Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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
Apple and Augmented Reality
We have seen AR demonstrated on the phone for a long time, but it has not broken through to real value or common use. Is that about to change? Apple Bets theTHE...
From The Eponymous Pickle
WorkFusion
Continue to look at means to automate the specific process of business. Making it better, faster, cheaper. And ultimately include intelligent and cognitive elements...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Brittle Star Catches a Squid
Watch a brittle star catch a squid, and then lose it to another brittle star. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disruption is not the Measure
Sometimes all I hear is disruption, but it is not all there is, and itself is not a measure. We made money for many years on improvement alone. So look for disruption...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 18th, 2017)
We’d like, one day, to transplant pig organs into human beings. Sadly, this is currently very dangerous because, even though pigs are very similar to us, the small...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Damore, Google: my thoughts
So an engineer called Damore wrote a memo that opposed Google’s diversity policies and he was fired. Here is a questions-and-answers with me. I am the interviewer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stats on Privately Funded Drone Companies
CBInsights: A look at privately funded drone companies. " ... .While the US accounts for nearly two-thirds of all drone investment activity, there are at least...
From Schneier on Security
More on My LinkedIn Account
I have successfully gotten the fake LinkedIn account in my name deleted. To prevent someone from doing this again, I signed up for LinkedIn. This is my first --...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mixed Reality Partner Program
Received:Introducing the Mixed Reality Partner ProgramIf your company is a digital agency, systems integrator, or solution provider, the Mixed Reality Partner Program...
From The Noisy Channel
I agree with the judge about the balance of hardships, but that in itself wouldn’t have been…
I agree with the judge about the balance of hardships, but that in itself wouldn’t have been sufficient to grant the injunction. The judge also ruled that “hiQ...
From insideHPC
Researchers Use TACC, SDSC and NASA Supercomputers to Forecast Corona of the Sun
Predictive Sciences ran a large-scale simulation of the Sun’s surface in preparation for a prediction of what the solar corona will look like during the eclipse...
From insideHPC
Video: Deep Learning on Azure with GPUs
In this video, you'll learn how to start submitting deep neural network (DNN) training jobs in Azure by using Azure Batch to schedule the jobs to your GPU compute...
From insideHPC
RCE Podcast Looks at PBS Professional Job Scheduler
"Now available as Open Source, PBS Pro software optimizes job scheduling and workload management in high-performance computing environments – clusters, clouds,RCE...
From insideHPC
SC17 Panel Preview: How Serious Are We About the Convergence Between HPC and Big Data?
SC17 will feature a panel discussion entitled How Serious Are We About the Convergence Between HPC and Big Data? "The possible convergence between the third and...
From insideHPC
Dr. Ilkay Altintas to recieve ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award
Today SIGHPC announced that Ilkay Altintas is the inaugural winner of the ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award. "I am thrilled that Dr....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Georgia Institute of Technology Robotarium
Been a while since I have been to Ga Tech's lab spaces, we visited while I ran tech in our company's innovation centers. Impressive then, and they continue toThis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fingerprint Analysis Scoring
Recall seeing this problem as a classic pattern recognition issue, closer to being solved. Note this addresses knowledge content in a pattern, where else might...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Every Possible Song Has Some Non-Zero Streaming Value
When looking at the streaming concoctions of smart speakers. I quickly noticed the increase of so called 'mood' music playlists, aimed at providing backgroundsyour...
From Schneier on Security
Unfixable Automobile Computer Security Vulnerability
There is an unpatchable vulnerability that affects most modern cars. It's buried in the Controller Area Network (CAN): Researchers say this flaw is not a vulnerability...
From The Eponymous Pickle