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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
Nominations Due in 3 Days! Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with catalyzing and empowering the U.S. computing research community to articulate and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
More Big Data to Knowledge Updates for the Community
The Data Science and the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have a number of announcements and upcoming events....
From insideHPC
Video: Rescale Night Showcases HPC in the Cloud
"Billed as an exposition into 'The Future of Cloud HPC Simulation,' the event brought together experts in high-performance computing and simulation, cloud computing...
From insideHPC
HPC4Mfg Industry Day Comes to San Diego March 2-3
HPC4Mfg will host their first annual High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Industry Engagement Day on March 2-3 in San Diego. With a theme of "Spurring Innovation...
From Putting People First
Yves Béhar’s ten principles for design in the age of AI
Swiss designer, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate Yves Béhar points out that there are no high-level manifestos or guidelines for designers working with...
From insideHPC
Argonne Annouces Early Science Projects for Aurora Supercomputer
Argonne has selected 10 computational science and engineering research projects for its Aurora Early Science Program starting this month. Aurora, a massively parallel...
From Schneier on Security
IoT Ransomware Against Austrian Hotel
Attackers held an Austrian hotel network for ransom, demanding $1800 in Bitcoin to unlock the network. Among other things, the locked network wouldn't allow any...
From insideHPC
In Memory Computing Speeds Results
In-Memory Computing can accelerate traditional applications by using a memory first design. Applicable to a wide range of domains, In-Memory Computing and In-Memory...
From insideHPC
HiPINEB Workshop on High Performance Networks Posts Agenda for February 5 in Austin
The IEEE International Workshop on High-Performance Interconnection Networks in the Exascale and Big-Data Era (HiPINEB) has published its program agenda. Held in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Glasses Adjust for Visual Tasks
Not augmented reality glasses, but those that adapt to needed vision.I Can See Clearly NowUNews (UT) (01/24/17) Vincent Horiuchi University of Utah researchers...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Global Cities Teams Challenge (GCTC) Updates
There are a number of Global Cities Teams Challenge (GCTC) SuperCluster activities coming up: City Platform SuperCluster Workshop: Kansas City is hosting the GCTC...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Complex Question of Complexity in Programming
I spent most of last week grading semester projects written by my students. Reading through the code of beginners is really interesting. It’s interesting in part...
From insideHPC
Cheyenne Supercomputer Triples Scientific Capability at NCAR
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is launching operations this month of one of the world's most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputers,Cheyenne...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Maps and sets can have quadratic-time performance
Swift is a new programming language launched by Apple slightly over two years ago. Like C and C++, it offers ahead-of-time compilation to native code but with many...
From insideHPC
Video: Modern Computing – Cloud, Distributed, & High Performance
Dr. Umit Catalyurek from Georgia Institute of Technology presented this talk as part of the USC Big Data to Knowledge series. "This lecture will be a brief crash...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is Machine Learning, and Why is it Intelligent?
Not bad, completely non-technical, 5 minute, video introduction to machine learning. And why it is a kind of 'intelligence'. Nicely done.Ankit MistrySenior Software...
From insideHPC
HPC User Forum Returns to Stuttgart Feb 28 – March 1
The IDC HPC User Forum, taking place at the HLRS premises in Stuttgart-Vaihingen on February 28 and March 1, will bring together the HPC community to hear experts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What AI Needs is a Dose of Realism
Good thoughts, though I am a strong proponent of AI, there is still much to do.What AI needs is a dose of realismOren Etzioni talks about the current AI landscape...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Year of the Chatbot?
Is it the year of the chatbot? Many examples out there, but still needs considerable evolution. May well be the year of chatbot experimentation.Year of the Chatbot...
From The Eponymous Pickle