Warns of TLS Inspection
The NSA has released a security advisory warning of the dangers of TLS inspection: Transport Layer Security Inspection (TLSI), also known as TLS break and inspect...
From insideHPC
CFD Leader NUMECA adopts Advania Data Centers for HPC-as-a-Service
Today Advania Data Centers (ADC) announced a strategic HPC service partnership with NUMECA International, a market leader in computational fluid dynamics CFD, multiphysics...
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Informs Magazine Nov/Dec 2019
Informs Magazine: Nov/Dec 2019 Featured articles:Unchaining data scientists to make DataOps workThe three biggest trends in AI and ML right nowSurvey: Scaling...
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Emergence of Ballistic Drones
With an example video. Policing, military?.... Inevitable.Watch a 'transforming' drone blast out of a cannonBallistic drones could aid emergency response teams...
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Predicting Diving Personalities
Seen this mentioned before. Would also likely be used by insurance companies as well. Right now only be 'predicted' by accident frequency, an example of prediction...
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Invest in Experiences
It is all about experience and what we can learn and use again.Why Investing in Experiences Rather Than Things Is Good for Your BusinessPut down your phone andBy...
From insideHPC
TYAN Launches AMD EPYC Server Platforms at SC19
Today TYAN rolled out the latest lineup of HPC and storage server platforms based on the AMD EPYC 7002 Series processors that are aimed at the datacenter market...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Identification from Single Strand of Hair
New identification techniques.Scientists can now identify someone from a single strand of hairBy Eva Frederick in Science Magazine A new forensic technique could...
From insideHPC
Inspur steps up with Innovative Liquid Cooling Technology at SC19
Inspur is showcasing new HPC systems with Natural Circulation Evaporative Cooling technology this week at SC19. Inspur combines high-density computing servers with...
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