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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Robots for Commercial Spaces
Good overview look at applications and demand in IEEE Spectrum. Have had conversations with several players in the space. Why Indoor Robots for Commercial Spaces...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Assistance for the Aging
Dear Professors, Students, IBMers and others, This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Speaker Series on Thursday, March 16, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US...
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vScaler to Showcase OpenHPC & Deep Learning at Cloud Expo Europe 2017
Today vScaler announced plans to showcase their HPC cloud platform March 15-16 at the upcoming Cloud Expo Europe Conference in London. Supported by two of its strategic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Random Numbers
A long time technical interest. Used many random number generators, and in some cases tested them to determine their limitations. Here a brief history.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Teams is off Running
Seen it in Beta, a group collaboration tool, better than Slack, especially for users of other MS tools. And who isn't? Free for 365 users as I understand...
From insideHPC
D-Wave Collaborates with Virginia Tech on Quantum Computing
Today D-Wave Systems and Virginia Tech announced a joint effort to provide greater access to quantum computers for researchers from the Intelligence Community and...
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Top Weather and Climate Sites run on DDN Storage
"DDN’s unique ability to handle tough application I/O profiles at speed and scale gives weather and climate organizations the infrastructure they need for rapid...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS On Image Recognition
SAS Blog on image recognition. Nicely done piece on the business implications." ... Image recognition is a hot and hyped topic in machine learning, artificial...
From insideHPC
Next-Generation Sequencing Altering the Patient Care Landscape
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools produce vast quantities of genetic data which poses a growing number of challenges to life sciences organizations. Accelerating...
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Altair Releases HyperWorks 2017 Comprehensive Simulation Platform
Altair just released HyperWorks 2017, the "most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry, offering the best technologies to design...
From Schneier on Security
Ransomware for Sale
Brian Krebs posts a video advertisement for Philadelphia, a ransomware package that you can purchase....
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Stable Priority Queues?
A priority queue is a data structure that holds a set of elements and can return quickly the smallest (or alternatively the largest) element. It is usually implemented...
From insideHPC
Women in IT: Apply for WINS Program at SC17
Applications are now being accepted for the Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program at SC17. The conference takes place Nov. 12-17 in Denver. "The WINS program...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Quantum Computer Sees Trees
In Science via CACM: Quantum Computer Learns to See Trees:" ... St. Mary's College researchers trained a quantum computer to recognize trees, a breakthrough they...
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Alexa and Cortana in the Office
In the WSJ. How elements of Alexa and Cortana may be heading towards the office. Thinking about this now in terms of how it connects business process and deeper...
From insideHPC
GTC to Feature 90 Sessions on HPC and Supercomputing
Accelerated computing continues to gain momentum. This year the GPU Technology Conference will feature 90 sessions on HPC and Supercomputing. "Sessions will focus...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Merging Brains and Machines
An odd debate. But regardless we will have to collaborate. We have been doing this for some time, but the the details of how this is done is getting more important...
From Schneier on Security
The CIA's "Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts"
Useful best practices for malware writers, courtesy of the CIA. Seems like a lot of good advice. General: DO obfuscate or encrypt all strings and configuration...
From insideHPC
RIKEN AIP-Fujitsu Collaboration Center to Focus on Next-Gen AI
Today Fujitsu announced plans to establish a coordination center within the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP). Scheduled to open April 1, the...
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