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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
Inria Joins OpenMP ARB
"Inria teams have been developing runtime systems and compiler techniques for parallel programming over several decades.” says Olivier Aumage, researcher at Inria's...
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Superior Performance Commits Kyoto University to CPUs Over GPUs
In this special guest feature, Rob Farber writes that a study done by Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine shows that code modernization can help IntelSuperior...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyber Social Learning Systems
Cyber-Social Learning Systems Via Jim SpohrerCyber-social learning systems (CSLS) deeply integrate digital computing with human and social phenomena to drive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Solutions to VR Motion Sickness
Surprisingly, though I have some tendency to have motion sickness, have never seen it in VR demonstrations, though have usually been short. Some solutions. via...
From Schneier on Security
The Economist on Hacking the Financial System
The Economist has an article on the potential hacking of the global financial system, both for profit or to cause mayhem. It's reasonably balanced. So how might...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 July 2016
Blogging just hasn’t been my thing the last two weeks. Too much travel, too much work around the house when I haven’t been traveling, and I really need to do more...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Mathematics Of Dan’s Inferno
A possible error with mathematical ramifications Non-technical fact-check source Dan Brown is the bestselling author of the novel The Da Vinci Code. His most recent...
From Computational Complexity
The College Issues that are talked about/College issues that are important
The following college issues get lots of attention: Admissions- high school students PLAN to do things JUST to get them into an elite college. For example nobody...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Magic Leap and China Augmented Reality Shopping
Video at the link. Suggesting further advances in China retail technology.In Mashable: Magic Leap demo in China shows augmented reality shoppingThe incrediblyDuring...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autonomous Selection of Mars Laser Targets
An example of autonomy for a complex system. Here the Curiosity Rover on Mars. At one level this is similar to closed loop process control, but with more complex...
From The Noisy Channel
Reduce Scope
When I left the cocoon of academia nearly two decades ago to become a software engineer, I quickly learned two lessons.Continue reading on Medium »
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SIMULAB Project to Advance Aerospace Simulation
MSC Software has announced a partnership with the Campania Region Technological Aerospace District to launch the SIMULAB Project (Simulation Laboratory for theSIMULAB...
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Supercomputing Better Engines at Argonne
Researchers are using Argonne supercomputers to jump-start internal-combustion engine designs in the name of conservation. “Improving engine efficiencies by even...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kinds of Choices in Process
I have been a long time student of decision methods, and the concept of a 'Hobson's Choice' (i.e. take it or leave it) came up recently. The formal classification...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Programming with Objects
A technical piece that won't mean much to you unless you have done professional programming in the last decades. I did some of that in the early days of what was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Singularity University
I was reminded of Singularity University" ... What is Singularity University?Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Following Watson: Watson Facing Cybercrime
Continuing to follow Watson to determine what the ideal application is. Is it mostly about big and volatile knowledge, appropriately indexed? Leveraged withRecently...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Intel Scalable System Framework Moves HPC Forward at the System Level
In this Intel Chip Chat podcast, Alyson Klein and Charlie Wuischpard describe Intel’s investment to break down walls to HPC adoption and move innovation forward...
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Diablo Technologies Memory1 Goes into Production
"Memory1 provides the highest-capacity system memory solution on the market, enabling massive increases in server and application capability. Diablo’s JEDEC-compliant...
From The Eponymous Pickle