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Landscape of Conversational AI Platforms
From The Eponymous Pickle

Landscape of Conversational AI Platforms

In the recent Analytics Magazine from Informs, thoughtful look at this area:The landscape of conversational AI platformsHow to choose the right platform for your...

Making Threat Intelligence Actionable
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Threat Intelligence Actionable

Worked with Recorded Future Early on.   One of my jobs was to translate threats to execs.   Here is the last piece of their threat intelligence outline for executives...

NVIDIA Powers GRC Immersion Cooled System at TACC
From insideHPC

NVIDIA Powers GRC Immersion Cooled System at TACC

Today GRC announced its joint project with NVIDIA to help power a GPU-intensive computing subsystem for TACC’s Frontera Supercomputer, the world’s largest academic...

From Computational Complexity

Can Mathematicians Fix Iphones? Can anyone?

In my last post I noted that if I am asked (since I am a CS prof) Can you fix my iphone is No, I work on the math side of CS Some readers emailed me (I told...

Experiences developing and running numerical simulations on HPC platforms: BSIT and GeNESiS
From insideHPC

Experiences developing and running numerical simulations on HPC platforms: BSIT and GeNESiS

Claudia Rosas from BSC gave this talk at the HPCKP'19. "In this talk, we present the general benefits of using the frameworks in current HPC platforms and describe...

Singularity 3.4.0 Enables Build and Run Encrypted Containers
From insideHPC

Singularity 3.4.0 Enables Build and Run Encrypted Containers

Sylabs just released the Singularity 3.4.0. The major new feature of this release is the ability to build and run encrypted containers. "Singularity containersSingularity...

TACC Unveils Frontera – Fastest Supercomputer in Academia
From insideHPC

TACC Unveils Frontera – Fastest Supercomputer in Academia

Today TACC unveiled Frontera, the 5th most powerful supercomputer in the world. Joined by representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF) — which funded...

IOT and Personalization
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT and Personalization

Makes good sense to consider these together, but IOT has other issues, like security.IoT and Personalization: A Marriage Made in HeavenBy Syed Hassan / 02 Sep 2019...

NVIDIA AI Podcasts
From The Eponymous Pickle

NVIDIA AI Podcasts

 NVidia AI Podcasts   Artificial intelligence has been described as “Thor’s Hammer“ and “the new electricity.” But it’s also a bit of a mystery – even to thosehttps...

Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs
From Schneier on Security

Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs

China is being blamed for a massive surveillance operation that targeted Uyghur Muslims. This story broke in waves, the first wave being about the iPhone. Earlier...

Costco in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Costco in China

During a trip to China that looked at retail experience, we saw many low and very high end product choices in what appeared to be standard grocery.  So Costco clearly...

Radio Free HPC Recaps the Hot Chips Conference
From insideHPC

Radio Free HPC Recaps the Hot Chips Conference

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team is joined by Glenn Heinle to review the highlights of the Hot Chips conference. "Since it started in 1989, HOT CHIPS has...

Offering Bare-Metal Performance and Scalability on Cloud: The Azure-HPC Approach
From insideHPC

Offering Bare-Metal Performance and Scalability on Cloud: The Azure-HPC Approach

Jithin Jose from Microsoft gave this talk at the MVAPICH User Group. "This talk focuses on how HPC offerings in Azure address these challenges and explains theOffering...

Wal-Mart as Labs for Human-Robot Relationships
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart as Labs for Human-Robot Relationships

The statement takes it a bit far I think, but much will be learned in these environments.   Much still has to be learned.Walmart stores become labs for human-robot...

Fraunhofer Institute
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fraunhofer Institute

My last post made me go back and take a look at the Fraunhofer Institute site,  recall the father of  a friend worked there.  Have posted about them from time to...

Embedded Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Embedded Systems

Thoughts towards addressing complexity, platforms and notably IOT.Developing embedded systems fasterby Ulrich Pontes, Fraunhofer-GesellschaftWhether for the car...

IIBM, Maersk link with TradeLens And Thai Commerce
From The Eponymous Pickle

IIBM, Maersk link with TradeLens And Thai Commerce

A continuation of IBM's work with Maersk.  The basic idea here is to provide reliable information about supply chain activity in real time.  Another example ofIBM...

HPE Powers Research at DiRAC HPC Facility
From insideHPC

HPE Powers Research at DiRAC HPC Facility

In this special guest feature, Bill Manell from HPE writes that DiRAC and the University of Leicester partnered with HPE to implement next-generation HPC solutions...

Video: Managing HPC Software Complexity with Spack
From insideHPC

Video: Managing HPC Software Complexity with Spack

Greg Becker from LLNL gave this talk at the MVAPICH User Group. "Spack is an open-source package manager for HPC. This presentation will give an overview of Spack...

Transformative Blockchain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Transformative Blockchain

A look at Blockchain future:By Irving Wladawsky-Berger:A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation, technology, leadership...
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