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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
Will ECMWF Move Supercomputing to Italy?
Weather and climate simulation services could soon be run in Europe rather than the UK as it was announced that the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Is Computer Security Possible?
The breaks keep on coming… Holly Dragoo, Yacin Nadji, Joel Odom, Chris Roberts, and Stone Tillotson are experts in computer security. They recently were featured...
From Schneier on Security
More on the CIA Document Leak
If I had to guess right now, I'd say the documents came from an outsider and not an insider. My reasoning: One, there is absolutely nothing illegal in the contents...
From insideHPC
Compressing Software Development Cycles with Supercomputer-based Spark
"Do you need to compress your software development cycles for services deployed at scale and accelerate your data-driven insights? Are you delivering solutionsCompressing...
From Schneier on Security
The US Has Been Conducting Offensive Cyberattacks against North Korea
The New York Times is reporting that the US has been conducting offensive cyberattacks against North Korea, in an effort to delay its nuclear weapons program......
From insideHPC
Plan Your Travel and Stay For ISC 2017
Registration is now open for the 32nd ISC High Performance conference. Attendees can save over 45 percent off the onsite registration fee by registering between...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Who is winning at Monetizing AI?
I basically agree, though IBM leads now at the enterprise level, though it is still early. some supporting details at the link. I would also not eliminate startups...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and Salesforce Partner with Watson
I agree with the statement that cognitive systems will continue to touch increasing numbers of people. If this will be by Watson, and how soon it will become universal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kuri Robot to Add Facial Recognition
Been following the claimed advances in the Kuri home robot, which now says it includes facial recognition and reaction. See their March Newsletter. Available...
From insideHPC
Registration Opens for ISC 2017 in Frankfurt
Registration is now open for ISC 2017 with discounted Early Bird rates. As the largest high performance computing forum in Europe, ISC 2017 takes place June 18-22...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Infosys Foundation USA Asks Why Do You Make #WhyIMake
Thanks to a Facebook link I found a video interview created by Infosys Foundation USA. on why he “makes.” This lead to one with Adam Savage of mythbuster fame on...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Proposals: Creating Visions for Computing Research
The mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit...
From insideHPC
SDSC Seismic Simulation Software Exceeds 10 Petaflops on Cori Supercomputer
Researchers at SDSC have developed a new seismic software package with Intel Corporation that has enabled the fastest seismic simulation to-date. SDSC’s ground-breaking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Genuine Smiles
In Inc: Smiles, real and fake. The Duchenne smile was tested for machine interaction and positive reaction to products.Examined for possible use in how people...
From insideHPC
Fujitsu & Linaro Collaborate to Accelerate HPC on ARM
“Developing a supercomputer that is many times faster than any of those currently available is clearly a challenging process and involves leveraging Fujitsu’s top...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
College and inequality
Most college professors are squarely on the left ideologically. They believe that part of their mandate is to reduce inequality, by helping to provide college degrees...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Testing Uber for Delivery
Discussion on Kroger and Uber in Retailwire:Will using Uber for home deliveries work for Kroger? by George AndersonKroger’s streak of quarterly same-store gains...
From insideHPC
HPE to Acquire Nimble Storage
Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced an agreement to acquire Nimble Storage, the California-based provider of predictive all-flash and hybrid-flash storage...
From Schneier on Security
WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools
WikiLeaks just released a cache of 8,761 classified CIA documents from 2012 to 2016, including details of its offensive Internet operations. I have not read through...
From insideHPC