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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 Phys.org Technology News
New drone technology will uncover secrets of Amazonian tribes
Experts hope to uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Amazon tribes and their effect on modern vegetation using revolutionary new drone technology.
From Schneier on Security
Malware Infects Network Hard Drives
The malware "Mal/Miner-C" infects Internet-exposed Seagate Central Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, and from there takes over connected computers to mine...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 September 2016
Is everyone back at school now? After a couple of short weeks school happens all five weekdays this week. I think Im ready for a full week. Getting back into the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC
Brought to my attention for retail inventory applications. " ... Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC (COSY) is a spinout of UPenn's GRASP Laboratory. The company...
From insideHPC
European SAVE Project Streamlines Data Intensive Computing
A consortium of European researchers and technology companies recently completed the EU-funded SAVE project, aimed at simplifying the execution data-intensive applications...
From insideHPC
EU HPC Strategy and the European Cloud Initiative
Leonardo Flores from the European Commission presented this talk at the HPC User Forum. "The Cloud Initiative will make it easier for researchers, businesses and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Will Cognitive Tech Affect Your Organization?
How Will Cognitive Technologies Affect Your Organization?Big Idea: Data & AnalyticsBlog Sam Ransbotham MIT SloanOur once-subservient machines are encroaching...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithms Failing in Context
I have seen many articles lately saying our world is driven by algorithms. Algorithms have been my stock and trade, each constructed and employed for a particular...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technology and Skills
In Medium: A look at how technology is influencing our skills. Technology has always moved skills to new places. Retraining takes time and experience. So...
From Phys.org Technology News
Emirates bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on its planes
Civil aviation authorities in the Emirates have banned the use of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 on all its national carriers because of the risk of batteries exploding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Layoffs Hurt Companies
The cost of layoffs to companies. In Knowledge@Wharton: ' ... Contrary to popular belief, theres not much evidence that layoffs are a cure for weak profits, or...
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Complex Event Processing
I was reminded of complex event processing (CEP). The WP has a good overview with resources:" ... Event processing is a method of tracking and analyzing (processing)...
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A Small Reading List for New PhD Students
It's my first semester being on the other side! Giving advice is so fun because it validates all of my life choices! I put together a list of reading for my own...
From The Noisy Channel
Agreed. Perhaps my biggest take-away from this experience is to have a much stronger reaction to
any behavior that gives me a bad feeling — and especially to make sure all such reactions are cumulative. Continue reading on
From insideHPC
Video: Japans Post K Computer
Yutaka Ishikawa from Riken AICS presented this talk at the HPC User Forum. "Slated for delivery sometime around 2022, the ARM-based Post-K Computer has a performance...
From insideHPC
Lustre Training Day Coming to SC16 in Salt Lake City
Coming to SC16? Intel is hosting a one-day Lustre training session on Friday November 18th, 2016 at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City. "You can expect the top Lustre...
From Computational Complexity
Noam Nisan wins the Knuth Prize
Noam Nisan will receive the 2016 Donald E. Knuth Prize, the highest honor in theoretical computer science, for his work in computational complexity and algorithmic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Does Open Source Deep Learning
Good to see competition at play.Amazon goes open source with machine-learning tech, competing with Googles TensorFlow By James RisleyAmazon is making a bigger leap...
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