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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What CS Should a Student Know Before High School
Recently a middle school teacher asked what computer science knowledge would high school computer science teachers like their incoming students to know. The first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple HomePod as an Innovation
Interesting NYTimes piece which makes an odd suggestion in its title. The Apple HomePod, still untested in consumer context, is not really an innovation, but a...
From insideHPC
Micron Foundation Supports PEARC17 Student Program with STEM-Trek
Today the STEM-Trek nonprofit announced that donation from Micron Foundation will make it possible for more scholars to participate in the PEARC17 conference and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building Dashboards with Story and Flow
Nicely done 12 page pdf from Tableau on building Dashboards. ... Making Flow Happen:How to Build Dashboards ThatPersuade, Inform and EngageIn data visualization...
From insideHPC
Microway GPU Systems for HPC & Deep Learning at GTC 2017
In this video from the 2017 GPU Technology Conference, Eliot Eshelman from Microway describes the company's GPU expertise and wide range of accelerated HPC products...
From insideHPC
Mellanox Enables Composable Infrastructure on HPE Synergy Platform
“We are pleased to partner with Mellanox to now offer even higher performance networking as an integrated component of the HPE Synergy platform. The unmatched Ethernet...
From insideHPC
One Stop Systems Receives Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon
Today One Stop Systems announced that Raytheon has recognized One Stop Systems with a Premier Supplier Excellence Award for their outstanding innovation, technical...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Due Date Extended! — Call for Nominations – CRA/CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute 2017
The following is a guest blog post by CRA Government Affairs Director, Peter Harsha. The deadline has been extended to June 23, 2017. As part of its mission to...
From insideHPC
Jay Boisseau on How Dell EMC is Democratizing High Performance Computing
In this video from the Dell EMC HPC Community meeting, Jay Boisseau describes the mission of the community and how Dell EMC is democratizing high performance computing...
From insideHPC
Intel® Architecture Deployment at Texas Tech University Relies on Intel® HPC Orchestrator
When it came time to perform a substantial upgrade of the TTU IT Division’s High Performance Computing Center at Texas Tech University, the challenge was to easily...
From insideHPC
The HPC Transition to the Cloud
This is the first entry in an insideHPC series that explores the HPC transition to the cloud, and what your business needs to know about this evolution. Compiled...
From Schneier on Security
Surveillance Intermediaries
Interesting law-journal article: "Surveillance Intermediaries," by Alan Z. Rozenshtein. Abstract:Apple's 2016 fight against a court order commanding it to help...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Shakeout of 2017
In Knowledge@WhartonWho Will Survive the Retail Reckoning of 2017?Legacy retailers’ ongoing struggle to stay relevant in a landscape increasingly dominated by Amazon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Examines the Future of Work
In Quartz: via O'Reilly.GE has no idea what the future of work will look like, and it appointed a finance executive to figure it outGE recently appointed an executive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Tries Grocery Kiosk
Not a new idea, but new implementation.Walmart launches automated grocery kioskby Deena M. Amato-MCcoy In Chainstore AgeWalmart is once again raising the stakes...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Privacy in Information-Rich Intelligent Infrastructure
Did you know that driverless cars communicate real-time location and other data to cloud aggregators like Google? This intelligent infrastructure monitoring compromises...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Polite Software
This piece mentions Byron Reeves research in UXMatters: The 14 Characteristics of Polite Software, Part 1 By Awais ImranWith a list of 'polite' (human?) aspects...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyborg Insect Drones
Had heard this proposed years ago, now it is happening, in IEEE Spectrum:Draper's Genetically Modified Cyborg Dragonfly Takes FlightBy Evan Ackerman A live dragonfly...
From insideHPC
Video: How PRACE Powers HPC for European Industry
"Supercomputers are key to industrial and societal progress. The overarching goal of PRACE is to provide a federated Europe with a science-driven supercomputing...
From insideHPC