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Math Movies

In 1997 Good Will Hunting, a fictional movie about the hidden mathematical talents of a MIT janitor grossed $225 million and won a best screenplay Oscar for Matt...

Wayz Data Poisoning
From Schneier on Security

Wayz Data Poisoning

People who don't want Wayz routing cars through their neighborhoods are feeding it false data. It was here that Connor learned that some Waze warriors had launched...

Chris Johnson Presents: Big Data Visual Analysis
From insideHPC

Chris Johnson Presents: Big Data Visual Analysis

"We live in an era in which the creation of new data is growing exponentially such that every two days we create as much new data as we did from the beginning of...

ISC 2016 Attendee Guide is a Great Resource for Frankfurt
From insideHPC

ISC 2016 Attendee Guide is a Great Resource for Frankfurt

Are you coming to ISC 2016? There's a new helpful Attendee Guide available that includes information on getting there, agenda planning tools, an attendee list,ISC...

Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities

Announcing - AI / Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities - at University of Madrid" .... I am pleased to announce the AI / Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities - at...

Smart Buildings Generate Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Buildings Generate Data

In Siliconangle:  Every smart building should generate data.   From its processes, systems and devices.   That data should then be converted by analytic methods...

An Advanced Beginners Guide to R
From The Eponymous Pickle

An Advanced Beginners Guide to R

Nicely done.    So you’ve gone through the Computerworld Beginner’s Guide to R and want to take some next steps in your R journey? In this advanced beginner’s guide...

Accenture AI Consulting by Amelia
From The Eponymous Pickle

Accenture AI Consulting by Amelia

Interesting that Accenture openly uses the term AI.Amelia Practice to Help Organizations Accelerate Adoption of Artificial IntelligenceAccenture and IPsoft Launch...

Math. Science. Recess. Minecraft? Twitch club brings gaming to school
From Phys.org Technology News

Math. Science. Recess. Minecraft? Twitch club brings gaming to school

Seventh-grader Brayden Foxhoven hurries to finish his chicken fingers. He has bases to capture. Gems to collect. Viewers to entertain.

Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Artificial Intelligence for Social Good

Yesterday’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and Association for the Advancement of Artificial...

Call for Papers and Participation at Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2016)
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Call for Papers and Participation at Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2016)

We would like to bring your attention to a special session on Intelligent Cooperative Driving, and Autonomous Connected Vehicles (ICD & ACV 2016), as part of the...

Inherent Bias in Recidivism Algorithm
From Schneier on Security

Inherent Bias in Recidivism Algorithm

Really good investigative reporting on the automatic algorithms used to predict recidivism rates....

Cloud Based AI Skills
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cloud Based AI Skills

A look at some additional cloud based AI skills beyond Echo, Siri and Cortana   Not all are available today, notably long expected Samsung's Otto home control and...

Few insurers cut rates for new electronic safety devices
From Phys.org Technology News

Few insurers cut rates for new electronic safety devices

After hearing good things about the latest in crash-prevention technologies, you decided to add automatic emergency braking to your new car.

Conversational Advertising
From The Eponymous Pickle

Conversational Advertising

More on conversational Advertising, today in AdAge. This could be the first time that ads truly become a 'conversation'. See my other posts on previous experience...

Marc Snir Presents: Exascale Computing and Beyond
From insideHPC

Marc Snir Presents: Exascale Computing and Beyond

"The US, like the EU and other countries, is engaged in a national initiative that aims to deploy exascale computing platforms early in the next decade. The outlines...

NVIDIA Inception Program Offers Tools for Deep Learning
From insideHPC

NVIDIA Inception Program Offers Tools for Deep Learning

Today NVIDIA unveiled a comprehensive global program to support the innovation and growth of startups that are driving new breakthroughs in artificial intelligence...

Dissertation finds more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes
From Phys.org Technology News

Dissertation finds more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes

A final-year student at the University of Dundee has used his dissertation to find more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes.

Gartner Positions SGI in “Visionaries” Quadrant for Modular Servers
From insideHPC

Gartner Positions SGI in “Visionaries” Quadrant for Modular Servers

SGI has been positioned by Gartner in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the May 2016 Magic Quadrant for Modular Servers. "Visionaries have an ambitious vision of the...

Long Article on Snowden's Attempts to Raise His Concerns Inside the NSA
From Schneier on Security

Long Article on Snowden's Attempts to Raise His Concerns Inside the NSA

Lots of details that demonstrate that Snowden did try to raise his concerns internally before going public, and that the NSA lied about this....
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