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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 …
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Call for Submissions: PASC18 in Basel
The PASC18 Organizing Team has posted their Call for Submissions. Proposals are now being accepted for minisymposium, papers, and posters. The conference takesCall...
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How the POP Performance Optimization Centre at BSC is Speeding up HPC in Europe
In this video, Jesús Labarta from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center describes the POP (Performance Optimization and Productivity) Centre of Excellence led byHow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
G-Drive Tips
We were previously a shop that worked entirely with Microsoft Office 365, but connecting with Universities find ourselves working with Google drive products. 5...
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Short Sentences are not Always Better
Today you rarely see short sentences. So it is best to at least best to think about shortening your expression.Why Writing ShortSentences may be Short-Changing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2018 Conference Call for Proposals
It’s that time again! I have to get to work on a proposal. Or two. This is the best conference for computer science educators. If you have something good to share...
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HPC Connects: How Supercomputers Are Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Brain
In this video from SC17, Katrin Amunts from Jülich highlights how the massive European-based Human Brain Project (HBP), comprising a veritable orchestra of scientists...
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Agenda Posted for Intel HPC Developer Conference at SC17
The Intel HPC Developer conference at SC17 has posted its Session Agenda. The conference takes place Nov. 11-12 in Denver. "The Intel HPC Developer Conference is...
From Schneier on Security
Technology to Out Sex Workers
Two related stories: PornHub is using machine learning algorithms to identify actors in different videos, so as to better index them. People are worried that it...
From Writing
Reusable, composable, battle-tested Terraform modules
Listen up, developers. You are not special. Your infrastructure is not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You have the same tech debt as everyone else. So why are...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs Symposium
On October 23-24, 2017, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will hold the Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs Symposium in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alibaba Wants to put Virtual Helpers Everywhere
The idea of virtual assistance continues to expand. Look for more contextually focused solutions from a number of directions.Alibaba Aims to “Master the Laws” of...
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Amazon Teen Prime Logins
Good further discussion at the link. Will this lead to more use of assistants. Good further discussion at the link.Amazon gives teens their own Prime logins George...
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NERSC lends a hand to 2017 Tapia Conference on Diversity in Computing
The recent Tapia Conference on Diversity in Computing in Atlanta brought together some 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and professionals...
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Kasparov Book: Deep Thinking
See Garry Kasparov's blog featuring information about his book: Deep Thinking“Writing this book became type of therapy. It was a painful process, but I learnedThis...
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GPUs Power Near-global Climate Simulation at 1 km Resolution
A new peer-reviewed paper is reportedly causing a stir in the climatology community. "The best hope for reducing long-standing global climate model biases, is through...
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Introducing the European EXDCI initiative for HPC
"The European Extreme Data & Computing Initiative (EXDCI) objective is to support the development and implementation of a common strategy for the European HPC Ecosystem...
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Diagnose Cluster Health with Intel® Cluster Checker
Intel® Cluster Checker, distributed as part of Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2018 Cluster Edition, provides a set of system diagnostics and analysis methods in a single...
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Engaging with Customers on Facebook
We looked at ways to connect effectively to customers to do product development. How should it be done?Does Engaging with Customers on Facebook Lead to Better ...
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Thinking the Science in Data Science
Evocative piece:The scientific method to approach a problem, in my point of view, is the best way to tackle a problem and offer the best solution. If you startBy...
From Computational Complexity