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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
R Connects to Watson for Decision Improvement
Every successful Cognitive/AI project I have been involved in since the 80s has also used machine learning analytics techniques now readily available in R. Machine...
From insideHPC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Acquire SGI
Today SGI announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for $7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Hololens is Public
Hololens pushes availability and commercial applications. Always interested in new practical applications. Here engineering application area.".. At Microsoft...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Your Computer Monitor
Here's an interesting hack against a computer's monitor: A group of researchers has found a way to hack directly into the tiny computer that controls your monitor...
From insideHPC
Supermicro to Unveil RSD Rack Scale Design at IDF
"Supermicro RSD is architected to dramatically improve CPU and storage utilization rates, agility and efficiency in the datacenter,” stated Charles Liang, President...
From insideHPC
Agenda Posted for HPC User Forum in Oxford
IDC has published the preliminary agenda for the next international HPC User Forum. The event will take place Sept. 29-30 in Oxford, UK. The post Agenda PostedinsideHPC...
From insideHPC
OSS Introduces Flash Appliances
Today One Stop Systems (OSS) introduced a pair of high-speed networked storage appliances that supports high-performance, shared storage services. "The OSS approach...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nissan Future Lab on the Future of Transportation
In Knowledge@Wharton. A podcast and transcribed text.How Nissan Is Preparing for a Future of Self-driving CarsNissan Future Lab's Megan Neese discusses a future...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Infrastructure of Social Media
Anil Dash on what I would call a rough classification of the infrastructure of social media. Disagree with some of it, like analytics, but its a reasonable take...
From Phys.org Technology News
Delta computer outage included 'small fire' at data center
As flight cancelations and delays move into their fourth day, Delta Air Lines isn't providing details on a "small fire" Monday at its data center and whether that...
From insideHPC
Creating Balance in HPC on the Piz Daint Supercomputer
The flagship supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Piz Daint, named after a mountain in the Alps, currently delivers 7.8 petaflops of...
From insideHPC
Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Architecture
"High performance systems now typically a host processor and a coprocessor. The role of the coprocessor is to provide the developer and the user the ability toIntel...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Value of Facebook Ad Targeting
In Adweek: Why P&G Decided Facebook Ad Targeting Often Isn't Worth the Money ... There's Still Something to Be Said for Mass Reach .... " By Garett Sloane...
From Computational Complexity
Robin Hanson's Ems
Robin Hanson an economist at George Mason and author of the Overcoming Bias blog, has a new book The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth.White...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
HLF2016 / Spotlight on Helen Wauck: HCI Researcher Studying Spatial Skills Training with Games
This blog post originates from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Blog. The 4th Heidelberg Laureate Forum is dedicated to mathematics and computer sciences, and takes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Word 2016 Researcher Feature
Happened on this. I note that this does not appear in the current version, but in the insider addition of Word 2016 in Office 365. This method lets you quickly...
From Schneier on Security
Hackers Stealing Cars
We're seeing car thefts in the wild accomplished through hacking: Houston police have arrested two men for a string of high-tech thefts of trucks and SUVs in the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF WATCH Talk- Mapping Interconnection Connectivity and Congestion
The next WATCH talk, called Mapping Interconnection Connectivity and Congestion is Thursday, August 18th, from Noon-1pm EDT. The presenter will be Kimberly Claffy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTTT Recipes Can now Embed Directly in Apps
Interesting development that could drive the simple idea further, or even combine them as mini services to create 'skills'. I have used IFTTT for some time asIn...
From The Eponymous Pickle