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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 insideHPC
Michael Wolfe Presents: Why Iteration Space Tiling?
In this Invited Talk from SC17, Michael Wolfe from NVIDIA presents: Scalable Parallel Programming Using OpenACC for Multicore, GPUs, and Manycore. "You will learn...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A look at AI Startups
The list of startups is interesting because it show development directions. But it is also dependent on the definition of 'AI', and context of applications.Artificial...
From insideHPC
Use Intel® Inspector to Diagnose Hidden Memory and Threading Errors in Parallel Code
Intel Inspector is an integrated debugger that can easily diagnose latent and intermittent errors and guide users to locate the root cause. It does this by instrumenting...
From Schneier on Security
The "Extended Random" Feature in the BSAFE Crypto Library
Matthew Green wrote a fascinating blog post about the NSA's efforts to increase the amount of random data exposed in the TLS protocol, and how it interacts with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Services, Intelligent Chatbots call for Papers
Brought to my attention by Amit Sheth, LexisNexis Ohio Eminent ScholarCognitive Services and Intelligent ChatbotsFinal submissions due: 01 May 2018, Publication...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blockchain Based Electronic Marketplaces
Intriguing application idea. Inevitable managing control?Decentralized Blockchain-Based Electronic Marketplaces By Hemang Subramanian Communications ofVideo...
From Computational Complexity
Complexity Year in Review 2017
Theorem of the year goes to the resolution of the dichotomy conjecture. I wrote about the conjecture in February and while the Feder et. al paper didn't hold up...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Alexa was a Hit
Good thoughts on how to make a novel to the consumer product sell.Why Amazon Alexa Is Such a Hit This Holiday SeasonInnovation, streamlined services, a productBy...
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC does their 2018 Technology Predictions
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team reviews their 2017 technology predictions from last year. After that, we do our 2018 Predictions including a bombshellRadio...
From insideHPC
Time-Lapse Video of Summit Supercomputer Installation
In this time-lapse video, engineers install the first racks of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab. "Summit is the next leap in leadership-classTime...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More In-Car Assistants
More indication that the new year will feature automotive assistance, with increasing sophistication as to automotive context. Will be testing.Hyundai and Kia...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Tech Dominate Retail?
Debate and Discussion ....BrainTrust throwdown: Is it inevitable that tech companies will dominate retail? by Rick Moss in RetailwireFrom its origins with the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Benchmarking AI Performance
Worth while thoughts in the Cisco Blog:Towards an industry standard for benchmarking AI In tandem with this transformative process is the need for industry standards...
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Path to Better Decision Making
Highly visual piece from McKinsey. I like the visual, yet still precise views here. Not an infographic, which can be sloppy.The path to better decisions means...
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Simulators for Quantum Computing
Simulators allow us to guide the future of direction of research for more universal solutions.Two New Simulators Tease Future of Quantum Computing By Jeremy Hsu...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Library of Congress Stops Archiving all Tweets
The LOC started archiving tweets in 2006, but has now announced it will do so only very selectively, of historically important material, starting in the new year...
From Schneier on Security
Post-Quantum Algorithms
NIST has organized a competition for public-key algorithms secure against a quantum computer. It recently published all of its Round 1 submissions. (Details of...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Supercomputing Osteogenesis
In this podcast, Zaira Martín-Moldes and Davoud Ebrahimi describe their computational research into how bones form. "The authors used XSEDE supercomputers to model...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Personal reflections on 2017
Year 2017 is coming to an end. As a kid, I would have surely imagined that by 2017, I would be living in space. But then I can chat with Amazon’s servers through...
From The Eponymous Pickle