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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
Simple Games and Learning
On the Google Blog. I recall we had talked about this game as un-solvable, but we were not thinking like a twelve year old.TensorFlow lends a hand to build a ...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC System Administrator at Purdue
Purdue University seeks a HPC Systems Administrator to design, deploy, administer, and update large-scale research systems, related infrastructure services, grid...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whats Behind the AI Hype?
Podcast and text from Knowledge@whartonWhat’s Behind the Hype About Artificial Intelligence?Apoorv Saxena, lead product manager at Google and co-founder of theAn...
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Wal-Mart Testing Shelf Scanning Robots
Now have seen several applications of store roving and shelf scanning robotics. The need to get yet better data about the state of retail continues to expand...
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Hitachi Robotics
Another company to watch with robotics and analytics background.Will Hitachi grow its ecosystem to include AI developer tools and robotics? By Mark Albertson in...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Steel Mesh Giant Squid Used as Artificial Reef
Researchers in the British Virgin Islands have sunk a giant squid made out of steel mesh to serve as an artificial reef. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
From Schneier on Security
FBI Increases Its Anti-Encryption Rhetoric
Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech warning that a world with encryption is a world without law -- or something like that....
From insideHPC
Now Shipping: Intel Optane SSDs with 4x Performance of NAND-Based Devices
Today Intel announced the launch of the Intel Optane SSD 900P Series, the first SSD for desktop PC and workstation users built on Intel Optane technology. "Up to...
From insideHPC
New Subsea Cable Lowers Network Costs from Iceland to North America by 90%
The cost of moving HPC workloads to Iceland is coming down in a big way. Today Verne Global and Tele Greenland announced that the 12.4-Tbps upgrade to the Greenland...
From insideHPC
SC17 Session Preview: “Taking the Nanoscale to the Exascale”
Brian Ban continues his series of SC17 Session Previews with a look at an invited talk on nanotechnology. "This talk will focus on the challenges that computational...
From insideHPC
Agreement Ensures Ongoing HPC Funding for Climate Research at DKRZ in Germany
Today German officials signed a contract for the long-term financing of a new supercomputer for DKRZ. The new machine will be used for climate research. "We need...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Investing in Loyalty
Convincing the CFO to Invest in Loyalty by Len LlagunoIn my previous articles, we talked about the biggest struggles for loyalty finance professionals along with...
From insideHPC
Video: HPC Meets Machine Learning
Andres Gómez Tato from CESGA gave this talk at the HPC Advisory Council Spain Conference. "With the explosion of Deep Learning thanks to the availability of large...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Chapters on Facebook!
Did you know that we’re on Facebook too? As we get ready to highlight your stories of successes, we want to invite all of the ACM-W chapters to join us on Facebook...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Quaiity of Life
Consumers believe Artificial Intelligence will enhance quality of life but simple use cases still required to build trust, finds Strategy Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Digital Identities
Who are we? In Quartz:".... Microsoft thinks blockchain tech could solve one of the internet’s toughest problems: digital identitiesElitzer isn’t alone in his...
From insideHPC
Radio Free Looks at why the Tape Storage Market is falling on Hard Times
http://radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode163/RFHPC163TapeDecline.mp3 In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team asks the question: Is the Cloud Killing...
From Putting People First
Self-driving cars and humans must learn a common language
For all the intricate technology required for autonomous cars — the sensors to replicate eyes and ears, the computers and algorithms to serve as the car’s brains...
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Reviews.com Examines Roomba Vacuums
If you have read this blog for any time you know I am a long time follower of Smart Homes. I also managed the technical aspects of Procter & Gamble's Home andKayla...
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