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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
Connected Air Fresheners in the Internet of Things
Here's A Whiff of the Future for the Internet of ThingsMarketing Lessons from P&G's Febreze Internet-Connected Air Freshener By David Berkowitz" .... When the Febreze...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon's Robotics Investment
In Qz.com:" .... Amazon is just beginning to use robots in its warehouses and they’re already making a huge difference .... Amazon acquired Kiva for $775 million...
From Schneier on Security
Situational Awareness and Crime Prevention
Ronald V. Clarke argues for more situational awareness in crime prevention. Turns out if you make crime harder, it goes down. And this has profound policy implications...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Great Innovative Idea- A Socio-Cultural & Technical Approach to Affective Biometrics
The following Great Innovative Idea is from Gloria Washington, an Assistant Professor of computer science at Howard University. In addition to being an Assistant...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Waze Making us Think Like Ants in Traffic
Ants avoiding traffic. Reminds me of swarming algorithms for tracking or searching. Considered it in warehouses. Have used Waze from time to time but have never...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reimagining Tech at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart to combine tech, humanity to "reimagine retail" by Doug McMillon" ... Wal-Mart will "reimagine retail again" through efforts that support and engage store...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Operationalizing Big Data
I think this is more than just about handling big, varied and volatile data from many sources. Have seen this poorly done. Its about having the analytics and...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
I do not use a debugger
I learned to program with BASIC back when I was twelve. I would write elaborate programs and run them. Invariably, they would surprise me by failing to do whatContinue...
From insideHPC
Dell Brings Supercomputing Power to Mainstream Enterprises
"While traditional HPC has been critical to research programs that enable scientific and societal advancement, Dell is mainstreaming these capabilities to support...
From The Noisy Channel
Query Understanding: A Manifesto
Query understanding has been my obsession for years. But my recent work at Etsy and Pinterest has sharpened my thinking on the topic.Continue reading on Medium...
From Putting People First
‘Big data is people!’
The sum of our clickstreams is not an objective measure of who we are, but a personal portrait of our hopes and desires, argues Rebecca Lemov, associate professor...
From insideHPC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Rolls Out Software Defined HPC Platform
Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) introduced new high-performance computing solutions that aim to accelerate HPC adoption by enabling faster time-to-value...
From Schneier on Security
Security Behavior of Pro-ISIS Groups on Social Media
Interesting: Since the team had tracked these groups daily, researchers could observe the tactics that pro-ISIS groups use to evade authorities. They found that...
From insideHPC
Slidecast: Announcing the Nvidia Tesla P100 for PCIe Servers
In this slidecast, Marc Hamilton from describes the Nvidia Tesla P100 for PCIe Servers. "The Tesla P100 for PCIe is available in a standard PCIe form factor and...
From insideHPC
Cray Adds Intel Xeon Phi Processor to Flagship Line of Supercomputers
Today Cray introduced new performance breakthroughs that will provide customers with the fastest Cray XC supercomputers and Cray Sonexion storage systems to date...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Better Comments in Visual Studio
Thanks to Channel 9 I found an interesting extension for Visual Studio called Better Comments. "Better Comments is a Visual Studio extension that gives you the...
From insideHPC
Supermicro Launches Wide Range of HPC Solutions at ISC 2016
SuperMicro is showcasing its High Performance Computing solutions at ISC 2016 this week in Frankfurt, Germany. "With Supermicro HPC solutions deep learning, engineering...
From insideHPC
Asetek Demonstrates Leadership with Recent Global Installations
Sandia National Laboratories has already seen the benefits from a major Asetek liquid cooled HPC system that has been in use for over twelve months. The 600 teraflop...
From insideHPC
Cray Announces Big Wins at ISC 2016
Today Cray announced that the company has been awarded new contracts for its Cray XC40 supercomputer, two Cray CS400 cluster supercomputers, a Cray Urika-GX agile...
From The Eponymous Pickle