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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
This Blog on Twitter
From nearly the beginning, this blog has been connected to Twitter. You can follow it there from my handle @FranzD. I selectively mention many posts here. ...
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Wineries of the Future
Here a big proponent of digital makeovers, though I do wonder when basic physical process should be replaced by automation. Impressive attempt here I had notA...
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The Pickle Index
Always liked the idea of a non-sequential novel. It has been tried many times, never successfully for my taste. Is it here now?No relation. InWired: The Pickle...
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Algorithmically Determining Justice
In the Alumni Mag, a considerable, but non technical piece that addresses the use of analytical methods to automate crime detection and apply penalties. Moving...
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Panel Looks at ARM’s Advance towards HPC
In this video from the ARM Research Summit, industry thought leaders discuss the challenges, opportunities, and technical hurdles for the ARM architecture to thrive...
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The Genius Fallacy
During our department's PhD Open House this past spring, a student asked what I thought made a PhD student successful. Upon reflection, I realized that my answer...
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Job of the Week: Visualization Specialist at Pawsey Centre in Australia
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Australia is seeking a Visualization Specialist in our Job of the Week. "As a member of the Data and Visualization team at the...
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Hive Robotics
Swarming robotics to perform tasks collaboratively is something we examined in warehouse applications. A different, but structurally similar problem came up recently...
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Considerations with Combining AI and Data
An interesting and lengthy piece in InfoQ on key issues with the construction and delivery of AI solutions. Use of data ontologies are mentioned, a good idea.-...
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AI Protecting Us
This reminds me of the many 'maintenance' type systems we worked with. Warnings can be very useful. Then add a recommendation tailored to the situation. And...
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Groups Lie More than Individuals
In Analytics Magazine:" ... When organizations are exposed for large-scale deceptive or corrupt behavior, often it is not the actions of one or two employees, but...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Connections – September 2017
Letter from ACM-W chair. Upcoming ACM-W Celebrations Scholarship awardees of September womENcourage 2017 Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Summer is waning and a new...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Using Squid Ink to Detect Gum Disease
A new dental imagery method, using squid ink, light, and ultrasound. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Happy Birthday Ken
It was just Ken’s birthday Kenneth Regan’s birthday was just the other day. I believe I join all in wishing him a wonder unbirthday today. The idea of unbirthday...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Illustrating the Difference Between Bandwidth and Latency
Earlier this week my AP CS Principles classes were discussing the difference between latency and bandwidth. My curriculum resource (I’m using the curriculum from...
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Small Companies Competing with Watson
I am part of this ecosystem myself. Certainly the small company cannot afford a complete installation from IBM. But IBM has made open capabilities available via...
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First lets Replace all the Lawyers
From the O-Reilly Newsletter: (At the link there are lots of links for more detail)DoNotPay steps into the Equifax breachThe Equifax data breach could expose about...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Mapping DNA at Near-Atomic Resolution with Cryo-EM
In this podcast, Berkeley Lab’s Eva Nogales describes how her team is using a new imaging technology that is yielding remarkably detailed 3-D models of complexPodcast...
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20 Future HPC Leaders Receive DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Today the Krell Institute announced that new class of 20 future HPC leaders enrolled at U.S. universities this fall with support from the Department of Energy Computational...
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