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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
Lifelong CEO Learning
For a while was responsible for answering questions from execs on technology, and connecting them to broader resources, this blog was part of that, but it doesPutting...
From insideHPC
The U.S. D.O.E. Exascale Computing Project – Goals and Challenges
Paul Messina from Argonne gave this Invited Talk at SC17. "Balancing evolution with innovation is challenging, especially since the ecosystem must be ready to support...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC Systems Engineer at Taos
Taos is immediately hiring a HPC Systems Engineer for a cutting-edge tech company in Sunnyvale, CA! We're changing the face of some of the most innovative companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft: from Excel, to BI, to Advanced Analytics?
Excel is a legitimate starting place, that is used by many if not most enterprises. So can it be a reasonable path for industry, when linked to right resources...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 15th, 2017)
Scientists found a human gene which, when inserted into mice, makes their brain grow larger. David Brin has a series of classical sci-fi books where we “uplift”...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Baby Sea Otters Prefer Shrimp to Squid
At least, this one does. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting...
From insideHPC
Video: Introduction to PASC18 Paper Track
PASC18 is soliciting high-quality original research papers related to scientific computing in any of the eight scientific domains represented at the conferenceVideo...
From insideHPC
Blue Waters Supercomputer Crunches Data from NASA’s Terra Satellite
Researchers are using the Blue Waters supercomputer at NCSA to process new data from NASA’s Terra Satellite. Approximately the size of a small school bus, the Terra...
From insideHPC
Atos Kicks off MontBlanc 2020 Project for Exascale
The MontBlanc 2020 project launched this week in Europe. As a sequel to a set of successful research projects into energy-efficient ARM-based computing, MontBlanc...
From insideHPC
HPE Powers World’s Most Powerful Commercial Supercomputer at BP
Today BP announced that it has more than doubled the total computing power of its Center for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) in Houston, making it the most powerful...
From insideHPC
SC17 Invited Talk: Gordon Bell on the Rise of Scalable Systems
Gordon Bell gave this Invited Talk at SC17. "A globally recognized pioneer in the supercomputing world, Bell will be sharing his latest reflections and insights...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Experience with AI at Verizon
Good example of the use of delivering customer experience. Tapping AI: The Future of Customer Experience at Verizon FiosPodcast and transcript:Verizon Fios's Justin...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Embedding Software in Everything
We are moving quickly in this area, with lots of changes regarding need for better security, and architectures to ensure that. So many unexpected things willEmbedded...
From Schneier on Security
Tracking People Without GPS
Interesting research: The trick in accurately tracking a person with this method is finding out what kind of activity they're performing. Whether they're walking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Humans vs AI in Healthcare Vision
Google Brain chief Jeff Dean: As AI beats humans in computer vision, healthcare will never be the sameSiliconANGLE by Gina SmithJust five years ago, artificial“In...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Connections – December 2017
Letter from ACM-W chair. News from Celebrations News from Chapters News from ACM-W Europe Welcome from the ACM-W Chair December, for many, brings the end of a semester...
From Putting People First
The body is the missing link for truly intelligent machines
It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. But Ben Medlock, co-founder of SwiftKey, argues that theThe...
From Putting People First
The body is the missing link for truly intelligent machines
It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. But Ben Medlock, co-founder of SwiftKey, argues that theThe...
From Putting People First
Learning from today’s car-centric cities for a human-centered future of mobility
The introduction of autonomy into urban environments creates a unique opportunity to do things differently. This, writes Maya Pindeus (CEO and co-Founder of Humanising...
From Putting People First