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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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Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor—Highly Parallel Computing Engine for HPC
For decades, Intel has been enabling insight and discovery through its technologies and contributions to parallel computing and High Performance Computing (HPC)...
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Interview: Peter Bauer from ECMWF at PASC16
In this video from PASC16, Peter Bauer from ECMWF shares his perspectives on the conference and his work with high performance computing for weather forecasting...
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SC16 Exhibits Already Breaking Records
While SC16 isn't until November, the conference is already gaining momentum. There is already a record 188 organizations signed up to exhibit on the industry floor...
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Call for Proposals: Aurora Early Science Program at Argonne
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) is now accepting proposals for its Aurora Early Science Program (ESP) through September 2, 2016. The program will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nest Camera with AI
In CWorld: Nest camera detects people in its images. Continue to see more examples of the use of AI pattern matching methods in consumer systems, like face recognition...
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Microsoft Dynamics
Brought to my attention for examination and review. Microsoft Dynamics is an amalgam of Microsoft's CRM and ERP offerings. How will this ultimately be integrated...
From Schneier on Security
Stealing Money from ISPs Through Premium Rate Calls
I think the best hacks are the ones that are obvious once they're explained, but no one has thought of them before. Here's an example: Instagram ($2000), Google...
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On Useful Intelligence Augmentation
A talk with Pattie Maes about Intelligence augmentation, a favorite topic, We had been members of the Media lab years ago, and had been intrigued by her practical...
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Another in Aisle Scanning Test
RetailWire contains a good piece on in aisle checkout, covering many of the impediments to its implementation. A long time retail tech subject here. Tested it...
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Best In Class HPC Cloud Solutions
Cloud computing is growing and replacing many data centers for High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. However, the movement towards using a cloud infrastructure...
From Phys.org Technology News
New training videos leverage ESnet's expertise to improve network performance around the world
The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network, or ESnet, and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) at the University of Oregon are teaming up to create...
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Radio Free HPC Looks at What Chip Architectures Need to Succeed
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team welcomes Shahin Khan from OrionX to a discussion on chip architectures for HPC. "More and more new alternative architectures...
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With China Kicking the FLOP Out of Us, the Gold Medal Prize is Future Prosperity
"Achieving the No. 1 ranking is significant for China’s economic and energy security, not to mention national security. With 125 petaFLOP/s (peak), China’s supercomputer...
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SC16 Best Paper Finalist Looks at Mont-Blanc Project
Now that ARM has been acquired, the big question is how much the Softbank investment firm will invest in bolstering their chips for HPC. Meanwhile, ARM continues...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Advanced Wireless Research Initiative
National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) James Kurose has issued the following...
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Softbank to Acquire ARM
The UK semiconductor company, ARM, may soon be acquired by Japan’s Softbank for £24.3 billion. The Cambridge-based firm is best known for designing microchips used...
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One Stop Systems Merges with Magma
Today One Stop Systems (OSS) announced that it has completed a merger with Magma, with OSS as the surviving entity. Both companies are market leaders in PCIe expansion...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Augmented reality becomes mainstream
My go-to reference lately about the near future has been the 2006 novel Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge. The novel is set in 2025 and the author depicts a world where...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics and Performance Management
Good piece by John O'Rourke because it addresses how analytics can be directly connected to business process. Part of every business process is to understand...
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