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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
Bayesian Learning Explained
In KDNuggets. Good piece on Bayesian learning. Comparison made to frequentist statistical reasoning. Could have used this some time ago to explain the idea to...
From insideHPC
University of Maryland and U.S. Army Research Lab to Collaborate on HPC
Today the University of Maryland (UMD) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) announced a strategic partnership to provide HPC resources for use in higherUniversity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Combining Human and Machine Knowledge
Combining human and machine intelligence, a favorite thought. People as peripheral. How do we do it effectively?System predicts 85 percent of cyber-attacks using...
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Predictive Maintenance
In O'Reilly. Nicely done introduction. Uses Cortana Intelligence Suite.Predictive maintenance meets predictive analyticsDanielle Dean introduces the landscape...
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Supply Chain Lessons
Via Matt Waller. Practical thoughts.Seven Supply Chain Lessons from a Former Walmart CEOby Alexa CheaterInheriting an organization facing one of the toughest retail...
From XRDS
a place for students to shine at the ACM UIST conference 2016 in Tokyo
The UIST student innovation contest (aka the “SIC”) is one of those rare moments in a student’s life: a chance to present work at the heart of one of the top venues...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Glow-in-the-Dark Finger Tentacles
Archie McPhee sells glow-in-the-dark finger tentacles. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Build a Slack Bot
I was intrigued by the idea of constructing an 'intelligent' bot in Slack. Have used Slack already for some time., Here is a nicely done example. Using a Python...
From Schneier on Security
How Altruism Might Have Evolved
I spend a lot of time in my book Liars and Outliers on cooperating versus defecting. Cooperating is good for the group at the expense of the individual. Defecting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Your Personal Data
A old idea, but new ways of making it happen. Digi Me: " ... started out in 2009 as an innovative tool that enabled users to gather their social content. We won...
From insideHPC
ORNL Supercomputers to Boost National Cancer Moonshot
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will add its computational know-how to the battle against cancer through several new projects recentlyORNL...
From insideHPC
Tony Hey Presents: The Fourth Paradigm – Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery
Tony Hey from the Science and Technology Facilities Council presented this talk at the The Digital Future conference in Berlin. "Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs...
From insideHPC
White House Releases Strategic Plan for NSCI Initiative
This week the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Strategic Plan for the NSCI Initiative. "The NSCI strives to establish and support...
From insideHPC
Video: Andrew Lumsdaine on Computing Trends at PASC16
In this video from PASC16, Andrew Lumsdaine from Indiana University gives his perspectives on the conference. "The PASC16 Conference, co-sponsored by the Association...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facebook's Plans for Virtual Reality
A considerable push it seems. The public is not quite ready, but the influence of a Facebook could steer that.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Other Social Channels
Many of the posts in this blog are referred to on twitter at https://twitter.com/franzd Lately the topics most covered are: Analytics (using a very general definition...
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Mistakes Managers Make with Analytics
In the HBR. Very good points. Have seen all of these in action. Some aspect of them come up with every engagement. Choosing one, not considering the needs and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pivoting to Digital
A look mostly at large company examples. In Knowledge @ Wharton: " ... How Industrial Firms Can Pivot to Digital Business Models In the fourth article of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creatives Shouldn't Worry About AI
In one way it is like fearing the typewriter or telephone. But will this latest evolution be fundamentally different? I see no indication of that yet. It is...
From Schneier on Security