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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 insideHPC
Machine & Deep Learning: Practical Deployments and Best Practices for the Next Two Years
Arno Kolster from Providentia Worldwide gave this talk at the HPC User Forum in Milwaukee. "Providentia Worldwide is a new venture in technology and solutions consulting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Skills for the Amazon Show
Key will be how new skills integrate with the capabilities of the device, and innovations of marketing, looking forward to see the possibilities. Lots of video...
From Schneier on Security
Another iPhone Change to Frustrate the Police
I recently wrote about the new ability to disable the Touch ID login on iPhones. This is important because of a weirdness in current US law that protects people's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence for CX
Oracle is calling it adaptive intelligence, and is pushing it for better customer experience.Oracle OpenWorld: Got Customers? Better Get AI For The Best Customer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Job Losses and Automation
Basically, we don't know the numbers, the complexity of the system involved is large.Statistics on job losses due to automation are sensationalist: Anthony Schofield...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Tensorflow Tutorial
Have now seen several tutorials, this one starts simply I will be following the other parts and give some commentary as I can. For a definition of TensorFlow...
From insideHPC
Mapping the Brain with the Theta Supercomputer
Researchers are using the Theta supercomputer at Argonne to map the intricate layout of brain neurons. "The basic goal is simple — would like to be able to image...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF WATCH TALK- The Science of Deep Specification
The next WATCH talk, called The Science of Deep Specification is Thursday, September 21st, from 12 PM-1 PM EST. The presenter is Benjamin Pierce, a Henry Salvatori...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How China is doing Digital
Quite a good piece, with statistics of interest. Updated details here.China’s digital economy: A leading global forceBy Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong, KevinChina...
From Computational Complexity
Random Storm Thoughts
It's Monday as I write this post from home. Atlanta, for the first time ever, is in a tropical storm warning. Georgia Tech is closed today and tomorrow. I'm just...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Tests Kitchen 1883 Restaurant Concept
Had seen this done on the west coast, apparently with some success. Gets more people to the physical site. Comfort food makes sense, with regional and ethnic...
From insideHPC
Kubernetes Meets HPC
"While the notion of packaging a workload into a Docker container, publishing it to a registry, and submitting a YAML description of the workload is second nature...
From insideHPC
AI Breakthroughs and Initiatives at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Nick Nystrom and Paola Buitrago from PSC gave this talk at the HPC User Forum in Milwaukee. "The Bridges supercomputer at PSC offers the possibility for experts...
From insideHPC
New PGI 17.7 Release Supports NVIDIA Volta GPUs
Today NVIDIA released Version 17.7 of PGI 2017 Compilers and Tools, delivering improved performance and programming simplicity to HPC developers who target multicore...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neato Maps Rooms
More cleaning, mapping. Other applications in the smart home?Neato Adds Persistent, Actionable Maps to New D7 Robot VacuumBy Evan Ackerman in IEEE SpectrumTheVacuums...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Robots
Researchers have demonstrated hacks against robots, taking over and controlling their camera, speakers, and movements. News article....
From insideHPC
Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2018 Released
Intel has announced the release of Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2018, with updated compilers and developer tools. It is now available for downloading on a 30-day trial...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Be a Router and Share Messages
The curriculum I am using for Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles is the excellent Code.Org curriculum. I really like the Internet Simulator that isI...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Age of Digital Assistants
Not a bad view, but the longer term potential is greater than implied. The Age of Digital Assistants – What and when to expect? By Shishir Kathurwar in CustomerThink...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog