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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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Camera Obscura Eclipse
91% Eclipse, Camera Obscura, Pinhole effect, filtered through a Maple,dramatically reflected on our front porch.
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NYC Algorithms and Optimization Site
Some interesting writeups. In the Google Research Blog:Announcing the NYC Algorithms and Optimization SiteMonday, August 21, 2017Posted by Vahab Mirrokni, Principal...
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Using the Blockchain to Clean Up the Niger Delta
This seemed new, and wondered how it worked, gets back to how a Blockchain is a database. And here connected to an online sensor database of participants.Using...
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What do Customers Want from VR or AR?
What do consumers want when using AR or VR to shop? by George Anderson in RetailWireIt no longer seems like a question of if but when retailers will begin using...
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Video: Baidu Releases Fast Allreduce Library for Deep Learning
In this video, from Andrew Gibiansky from Baidu describes baidu-allreduce, a newly released C library that enables faster training of neural network models across...
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Fayetteville State University Leverages Bright Cluster Manager for AI Research
Fayetteville State University is using Bright Cluster Manager for use in ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence research. Bright Cluster Manager enables the University...
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PRACE Offers Supercomputing 101 Course
PRACE is offering an online Supercomputing 101 course through the Future Learn program. This free online course will introduce you to what supercomputers are, how...
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Radio Free HPC Looks at Eclipse Simulations
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team discusses the eclipse and how researchers are using supercomputers to simulate the corona of the sun at eclipse time. After...
From Schneier on Security
iOS 11 Allows Users to Disable Touch ID
A new feature in Apple's new iPhone operating system -- iOS 11 -- will allow users to quickly disable Touch ID. A new setting, designed to automate emergency services...
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Microsoft's Coco for Enterprise Blockchain
Announcing the Coco Framework for enterprise blockchain networksby Mark Russinovich CTO, Microsoft AzureBlockchain is a transformational technology with the potential...
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Job of the Week: Senior HPC Administrator at DownUnder GeoSolutions
DownUnder GeoSolutions (America) is seeking a Senior HPC Administrator in our Job of the Week. "If you are passionate about leading edge technology you will love...
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Video: What is Wrong with Convolutional Neural Nets?
Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto gave this talk at the Vector Institute. "What is Wrong with 'standard' Convolutional Neural Nets? They have too few...
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Changing the Face of Retail
Not enough detail thoughts in this CustomerThink piece, but surely we will be doing increased automation and thus augmentation of how we buy and sell. In part...
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Category Management
Admit its been a long time since I have heard of digitized category management prescription. It deserves much better analytic method application. More discussion...
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More Replenishment
More looks at the retail replenishment angle, with discussion, also see Amazon's use of this idea:Will the ‘SmartStockUp’ program drive replenishment sales for...
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Introduction to GAN Engine, Applications
Good piece I have sent forward as an introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) Especially with regard to useful applications.Posted by Luba Belokon...
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Video: Customers Leverage HPE & Intel Alliance for HPC
"Meeting the Enterprise Challenges of HPC System developers and users face obstacles deploying complex new HPC technologies, such as: energy efficiency, reliability...
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NeSI in New Zealand Installs Pair of Cray Supercomputers
The New Zealand Science Infrastructure (NeSI) is commissioning a new HPC system with the main computation and storage infrastructure. "The new systems, provideNeSI...
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More on the Jinan Project
China Set to Launch the World’s First Quantum Communication Network in Futurism. China has successfully tested the Jinan Project, and is set to begin using the...
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