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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
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Gains Momentum with SGI Acquisition at SC16
In this video from SC16, Bill Mannel from Hewlett Packard Enterprise describes how the company is gaining momentum in the HPC space as the leading vendor on the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Demographics with Twitter
Always an interesting challenge. Note the mention of Mechanical Turk, a method we examined.In Techrepublic:" ... Big data can reveal inaccurate stereotypes on...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When Computers Become Smarter than Humans
Knowledge@Wharton looks at the often posed question. The answer is, they already are. First they did math better, then searched better, connected to people better...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
GHC16 / What Are Tech Tools Doing That The Best Diversity Initiatives Aren't?
How can software help companies recruit and hire more diversely? Erica Joy Baker, Laura I. Gomez, Stephanie Lampkin, Liz Kofman, and Aline Lerner tackled this question...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Combining Cryo-electron Microscopy with Supercomputer Simulation
Scientists have taken the closest look yet at molecule-sized machinery called the human preinitiation complex. It basically opens up DNA so that genes can be copied...
From Schneier on Security
"Security for the High-Risk User"
Interesting paper. John Scott-Railton on securing the high-risk user....
From insideHPC
First-phase Bull sequana Supercomputer at CEA is Number 55 on TOP500
"Atos is incredibly proud to see the concrete results of the Tera1000 project," said Philippe Vannier, CTO in the Atos Group. "Today we are taking a major stepFirst...
From insideHPC
Rescale Adds HPC and AI Capabilities via the IBM Cloud
"Most of the IT innovation that is happening today is with a cloud-first model,” said Joris Poort, co-founder and CEO of Rescale. “We’re building a platform that...
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Video: One Stop Systems Takes GPU Density to the Next Level at SC16
In this video from SC16, Nate Parada from One Stop Systems describes the company's new High Density Compute Accelerator (HDCA) for Deep Learning. "The CA16000 High...
From insideHPC
High-Throughput Genomic Sequencing Workflow
A workflow to support genomic sequencing requires a collaborative effort between many research groups and a process from initial sampling to final analysis. Learn...
From Phys.org Technology News
Food data at your fingertips
EPFL is launching openfood.ch, a website that provides the public with data on more than 14,000 food products sold in Switzerland. The website's data set will be...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Traffic in Real Time
We aimed to use public real-time webcam images to gauge traffic. Google maps can now provide some of that same type of data, perhaps to estimate demand of products...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chatbots in Business
Not unlike digital assistants, but usually more primitive to date. Usually act in a conversational mode in an existing stream of interaction. Use AI, naturalAI...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Upcoming December Workshops in DC
The Internet of Things: Impacting Scientific Data and Information Flows Agenda Register Here When: Friday, December 9, 2016, 9:00AM-4:45PM EST Where: National Academies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Process Innovation with Data in a Digital World
Have always thought in terms of process. By doing that you can think not only what a process produces in terms of value, but also in terms of data that can beThis...
From Computational Complexity
Should I tell HS students that if they do well I'll write them a letter OR do I want them to ...
I teach a 3-week intense course for HS students on cryptography during the summer. Some of the students are very good, interested, and working hard. I also give...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AllRecipes Launches 60K Recipes for Amazon Echo
Allrecipes launches a 60K recipe file skill for the Amazon Echo, and other Alexa driven systems and devices. Great idea. Certainly useful for potential hands...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Table Delivery from Kiosk Orders at McD's
The test is now over, and rollout is starting to all 14K US stores. Benefits seen were lower perceived wait times, higher average order value, about $1 perWill...
From insideHPC
ASC17 Student Competitors to Gain Access to #1 Sunway TaihuLight Supercomputer
Today the Asia Supercomputer Community announced that the world's fastest supercomputer, Sunway TaihuLight, will be used by students in the upcoming 2017 ASC Student...
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