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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
Design for Learning and Assessment in Virtual Worlds
Via Dianne Fodell:" ... This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US (9:30am CT, 7:30...
From insideHPC
Call for Participation: Lustre User Group at NCI in Australia
NCI in Australia has issued its Call for Participation for the the Down-Under version of the 2016 Lustre User Group. The event will be held Sept. 7-8 on the campus...
From Schneier on Security
Scott Atran on Why People Become Terrorists
Scott Atran has done some really interesting research on why ordinary people become terrorists. Academics who study warfare and terrorism typically don't conduct...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft and Linkedin
I had wondered how the proposed acquisition of Linkedin by Microsoft would influence how the Skills and Resume Social giant would change. They are very skilled...
From insideHPC
Video: Stampede II Supercomputer to Advance Computational Science at TACC
In this video, Dan Stanzione from TACC describes how the Stampede II supercomputer will driving computational science. "Announced in June, a $30 million NSF award...
From insideHPC
Mangstor MX6300 NVMe SSDs Power One Stop Systems FSAe-4 Flash Storage Array
Today One Stop Systems announced the 4U Flash Storage Array with Mangstor MX6300 NVMe SSDs. OSS' FSAe-4 can accommodate 32 of the MX6300 providing up to 172TB of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonalds of the Future
In Retailwire: A look and discussion of the McDonald's of the Future. New concepts and technologies built in. Nothing about robot preparation, or other back of...
From insideHPC
Intel to Bolster Machine Learning with Nervana Acquisition
Today Intel announced plans to acquire startup Nervana Systems as part of an effort to bolster the company's artificial intelligence capabilities. "Nervana hasIntel...
From insideHPC
Components For Deep Learning
The recent introduction of new high end processors from Intel combined with accelerator technologies such as NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and Intel Xeon Phi provide theComponents...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF DCL: Supporting Fundamental Research in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
The following is a Dear Colleague Letter from the National Science Foundation‘s Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Engineering...
From Putting People First
What does an anthropologist bring to autonomous driving design?
From a Nissan press release (dated August 10, 2016) One profession you might not expect to find at the design table — anthropologist — is playing a key role inWhat...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking the Internet of Things: Locks and Thermostats
At Defcon last weekend, researchers demonstrated hacks against Bluetooth door locks and Internet-enabled thermostats....
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Do results have a “teach-by-date?”
Teaching automata theory Noam Chomsky is famous for many many things. He has had a lot to say over his long career, and he wrote over 100 books on topics from linguistics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart to Buy Jet
The startup that notably follows an 'Amazon Prime' loyalty model. To push their online sales. Walmart buys Jet.com for $3.3 billion By Rebecca LinkeIf you have...
From Schneier on Security
Malware from Kazakhstan
EFF has the story of malware from the Kazakhstan government against "journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan's authoritarian government, along...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
South Big Data Hub DataStart fellow reflects on lessons learned
The following is a blog post from Jonathan Ortiz, a Data Analytics and Big Data student at The University of Texas at Austin. Ortiz participated in data.world,...
From Schneier on Security
GPS Spoofing
It's easy to spoof GPS signals, and hard to defend against....
From insideHPC
Nimbus Data Rolls Out ExaFlash Storage Platform
"The ExaFlash Platform is an historic achievement that will reshape the storage and data center industries," said Thomas Isakovich, CEO and Founder of Nimbus Data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Still Looking for AI Language
Do we know how to build machines that understand language? Though some good attempts are out there, not yet. This Tech Review Article article does a good job...
From My Biased Coin