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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
NITRD Request for Information on VIA Task Force Report: R&D Opportunities in Video & Image Analytics
The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) requests input from all interested parties on the...
From insideHPC
Considerations for Managing HPC Resources
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that companies faced with increasing complexity are developing new services and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Digital Transformations Fail
Currently reading, the author is a former colleague who on top of this problem for the complex enterprise. Advanced methods emerging today, like AI need data,Why...
From insideHPC
Exploring the Universe with the SKA Radio Telescope and CUDA
In this video, Wes Armour from the Oxford eResearch Centre discusses the role of GPUs in processing large amounts of astronomical data collected by the Square Kilometre...
From insideHPC
Advania Launches First HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors
Today Advania Data Centers (ADC) announced the industry’s first HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors. This combination provides unprecedented...
From insideHPC
Active Archive Alliance Report: Solving Data Growth Challenges
According to this new report, “Archival data is piling up faster than ever as organizations are quickly learning the value of analyzing vast amounts of previously...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Think to Type Getting Closer
Though I remember this was close years ago. Introducing anticipatory completion may help, but also with some of the usual errors. Facebook is inching closer to...
From Schneier on Security
Another Attack Against Driverless Cars
In this piece of research, attackers successfully attack a driverless car system -- Renault Captur's "Level 0" autopilot (Level 0 systems advise human drivers but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Managed Blockchain
Received from AWS: See also FAQ.Amazon Managed BlockchainEasily create and manage scalable blockchain networksAmazon Managed Blockchain is a fully managed service...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Polly Makes for Better Text to Voice
Just heard a demonstration of Amazon's New Polly voice delivery system. Very much better then the current 'reading' capability. Will be trying it with someAmazon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Moves to Teams, Drops Skype for Business Online
Have now been using Teams since its inception. Works well for team operations, chats and goal focused collaboration. Skype works but has always been shaky, ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toward a General Theory of Neural Nets
Good thoughtful piece in Quanta Mag. Does not mean we have solved the general problem, nor does it mean we have even successfully used the model of biologicalFoundations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Merck Drone Medicine Delivery in Puerto Rico
Drones move forward for advanced delivery tasks in disasters Some intriguing details are included.Merck takes part in test of medicine-delivery drones in Puerto...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IEEE Guide to Robotics
I note that IEEE has a guide to robotics online. Which shows an number of types of robotic implementations. of which Some of which I had never seen. Not...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deciding When to Trust
Have recently been involved with the concept of 'smart contracts' and trustble agreements. How might this idea be included in the construction of such things...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stuntronics by Disney Imagineering
Beware stunt doubles. We toured Disney way back, and saw very early prototypes of this idea. Both stunt doubles and actors in general should be aware of a future...
From insideHPC
Ciena Bolsters Janet Network in the U.K. for Education and Research
Jisc in the UK is deploying Ciena’s Packet Networking platforms to enhance its Janet Network and provide high-speed connectivity across the UK. “Ciena’s platforms...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for White Papers for Revision of the US Robotics Roadmap (Deadline August 15th)
Through support from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) the US National Robotics Roadmap was first created ten years ago by a group of 120 people from industry...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autonomous Aircraft Landing
I thought this was commonly possible, but I note here it is being done without dependence on ground based antennas, so the plane, as I understand it is completely...
From The Eponymous Pickle