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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 insideHPC
Seagate Rolls Out Energy-Efficient SATA SSD For Enterprise Cloud
Today Seagate announced the Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD, an energy-efficient drive specifically designed to meet the performance and reliability requirements of today...
From insideHPC
Argonne Discovers Self-healing Diamond-like Carbon
Scientists at Argonne have discovered a self-healing, diamond-like material that could revolutionize the design of future automotive engines. “This is a very unique...
From Schneier on Security
Frequent Password Changes is a Bad Security Idea
I've been saying for years that it's bad security advice, that it encourages poor passwords. Lorrie Cranor, now the FTC's chief technologist, agrees: By studying...
From insideHPC
Bright Computing Powers Electronics Research Institute
Today Bright Computing announced that the Electronics Research Institute (ERI) and Brightskies Technologies have chosen the full suite of Bright technology to manage...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The National Strategic Computing Initiative Turns One
The White House recently released a blog celebrating the one year anniversary of the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), which was created to ensure...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Foundational Course for Statistical Thinking
My interaction with Columbia University led me to the following course. This is meant as a preparatory foundation course for those taking graduate professional...
From insideHPC
IBM Phase-Change Device Imitates Functionality of Neurons
IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Connectivity Foundation
Just brought to my attention, The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF). The breadth of corporate support does look to be good." ... Efforts led by ARRIS, CableLabs...
From insideHPC
Video: JupyterHub as an Interactive Supercomputing Gateway
"At the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute we are exploring ways to provide the immediacy and flexibility of interactive computing within the batch-scheduled, tightly...
From insideHPC
Using Libraries in Offload Mode
The ability to develop applications independent of the hardware availability at run time is a very important concept that enables developers to take advantage of...
From insideHPC
Simulation and Data Sciences in the Exascale, Neuromorphic and Quantum Computing Era
Thomas Lippert presented this talk at The Digital Future conference. "The Human Brain Project brings together neuroscientists, physicians, computer scientists,Simulation...
From Blog@Ubiquity
Does Someone Have to Die First?
Digital technology changes fast, and organizations change slowly: First using the technology as an automated, digitized version of the old way of doing things,Read...
From Phys.org Technology News
2016 Chevrolet Cruze fresh, smartphone-friendly and fast
The Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is bigger yet lighter for 2016, with fresh styling, a new turbo-charged engine and more technology and safety features.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Voice and Next Generation Search
A now long term test of voice interaction with the Amazon Echo and increased use of Siri has led me to rethink voice use in other environments. Where can it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cortana for the Smart Home
Long ago we met with MS Research about their approaches to the smart home. Seems they had dropped that approach since then. . Are they back again pushing standards...
From Schneier on Security
More on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process
The Open Technology Institute of the New America Foundation has released a policy paper on the vulnerabilities equities process: "Bugs in the System: A Primer on...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTTT Connects to Skype
IFTTT, a means to create simplified bots based on channels of information, has now been attached to Skype. It is already attached to many other social streams....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain and Plans Behind Google's AI
Seems somewhat limited comparing this to general cognitive AI. Also note that the proposal needs some semantic web of knowledge relating to the context of the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
AI for Social Good (AISOC) Spring 2017 Symposium Call for Papers
The AAAI 2017 Spring Symposium on AI for Social Good (AISOC) will be March 27-29, 2017 at Stanford University. A rise in real-world applications of AI has stimulated...
From The Eponymous Pickle