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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
Video: How GPUs are Remaking Cloud Computing
In this video from the Nvidia Booth at SC16, Jonathan Symonds from MapD presents: How GPUs are Remaking Cloud Computing. "This video discusses how price/performance...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hilton Builds Connie Assistant with Watson
More hotel chains thinking about the usefulness of virtual assistants. Notably includes Watson, and looking at the notion of conversation via a humanoid bot called...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reality on Your Table Spaces
Saw a similar idea which showed architectural drawings represented in front of a client on a table. This will likely advance to provide both demonstration level...
From insideHPC
Jülich Installs New QPACE3 Supercomputer for Quantum Chromodynamics
A new supercomputer has been deployed at the Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC) in Germany. Called QPACE3, the new 447 Teraflop machine is named for "QCD Parallel...
From insideHPC
Beauty Meets HPC: An Overview of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center
"The multidisciplinary research team and computational facilities –including MareNostrum– make BSC an international centre of excellence in e-Science. Since its...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced Analytics and Productivity
I like the fact that the word 'Analytics' is used, its not just data science, its what we do with it. Its not all about science its about understanding process...
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We Need To Talk About How We Talk About Science
A while ago, Brian Burg commented on Twitter that he would like to see more discussion of marketing in academia. I decided I'd rather write a meta-post about how...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squidmas Cards
Merry Squidmas. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is the Blockchain and Why is it So Important?
Good piece with graphical descriptions and links.In Open Data Science:What is the Blockchain and Why is it So Important?" ... Simply put, the Blockchain is a shared...
From insideHPC
HPC Advisory Council Announces Global Conference Series for 2017
Today the HPC Advisory Council announced key dates for its 2017 international conference series in the USA and Switzerland. The conferences are designed to attract...
From My Biased Coin
Godel Prize 2017 Call
The call for nomination for the 2017 Godel Prize is up. The call is available at http://madhu.seas.harvard.edu/Announce/Goedel2017CFN.html and will be up on the...
From insideHPC
Princeton Research on Electron-photon Small-talk Could have Big Impact on Quantum Computing
In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron canPrinceton...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Don’t let the experts define science!
We know more than we can tell. We all know what a democracy is… We know that France, Canada, the USA, Japan… are democracies… Russia and China are not democracies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Powerful Rituals
Powerful Resilience through Rituals? Your Conscious Mind Is An Overconfident Storyteller a thoughtful piece. Lately have been looking at the power of storytelling...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Intel Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence
In this Chip Chat podcast, Diane Bryant, EVP/GM for the Data Center Group at Intel, discusses how the company is driving the future of artificial intelligence by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Spider Robotics for 3D Printing
This reminds me of swarm robotics, which have a similar approach to scale. And an approach that cooperated towards a goal.Why Spider Robots Could Be The Next Big...
From insideHPC
UberCloud Details Recent Progress in CAE Cloud Computing
Over at Desktop Engineering, Wolfgang Gentzsch and Burak Yenier write that the new 2016 Compendium of Engineering Cloud Case Studies showcases great progress in...
From insideHPC
SC16 Applies Advanced Computing for Social Change
In this video, Dr. Kelly Gaither from TACC describes how 20 students identified by XSEDE's community engagement team participated in a four-day long cohort experience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quality Fast Food Delivery Automation
Automating Food Delivery" ... Maple, a David Chang-backed restaurant in New York City, doesn’t have any tables, cash registers, or waiters. Instead, its customers...
From Schneier on Security