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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 …
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Podcast: UT Chancellor William McCraven on What Makes TACC Successful
"It's great to have these incredible servers and incredible processors, but if you don't have the people to run them - if you don't have the people that are passionate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Encyclopedia of Interaction
An update on this work, which I first examined in 2011. Still apparently a free resource. The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. ... from the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The “Tire Tracks” Diagram Corrected and Humanized by National Academy Workshop Report
The following blog post is by CCC Vice Chair and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Mark D. Hill. I write about a recent Computer Science and Telecommunications...
From insideHPC
Supermicro Now Shipping Intel Xeon Phi Systems with Omni-Path
"With our latest innovations incorporating Intel Xeon Phi processors in a performance and density optimized Twin architecture and 100Gbps OPA switch for high bandwidth...
From Phys.org Technology News
Atlantic flights disrupted by Iceland air traffic glitch
Iceland's airport authority says the country briefly closed its airspace to flights because of a technical problem at its air traffic control center.
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Video: Matching the Speed of SGI UV with Multi-rail LNet for Lustre
Olaf Weber from SGI presented this talk at LUG 2016. "In collaboration with Intel, SGI set about creating support for multiple network connections to the Lustre...
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The Industrialization of Deep Learning – Intro
Deep learning is a method of creating artificial intelligence systems that combine computer-based multi-layer neural networks with intensive training techniques...
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FlyElephant 2.0 Improves HPC Collaboration Features
Today the FlyElephant team announced the release of the FlyElephant 2.0 platform for High Performance Computing. Versioin 2.0 enhancements include: internal expert...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Defending the Power Grid
Further applications to other kinds of monitored networks, IOT applications. Detecting Cybersecurity Threats by Taking the Grid's Pulse By Peter Fairley: "...
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Future of 3D Printing
Good forward looking article in CACM on the future of consumer 3D printing. " ... Bill Decker, chairman of the Association of 3D Printing, agrees the consumer market...
From Phys.org Technology News
Researchers create new 3-D imagery and documentation of Native American artifacts
Idaho State University researchers are working with Grand Teton National Park and various tribes to better document about 50 Native American artifacts from the...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA and "Intelligence Legalism"
Interesting law journal paper: "Intelligence Legalism and the National Security Agency's Civil Liberties Gap," by Margo Schlanger: Abstract: This paper examines...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predix Opening to Development
GE Opening Development. " ... General Electric has more than a century of industrial experience, but its five-year-old GE Digital division hopes to leverage outside...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Collecting and Grading Programming Projects
No one like grading. Well no one I know. But as teachers it is an essential part of what we do. Grading programs can be a real pain to do though. Do you run every...
From Phys.org Technology News
Businesses can't afford to ignore the human element of IT, study says
Mood and personality play an important role in how companies should manage their IT systems, according to a new study co-authored by a researcher at Binghamton...
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Seeking Bids for Helix Nebula Science Cloud
This week, the Helix Nebula Science Cloud (HNSciCloud) launched a €5.3 million tender for the establishment of a European hybrid cloud platform. The purpose ofSeeking...
From Schneier on Security
Russian Hack of the DNC
Amazingly enough, the preponderance of the evidence points to Russia as the source of the DNC leak. I was going to summarize the evidence, but Thomas Rid did a...
From insideHPC
Video: Breogan Supercomputer Brings High Speed Trading to Mexico
In this CCTV video, Alberto Alonso describes his new supercomputer, Breogan, that has the ability to modernize Mexico's antiquated stock market. Since it was launched...
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NERSC to Host Data Day on August 22
Today NERSC announced plans to host a new, data-centric event called Data Day. The main event will take place on August 22, followed by a half-day hackathon onNERSC...
From The Eponymous Pickle