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From XRDS

An Introduction to N-grams: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

In this post I am going to talk about N-grams, a concept found in Natural Language Processing ( aka NLP). First of all, let’s see what the term ‘N-gram’ means.Continue... Prachi Kumar
From XRDS | October 21, 2017 at 01:16 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart on Voice Technology and AI

Wal-Mart commenting on voice tech an their work with Google on voice ordering. Also notice the direct mention of AI as changing environment in the near future.... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 08:37 PM

From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: "How the Squid Lost Its Shell"

Interesting essay by Danna Staaf, the author of Squid Empire. (I mentioned the book two weeks ago.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2017 at 05:24 PM

From Schneier on Security

Wondermark on Security

Another comic.... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2017 at 03:46 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Thinks the Future of Retail in VR

Walmart's Store No. 8 showcases the future of VRThe event, a first of its kind for Walmart, drew an exclusive group of high-tech brands, technologists and venture... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 03:30 PM

From insideHPC

Gordon Bell Prize Finalists to Present their work at SC17

SC17 has announced the finalists for the Gordon Bell Prize in High Performance Computing. The $10,000 prize will be presented to the winner at the conference in... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 01:15 PM

From insideHPC

There is still time to participate in our HPC & AI Survey

There is still time to participate in our insideHPC Survey on the intersection HPC & AI. In return, we'll send you a free report with the results and enter your... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 11:32 AM

From insideHPC

HPC in Agriculture: NCSA and Syngenta’s Dynamic Partnership

In this video, Jim Mellon from Sygenta describes how the company's partnership with NCSA is helping the company answer the agricultural challenges of the future... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 11:30 AM

From insideHPC

Supercomputing Human Brain Memory Molecules with the Piz Daint Supercomputer

Scientists at the University of Basel are using the Piz Daint supercomputer at CSCS to discover interrelationships in the human genome that might simplify the search... staff
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 11:23 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Another Invoke Review

Microsoft Expert looks at the Microsoft Cortana Invoke:My week with Harman Kardon's Cortana-powered Invoke speakerMy "non-reviewer's review" of the Haman Kardon... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 11:03 AM

From insideHPC

Video: Silicon Photonics for Extreme Computing

Keren Bergman from Columbia University gave this talk at the 2017 Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "Exaflop machines would represent a thousand... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 10:38 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Tech Controlling our Minds

Podcast of interest.A ‘World Without Mind’: Big Tech’s Dangerous InfluenceAuthor Franklin Foer reflects on the dangers of losing ourselves in a society dependent... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 10:32 AM

From Schneier on Security

Denuvo DRM Cracked within a Day of Release

Denuvo is probably the best digital-rights management system, used to protect computer games. It's regularly cracked within a day. If Denuvo can no longer provide... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2017 at 10:17 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Invests in New Tech

Followed Kroger for year, always had an impressive depth of tech use, not as much breadth. This and other efforts many be an example of new take.Kroger unveils... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 10:11 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

First Review of MS Invoke Assistant

Well hardly a full service Butler, but we know that they mean. Play music, order things and turn on the lights with your voice. Breaking the existing infrastructures... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 09:57 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Facebook Scours Posts and Comments

Facebook Tests Letting Marketers Scour Posts and Comments in Adage.By Garett Sloane. Facebook is experimenting with letting brands study people's posts and comments... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 20, 2017 at 09:36 AM

From insideHPC

Call for Papers: Supercomputing Frontiers Europe 2018

The Supercomputing Frontiers Europe 2018 conference has issued its Call for Papers. The conference takes place March 12 – 15, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. "Supercomputing... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 20, 2017 at 07:10 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science Educator Interview Series Index (2017)

From time to time I like to highlight computer science teachers with virtual interviews posted on my blog. The first series was in 2013 (CS Educator Interviews:... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 20, 2017 at 05:42 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Cortana Virtual Machine for Batch Machine Learning

This is not an open solution as I see it.Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning BlogAnnouncing the Data Science Virtual Machine in Batch AI ServiceCortana Intelligence... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2017 at 08:34 PM

From XRDS

On earthquakes, lakes and sensors

I live in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world. As all large cities, it has its ghastly demons. I am willing to argue that the one lying below it... Gunnar Wolf
From XRDS | October 19, 2017 at 07:42 PM