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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 Schneier on Security
Security and Human Behavior (SHB) 2019
Today is the second day of the twelfth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior, which I am hosting at Harvard University. SHB is a small, annual, invitational workshop...
From insideHPC
Michael Zentner to Lead SDSC Sustainable Scientific Software Group
Today the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) announced the appointment of Michael Zentner as director of Sustainable Scientific Software, effective immediately...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Models of Social Contagion
During our earliest looks at word-of-mouth interactions, aimed at things like advertising, we examined the structure of customer interaction. Also that contextSimplicial...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Working Together
Google blog talks working together. Not unexpected. Much more at the link.Working together when we’re not together By Veronica Gilrane, People Analytics Manager...
From insideHPC
Atos to Deploy Most Powerful Supercomputer in Norway
Today Atos announced a 4-year contract to deliver a BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer to Uninett Sigma2, the national e-infrastructure provider in Norway. As the...
From insideHPC
Kmesh.io – Multicloud Lustre-as-a-Service
Vinay Gaonkar from Kmesh.io gave this talk at LUG 2019. "The need for cloud-based Lustre, he explained, is driven by both technological and business factors. In...
From insideHPC
Pricing American Options with the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine
The Aldwin division of ANEO is now working together with NEC to leverage the leading-edge vector technology of SX-Aurora TSUBASA for porting and optimizing Aldwin...
From Computational Complexity
What Happened to the Surprising Theorems?
Twenty-five years ago Peter Shor presented a polynomial-time factoring algorithms for quantum computers. For Peter, it was a simple translation of a quantum algorithm...
From insideHPC
The Convergence of HPC & AI: Why it’s Great for Supercomputing and the Enterprise
By the end of 2019, worldwide AI spend is expected to reach $35 billion and more than double by 2022, according to IDC. While AI market projections may be speculative...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford Home Deliveries
Having this robot show up at the front step seems a bit scary, but I like the logic of its use. Good additional details here from IEEE Spectrum.Ford Self-Driving...
From Schneier on Security
Chinese Military Wants to Develop Custom OS
Citing security concerns, the Chinese military wants to replace Windows with its own custom operating system: Thanks to the Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How AI will Improve Networks
Extensive first piece, more to follow, by Cisco on Networks and AI. Click through below.Enterprise NetworksImproving Networks with Artificial IntelligenceJohnJune...
From The Eponymous Pickle
W. Brian Arthur Podcast
We connected with Arthur about modeling economies and enterprises at the SFI.The Autonomous Economy HBR PodcastListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Started with Business Models
Nicely done piece with lots of links. Via O'Reilly. Gives you many ways to think about business models. For data scientists, yes, but for most anyone thinking...
From insideHPC
ORNL to lead INFUSE Network for Fusion Energy Program
The Department of Energy has established the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, or INFUSE, to encourage private-public research partnerships for overcoming...
From insideHPC
Agenda Posted: Exacomm 2019 Workshop at ISC High Performance
"The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and software/hardware designers from academia, industry and national laboratories who are involved in...
From insideHPC
Video: Supercomputing Dynamic Earthquake Ruptures
Researchers are using XSEDE supercomputers to model multi-fault earthquakes in the Brawley fault zone, which links the San Andreas and Imperial faults in Southern...
From insideHPC
Microway Deploys NVIDIA DGX-2 Supercomputer at Clemson University
Today Microway announced the company has shipped a NVIDIA DGX-2 supercomputer to Clemson University. "The NVIDIA DGX-2 delivers industry-leading 2 petaFLOPS ofMicroway...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots in Cluttered Environments
Like in the Smart Home, or emergency interactions. Robotics have to be able to adapt.Quicker Eye for Robotics to Help in Our Cluttered, Human Environments ...
From The Eponymous Pickle