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Arm HPC User Group Returns to Denver Nov. 18
From insideHPC

Arm HPC User Group Returns to Denver Nov. 18

The Arm HPC team invites you to our 5th Annual Arm HPC User Group (AHUG) session at SC19. The all-day event takes place on Monday, Nov. 18 at the Curtis Hotel in...

AI Heading off a Cliff?
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Heading off a Cliff?

Thoughts from a well known AI and Computing expert.Warning! AI Is Heading for a Cliff   By California Magazine via CACMAsked if the race to achieve superhuman artificial...

Considering Unforseen Circumstances
From The Eponymous Pickle

Considering Unforseen Circumstances

Are always an issue, and not considered carefully enough.  Surely should be talked about in an analytical effort.  Nice space by Peter Bruce that is worth following...

Cortana will Read Emails
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cortana will Read Emails

Always liked the idea of Assistants reading emails.  Though it clearly has to be selectively, and the selection has to be very easy to do.   Also note I have not...

CSTA at 15 #CSTAat15
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

CSTA at 15 #CSTAat15

The Computer Science Teachers Association is now 15 years old. I’ve been a member from the start and I have to say that in some ways it feels like it has always...

Wikipedia Adds Credibility with Digital Books
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wikipedia Adds Credibility with Digital Books

Fascinating additional link to readily accessible knowledge.     Of course, you can ask, how accurate is the book cited?  Still like the further effort, will look...

Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract

New directions of defense department for the Cloud.Microsoft Is the Surprise Winner of a $10B Pentagon ContractAmazon had long been considered the favorite forThe...

Homemade TEMPEST Receiver
From Schneier on Security

Homemade TEMPEST Receiver

Tom's Guide writes about home brew TEMPEST receivers: Today, dirt-cheap technology and free software make it possible for ordinary citizens to run their own Tempest...

From Computational Complexity

Limits of using the web for info- self-reference

(I wrote this a while back so when I say `I Googled BLAH' I meant back then. It is prob different now.) While the web is a wonderful to find things out there are...

Real World Applications of Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Real World Applications of Drones

Overlook of current uses and future applications.Real-World Applications for Drones    By Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, November 2019, Vol. 62 No. 11,10...

Free Access to a Book: Math of Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Free Access to a Book: Math of Deep Learning

From DSC, requires simple sign-up.  Math-Technical, with code examples.Math of Deep Learning: Free Chapter from 832-page eBookPosted by Capri Granville The title...

Elementary Intro to Kalman Filtering
From The Eponymous Pickle

Elementary Intro to Kalman Filtering

A method we used actively, for sensor networks, here also an pointer to lots of introductions, including the ACM article.An Elementary Introduction to Kalman Filtering...

IBM Watson and Lufthansa
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Watson and Lufthansa

Customer service is an increasing space for AI technologies.IBM Watson helps Lufthansa Group optimize its customer service in DSSRseourcesLufthansa and IBM collaborate...

A Look at CCPA
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Look at CCPA

Concise look at the California Consumer Privacy Act.CCPA: Do the Penalties Fit the Crime?By David Harding  / in ReadWriteCCPA goes into effect on January 1, 2020...

Radio Free HPC Celebrates 251st Episode
From insideHPC

Radio Free HPC Celebrates 251st Episode

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team celebrates their 251st episode. "Not enamored with round numbers, the team notes that 251 is a prime number and round enough...

DOE Funds Center for Artificial Intelligence-focused Architectures and Algorithms
From insideHPC

DOE Funds Center for Artificial Intelligence-focused Architectures and Algorithms

Sandia National Laboratories, PNNL, and the Georgia Institute of Technology are launching a research center that combines hardware design and software development...

Automated Testing of Deep Learning Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automated Testing of Deep Learning Systems

Interesting look at automated testing of fundamental methods of deep learning.    Which lead to some real concerns. Starts non-technically, then gets into depth...

Alexa Recordings Sought by Police
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Recordings Sought by Police

This scenario started to come out several years ago, more updates:Florida police obtain Alexa recordings in murder investigationThis time, though, officers areBy...

Customers Calling
From The Eponymous Pickle

Customers Calling

Another example of determining the classification 'why' of behavior:Why are your customers calling you again?  in Mckinsey.Getting to the bottom of why customers...

Seeing Around the Corner for Autonomous Cars
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeing Around the Corner for Autonomous Cars

Have mentioned this kind of tech a number of times, a kind of sensor data enhancement idea that has been considered for some time.  Note in my 'seeing around the...
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