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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
Pizza Service with a Cognitive Smile?
Word that Pizza Hut plans to soon test robots for customer service in Asia. We examined much simpler kiosk-style interactions in retail. Do androids with AI...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driverless Carts
More on driverless carts in retailwire. And a discussion. Maybe its not the smart of carts that is important, but the inconvenience.
From insideHPC
Requirements in HPC Environments
This is the second article in a series taken from the insideHPC Guide to Flexible HPC. Organizations that implement high-performance computing (HPC) technologies...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Data Science Webinar- DevOps at Amazon: A Look at Our Tools and Processes
The AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have organized another talk in their Data Science Seminar Series from Bill...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
South Big Data Hub DataStart Program
The South Big Data Hub links talented students with tech startups through a DataStart program, which provides real-world experiences for students while helping...
From Schneier on Security
Nude Photos as Loan Collateral
The New York Times is reporting that some women in China are being forced to supply nude photos of themselves as collateral for getting a loan. Aside from the awfulness...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 June 2016
I think my brain shut down when I left school last Monday to start the summer break. While I got a lot of personal business done last week my mind was really not...
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC Looks at Sunway TaihuLight – the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
In this podcast, Shahin Khan from OrionX joins the Radio Free HPC team for a look at the new TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. "The 93 Petaflop...
From insideHPC
At ISC 2016, The Times, They Are A-Changin’
In this special guest feature, Kim McMahon and Brian E. Whitaker share their perspectives on the supercomputer industry from ISC 2016 in Frankfurt. "ISC hosts 147...
From insideHPC
Univa Grid Engine Supports New Intel Xeon Phi Processor
Today Univa announced the release of Univa Grid Engine Version 8.4.0 with preview support for the Intel Xeon Phi processor (formerly code-named “Knights Landing...
From insideHPC
93 Petaflop Chinese Supercomputer is World’s Fastest on Latest TOP500 List
A new machine called Sunway TaihuLight in China is the fastest supercomputer on the planet. Announced today with the release of the latest TOP500 list, the 93 Petaflop...
From insideHPC
New NVIDIA Tesla P100 Brings Pascal Architecture to HPC Applications
“Accelerated computing is the only path forward to keep up with researchers’ insatiable demand for HPC and AI supercomputing,” said Ian Buck, vice president ofNew...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Rules for VR
Hardly rules, more like general usefulness guidelines. Would like to see more detail here. What works for real enterprise examples?
From Phys.org Technology News
Few Utah police report drone use, cite tough FAA regulations
Law enforcement agencies have touted drones as a powerful new tool for searches and investigations, but police in Utah report they've stopped using the devices...
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Generating Lists from Electronic Medical Records
Late to this presentation, but just examined and worth looking at:" ... Ching-Huei Tsou, from IBM Watson Research,who will present "Toward Generating Domain-specific...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data and Decision Making
Ultimately its about how how to apply data and analytics to decision making. Bernard Marr does a good job with some straight forward steps in Forbes. Fairly short...
From insideHPC
Asetek to Premier VerticalRackCDU Liquid Cooling at ISC 2016
Today Asetek announced plans to showcase its liquid cooling solutions and successful installations at ISC 2016 in Frankfurt. "For the first time, Asetek will be...
From insideHPC
Challenges for Climate and Weather Prediction in the Era of Heterogeneous Architectures
Beth Wingate from the University of Exeter presented this talk at the PASC16 conference in Switzerland. "For weather or climate models to achieve exascale performance...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Theory In The Time of Big Data
What is the role of theory today? Anna Gilbert and Atri Rudra are top theorists who are well known for their work in unraveling secrets of computation. They are...
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