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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
Researching the Open Office
Good to see actual research being done in the space. Depends much on personal habits and previous experience, have seen it both ways.Why Open Offices Aren’t in...
From Schneier on Security
ICT Supply-Chain Security
The Carnegie Endowment for Peace published a comprehensive report on ICT (information and communication technologies) supply-chain security and integrity. It's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crafting Persuasion
Written by some of my former colleagues, looks to be quite good. There is some useful content at the link, as well as pointers to buying the book. This isHandbook...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonald's Use of Sales AI
Note the use of sensor acquisition to drive sales category with AI methods. Lots of data there, and many different kinds of components. Have always respected...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Contextual Intelligence: A Next Big Thing
Good overview piece in DSC. I add some of our own experience using AI techniques.We struggled with this a number of times. All assistance exists in some context...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Carts aiding Self-Checkout
We spent much time examining and testing the idea of a 'smart cart', but none of them ever became commercially viable. See my coverage at the tag. Hand held...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drones are Filling the Skies
A broad piece in the WSJ on how major players are examining, testing and using drones. And the methods they are using to make this all work.The Drones Are Coming...
From insideHPC
HPE Unveils AI-driven Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Today HPE announced advancements to HPE SimpliVity, the company’s flagship hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, ushering in a new generation of HCI powered...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Standards for Robotics in Retail
An interesting document on standards for robotics in retail:via .... Platt Retail Institute (PRI) is an international consulting and research firm that focusesStandards...
From insideHPC
NSF funds Tapis Project for Data-intensive Research
Scientists looking to reduce their complexity to research and add a new computational tool to their tool belt can explore the Tapis Project. Newly funded with a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TODAY: Computer Science and Law
TODAY, of interest:Watch Livestream of ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Lawhttps://computersciencelaw.org/To view image click on Watch a livestream of theClick...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Talk on Communal Intelligence
We have not even gotten modeling individual intelligence right yet. And it is that intelligence that has provided so much striking value. So do we want to beCommunal...
From insideHPC
Convergence for Scientific Method: HPC, AI, Simulation and Experiment
Alan Real from Durham University gave this talk at the UK HPC Conference. "This talk will discuss how advances in instrumentation have caused many new areas toConvergence...
From insideHPC
NSF Invests in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
“The promise of multi-messenger astrophysics, however, can be realized only if sufficient cyberinfrastructure is available to rapidly handle, combine and analyze...
From insideHPC
Podcast: When a Different OS Gets Different Results
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at problems in the scientific software world. "There’s a bug in Python scripts that caused different results in identical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vehicles Seeing Around Corners
Interesting advances continue in the sensor space. Another example of sensors inferring related information.Helping autonomous vehicles see around cornersBy sensing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Contract Management with AI and RPA
Have seen a number of contract management approaches now, from the very simple to the complex. Make sense to start simple and progress based on goals, needs, and...
From Schneier on Security
Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker Chooses Encryption Over Backdoors
In an extraordinary essay, the former FBI general counsel Jim Baker makes the case for strong encryption over government-mandated backdoors: In the face of congressional...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Management for Data Science
In Kdnuggets a good description and visualization of data management needed for data science.Everything a Data Scientist Should Know About Data ManagementFor full...
From insideHPC