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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 Eponymous Pickle
Hololens Learns from Google Glass Failure
Well put. Gaming will always be there, but real, practical uses will open many more possibilities. I had two different applications for Glass posed to me, but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blockchain Used for Contract Management
Interesting use of the smart contract idea by very digital companies. The example of its use and value is very useful. Note the Open Source use of Hyperledger...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
White House Summit on Computer Science Education
This week’s White House Summit on Computer Science for All celebrated progress made in support of the U.S. Presidents initiative to provide every student the opportunity...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid on Japanese Television
I got this video from PZ Myers's blog. I know absolutely nothing about it. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Visual in the Smart City
Analysis of NYC Yellow Cab Taxi data Posted by SupStaIn DSC, a visualized analysis of Yellow Taxi Cab data about NYC using R. Gives an example of what can be...
From insideHPC
NREL to Lead for Wind Power Research for Exascale Computing Project
"This project will make a substantial contribution to advancing wind energy," said Steve Hammond, NREL's Director of Computational Science and the principal investigator...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Bridge-Hand Generation Software
Interesting: Roughly three weeks later, there is a operation program available to crack ACBL hand records. Given three consecutive boards, all the remaining boards...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Solar-Powered Hikari Supercomputer at TACC Demonstrates HVDC Efficiencies
Engineers of the Hikari HVDC power feeding system predict it will save 15 percent compared to conventional systems. "The 380 volt design reduces the number of power...
From insideHPC
CFD in the Aerospace Industry Past, Present, and Future
Doug Ball presented this talk at the HPC User Forum in Austin. "Doug Ball served as enterprise director for computational fluid dynamics within Boeings Enterprise...
From insideHPC
Flow Science Partners with FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS for Optimizing Simulation
"The integration of FLOW-3D with CAESES creates a powerful design environment for our users. FLOW-3Ds inherent ease of modifying geometry is even more potent when...
From insideHPC
DDN Names Robert Triendl SVP Global Sales, Marketing and Field Services
DDN has a long history of technological innovation, a great team and a phenomenal market opportunity, said Triendl. I am excited to help realize what I believeDDN...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Wireless Tire-Pressure Monitoring System
Research paper: "Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure Monitoring System Case Study," by Ishtiaq Rouf, Rob Miller, Hossen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Tools for Monte Carlo Simulation
Via Sam Savage. Industrial Monte carlo simulation was commonly used in our enterprise as an analytic method. . It has been a method around for a very long time...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Integrates Weather APIs into Bluemix
We were early users of weather data in retail and supply chain analytics, this would have been very useful. The cognitive links in particular are intriguing. Note...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Beyond Programmers Programs
There is a difference between computer science and software engineering. There are some big and important differences. There is of course a lot of overlap. In any...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Method Inventor
In the Pennsylvania Gazette: Method InventorWith an innovation portfolio that ranges from medical devices to folding bicycles to social-impact enterprises to junk...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driverless Cars Interacting with People
Ultimately all systems interact with people. Of course a driverless car has an interaction that implies levels of safety. Does it blow its horn, or display aWhat...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science-Because it is Magic
Seems like a number of people have been blogging about computer science for everyone this week. This may well be related to this weeks Computer Science For All...
From insideHPC
Loyola University Maryland to Build HPC Cluster with NSF Grant
Loyola University Maryland has been awarded a $280,120 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build an HPC cluster that will exponentially expand research...
From insideHPC