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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 Computational Complexity
Predicting in Changing Environments
The New York Times yesterday ran a story connecting climate change to the Louisiana flooding. The National Weather Service reports that parts of Louisiana have...
From insideHPC
Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Design
"The major functionality of the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor is a chip that does the heavy computation. The current version utilizes up to 16 channels of GDDR5 memory...
From Phys.org Technology News
Discovering electric mobility in a playful way
How can services help encourage the spread of electric mobility, and how can they be systematically developed? Using four case studies from Finland, Estonia, Denmark...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Inc Looks at Neuromarketing
Have been detached from technical neuromarketing efforts for a while now, you can see some writings from those efforts in the tag below. Inc Mag takes a non technical...
From Phys.org Technology News
Image: Margaret Hamilton's Apollo code
Half a century ago, MIT played a critical role in the development of the flight software for NASA's Apollo program, which landed humans on the moon for the first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Staying Ahead of Smart Machines
A look at content generation using smart machines. A newly discovered philosophical blog. Lots of companies are considering the implications of AI today.
From Schneier on Security
Prisoner's Dilemma Experiment Illustrates Four Basic Phenotypes
If you've read my book Liars and Outliers, you know I like the prisoner's dilemma as a way to think about trust and security. There is an enormous amount of research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driver Assistance vs Autopilots
Interesting story of varying language being used in describing the idea of 'driver assistance' when using and selling the Tesla. Our language has to adapt toIn...
From insideHPC
Designing Machines Around Problems: The Co-Design Push to Exascale
A single issue has always defined the history of HPC systems: performance. While offloading and co-design may seem like new approaches to computing, they actually...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Sociotechnical Cybersecurity Call for White Papers
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will be sponsoring a visioning activity on Sociotechnical Cybersecurity. As a part of this effort, the workshop organizing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft's Open Mind
Not released yet, but apparently in process:Open Mind: Microsoft's Visual-Studio-like suite for machine learningMicrosoft looks to be building a Visual-Studio-like...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hacks for Forgetfulness
The topic has always interested us. In the modern world there are so many more things to remember. But we have devices now, and they can provide cues in someIn...
From insideHPC
Video: Parallel I/O Best Practices
In this video from the 2016 Blue Waters Symposium, Andriy Kot from NCSA presents: Parallel I/O Best Practices. The post Video: Parallel I/O Best Practices appeared...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Supercomputing Better Soybeans
In this TACC Podcast, Researchers describe how XSEDE supercomputing resources are helping them grow a better soybean through the SoyKB project based from the University...
From insideHPC
Software Framework for Deep Learning
Deep learning solutions are typically a part of a broader high performance analytics function in for profit enterprises, with a requirement to deliver a fusionSoftware...
From insideHPC
Supercomputers Power NOAA Flood Forecasting Tool
NOAA and its partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for the biggest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter and Targeted Facebook
More on P&G's change in the use of targeted Facebook.P&G Shakes Up Targeted Facebook Approach, Sparks Marketing StirProcter & Gamble announced yesterday the company...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Cities, an IoT in Enterprise Introduction
Thingworkx On Smart Cities. A free e-book that requires registration:" ... Current hype aside, the Internet of Things will ultimately become as fundamental as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Anthropologic Thinking
In the HBR: Using anthropology to get more our of social media. We used anthropologists in the enterprise. This article promotes more quantitative thinking...
From insideHPC