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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
ISC 2017 Adds STEM Student Day
Today ISC 2017 announced the inclusion of the STEM Student Day & Gala at this year’s conference. Taking place June 21 in Frankfurt, the new program aims to connect...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Machine Learning is Used at Google
Video via O'Reilly:Machine learning at GoogleRob Craft shares some of the ways machine learning is being used inside of Google. ...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition
Every year, the NSA has a competition for the best cybersecurity paper. Winners get to go to the NSA to pick up the award. (Warning: you will almost certainly be...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nest Protect Expands on IFTTT
Today an update of IFTTT capabilities for interacting with Nest-Protect sensor devices in the home. IFTTT lets you add layers of simple intelligence to the smart...
From insideHPC
Andrew Ng Leaving Baidu for Next Chapter in AI
"As the founding lead of the Google Brain project, and more recently through my role at Baidu, I have played a role in the transformation of two leading technology...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Announces Big Data Spokes Solicitation for 2018
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced a new program solicitation for the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs: Establishing Spokes to Advance...
From insideHPC
1.5 Petaflop Supercomputer coming to IIT-Kharagpur in India
Today the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur announced that it will be the first academic institution to open a supercomputing facility under India's National...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Implications for Alexa on iPhone
Seems it just increases choice and lets competition play out. May well drive Siri to more shopping options as well. Asking for trivia does not pay out. I would...
From insideHPC
Penguin Computing Adds Omni-Path and Lustre to its HPC Cloud
Today Penguin Computing announced a significant expansion of their Penguin Computing On-Demand (POD) High Performance Computing Cloud. The new offering includes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rallying Around Common Goals
A most important topic, even more so today in our heavily interacting world. Focus.Podcast: In Knowledge@WhartonMeaningful Work: What Leaders Can Learn from...
From insideHPC
Scalable Informatics Closes Down their Shop
We are sad to report that HPC vendor Scalable Informatics has gone out of business. Headed up by CEO Joe Landman, Scalable Informatics spent the last 12 years building...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Maps Location Sharing
Google Maps Location Sharing is being rolled out. Google had a service like this some time ago, that allowed you to very selectively share your instantaneous location...
From insideHPC
Will the White House Budget Affect HPC? How to Gain Market Share in an Uncertain Market
"Marketing is important in good times, but it can be even more important in bad times. If you have the means to invest in marketing, then do it now. Invest, because...
From Schneier on Security
New Paper on Encryption Workarounds
I have written a paper with Orin Kerr on encryption workarounds. Our goal wasn't to make any policy recommendations. (That was a good thing, since we probably don't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Powers Prime Now with Alexa Voice
Still wondering how broadly this will increase shopping volume, and the degree to a which voice channel convenience will influence this. Essentially providesIn...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Engagement in the Cognitive Era
Watson Customer Engagement Watson Marketing. Watson Commerce. Watson Supply ChainEvery touchpoint is an opportunity to engage customers. Are you ready? WatsonUnder...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Companies Leading the AI Revolution
An interesting piece, with a number of players I just heard of.In KDNuggets: By Thuy T. Pham, U. of Sydney. .... We detail the list of top 50 companies in Artificial...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Past CCC Chair Greg D. Hager Inducted to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) just inducted the 2017 College of Fellows at their 2017 Annual Event at the National Academy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartphone Mechanics
Good thoughts. Don't know how practical this is of yet, but it maps out what standards and capabilities exist today. A good starting point for using your phone...
From Schneier on Security