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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
NSF Announces New Program Solicitation in Smart and Connected Communities
As part of the White House’s expansion of the Smart Cities Initiative, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a new program solicitation on Smart and...
From insideHPC
Video: Nvidia Unveils ARM-Powered SoC with Volta GPU
Today at GTC Europe, Nvidia unveiled Xavier, an all-new SoC based on the company's next-gen Volta GPU, which will be the processor in future self-driving cars.Video...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Sorting already sorted arrays is much faster?
If you are reading a random textbook on computer science, it is probably going to tell you all about how good sorting algorithms take linearithmic time. To arrive...
From insideHPC
Mellanox Roll Out New Innova IPsec 10/40G Ethernet Adapters
"Our customers are looking for a highly integrated server adapter that solves their pressing need for network performance, efficiency and security, said Gilad Shainer...
From insideHPC
Video: An Optimized Entry Level Lustre Solution in a Small Form Factor
In this video from LUG 2016 in Australia, Chakravarthy Nagarajan from Intel presents: An Optimized Entry Level Lustre Solution in a Small Form Factor. "Our goal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP Buys More IoT Presence
SAP buys startup Plat.One, part of $2B IoT investmentSAP's $2 billion, five-year plan is to to extend its reach into the internet of things. SAP has bought IoT...
From Schneier on Security
Malware Tries to Detect Test Environment
A new malware tries to detect if it's running in a virtual machine or sandboxed test environment by looking for signs of normal use and not executing if they're...
From Phys.org Technology News
Pilots, air traffic controllers shifting to text messaging
Airline pilots and air traffic controllers are on schedule to switch to text communications at most of the nation's busiest airports by the end of the year, a milestone...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Snapchat Spectacles
Still skeptical that the typical person will use these. I can remember testing Glass at a coffee shop and felt we were being closely watched. But perhaps these...
From insideHPC
IBM Unveils Project DataWorks for AI-Powered Decision-Making
"We are at an inflection point in the big data era, said Bob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Analytics. We know that users spend up to 80 percent of theirIBM...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UPenn's Lab Flies Drones Through Windows
In IEEE Spectrum, some remarkable things that drones can now be programmed to do, like fly through half open windows. Out of UPenn's labs. Demonstrated in...
From insideHPC
Registration Opens for HP-CAST at SC16
Registration is now open for HP-CAST at SC16. The event takes place Nov. 11-12 in Salt Lake City. The post Registration Opens for HP-CAST at SC16 appeared first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google's Allo delivering Messaging AI
We are seeing that messaging systems will be the place that consumer facing AI will reside, acting as a bot to enhance everyday communications with intelligence...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2 Computer Scientists in the 2016 MacArthur Fellows
The MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2016 MacArthur Fellows, a list that features 23 individuals who are breaking new ground in areas of public concern, in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping Experiences
Book on order. We used mapping, both concept based and journey based, in the enterprise. We developed many, many maps. It was always a useful approach. I recommend...
From insideHPC
Rogue Wave Improves Support for Open Source Software with IBM
Today Rogue Wave Software announced it is working with IBM to help make open source software (OSS) support more available. This will help provide comprehensive,...
From insideHPC
D-Wave Systems Previews 2000-Qubit Quantum Computer
Today D-Wave Systems announced details of its most advanced quantum computing system, featuring a new 2000-qubit processor. The announcement is being made at the...
From insideHPC
ARM Releases CoreLink Interconnect
"The demands of cloud-based business models require service providers to pack more efficient computational capability into their infrastructure, said Monika Biddulph...
From Schneier on Security
Using Neural Networks to Identify Blurred Faces
Neural networks are good at identifying faces, even if they're blurry: In a paper released earlier this month, researchers at UT Austin and Cornell University demonstrate...
From insideHPC