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From The Eponymous Pickle

Myth of the Machine Learning Black Box

Was unable to get to see this, but of interest. Most all machine learning projects need to be updated, maintained and reevaluated. Maybe they are not blackThe... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 05:10 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Why AI Can't Write this Article

We jousted with Roger Schank at the time of the first AI eruption, very well known at that time, and I continue to track his work. Recognizing and understanding... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 01:13 PM

From insideHPC

Gabriel Broner Joins Rescale as VP & GM of HPC

Today HPC Cloud provider Rescale announced that Gabriel Broner has joined the company as Vice President and General Manager of High Performance Computing. "Rescale... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 25, 2017 at 12:25 PM

From insideHPC

ORNL Taps D-Wave for Exascale Computing Project

Today Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced they’re bringing on D-Wave to use quantum computing as an accelerator for the Exascale Computing Project. "Advancing... staff
From insideHPC | July 25, 2017 at 12:09 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamifying the E-Commerce Experience

Something we explored, with only a bit of success. Not specifically endorsing this vendor, Iterable, but the report is interesting. Requires sign-in.Game On... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 11:37 AM

From insideHPC

Podcast: A Retrospective on Great Science and the Stampede Supercomputer

TACC will soon deploy Phase 2 of the Stampede II supercomputer. In this podcast, they celebrate by looking back on some of the great science computed on the original... staff
From insideHPC | July 25, 2017 at 11:31 AM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Material Robotics (MaRo) Workshop at 2017 Robotics Science and Systems (RSS)

Contributions to this post were made by Yigit Menguc from Oregon State University. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a workshop at the... Helen Wright
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 25, 2017 at 11:28 AM

From insideHPC

Supercomputers turn the clock back on Storms with “Hindcasting”

Researchers are using supercomputers at LBNL to determine how global climate change has affected the severity of storms and resultant flooding. "The group usedSupercomputers... staff
From insideHPC | July 25, 2017 at 10:52 AM

From insideHPC

Intel’s Xeon Scalable Processors Provide Cooling Challenges for HPC

Unless you reduce node and rack density, the wattages of today's high-poweredCPUs and GPUs are simply no longer addressable with air cooling alone. Asetek explores... staff
From insideHPC | July 25, 2017 at 09:30 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

HoloLens 2 Adding AI Processor

Augmented realities will need better edge intelligence to provide value. By John Brandon, Computerworld. Some interesting applications are described.Why Microsoft... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 08:58 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Voicelabs Ads

Advertising and Alexa Skills. Amazon's new policy kills ad network that monetizes Echo Skills Amazon says it updated its policy to make sure users have the best... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 08:30 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Retail Analytics and Store Viz

We also worked on this kind of analytics. ... Good points made, its all about context.Retail Analytics and Store Visualization by Gary Angel In CustomerThink... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 08:20 AM

From Schneier on Security

Alternatives to Government-Mandated Encryption Backdoors

Policy essay: "Encryption Substitutes," by Andrew Keane Woods: In this short essay, I make a few simple assumptions that bear mentioning at the outset. First, I... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 25, 2017 at 07:52 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Shades of expert systems, but with the ability to learn. The integration of rule-based application of logic and analytic and deep learning methodologies. Explicit... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2017 at 01:20 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Roomba Maps for Smart Homes

This reminds me of work we did with test Roombas. We were interested in how they compared with human cleaning process and also usage of possible cleansing liquids... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2017 at 07:24 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Swarms in Control

A favorite topic. All systems are controlled by multiple entities. Call that a swarm. Stanford and their Platfom Lab developing infrastructure for such systems... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2017 at 04:07 PM

From insideHPC

Surprising Stories from 17 National Labs in 17 Minutes

In this video, the U.S. Department of Energy gives a quick tour of all 17 National Labs. Each one comes with a surprising story on what these labs do for us asSurprising... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 24, 2017 at 12:46 PM

From insideHPC

Radio Free HPC Looks at AI Ethics and a Tale of Henry’s Super Heroism

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team learns about Henry's first exploit as an Ethical Superhero. "After witnessing a hit-and-run fender bender, Henry confronted... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 24, 2017 at 12:01 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Ignoring the Robots

Fascinating piece on the history of 'robots'. Back to the 15th century. Meant to do real jobs or just impress? Far too expensive to just impress, but I will... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2017 at 11:42 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Christopher Ahlberg Talks AI

Christopher Ahlberg, CEO at Recorded Future, and Staffan Truvé, Recorded Future’s chief technology officer, talks about AI in a Recorded Future podcast. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2017 at 11:30 AM