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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
Google I/O 2016 as an Anita Borg Scholar
Back in February, I ran an event to celebrate Anita Borg's birthday. I along with some Shopify colleagues focused on students not majoring in computer science;coding...
From insideHPC
BeeGFS Certified on Intel Omni-Path at 12GB/s per server
Today ThinkParQ from Germany announced certification of BeeGFS over Intel Omni-Path Architecture (OPA). “Without a doubt, Intel has made a big leap in performance...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing an Internet of Things
In Forbes: These DARPA Darlings Just Raised $20M To Build A Super-Powered Google For The Internet Of Things by Thomas Fox-Brewster . Good to see some of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards a loss of Anonymity
Face recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity ... FindFace compares photos to profile pictures on social network Vkontakte and works...
From Phys.org Technology News
Why is the black box not stored in the cloud?
Professor David Stupples, City's Professor of Electronic and Radio Systems, says the time has come for the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit data recorder...
From Schneier on Security
Hijacking the PC Update Process
There's a new report on security vulnerabilities in the PC initialization/update process, allowing someone to hijack it to install malware: One of the major things...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 6 June 2016
Sorry there was no interesting links post last week. Long story – feel free to ask me about it if you run into me in person this summer. In any case I am back on...
From Phys.org Technology News
Union: No room for old technology in new airport towers
Two state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas will first need extensive remodeling to make room for technology...
From Putting People First
How To Design With Discipline: UX Lessons From 3M
The 3M Health Care Business Group follows a strict UX design process that allows for complexity—but isn’t overly complex. Jerry Cao and Eileen Conway report onHow...
From Putting People First
[Book] User Experience in Libraries
User Experience in Libraries: Applying Ethnography and Human-Centred Design Edited by Andy Priestner, Matt Borg Routledge, 2016 212 pages Modern library services...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTTT Beyond the Recipe
The IFTTT describes and supports a set of recipes for action based on information channels. Simple, and a great place to start. But why not take the idea beyond...
From Computational Complexity
What do Evolution, Same Sex Marriage, and Abstract Set Theory have in Common?
(This post is based on articles from 2012 so it may no longer be true. Also- to be fair- I tried finding stuff on the web BY the people who object to our children...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTTT Continues to Build Channel Support
There are now 314 channels, includes connections to Samsung and GE Smart applicances. From the BMW automotive lab, home smart security systems, Amazon Echo and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Do AI Doctors Save Lives
AI in Healthcare: Fascinating tech, but is it actually saving lives?Computers excel at finding a signal in the noise, but we're still wary of AI doctors. ... " ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where Predictive Analytics is Working
In HBR: Where Predictive Analytics Is Having the Biggest Impactby Jacob LaRivierePreston McAfeeJustin RaoVijay K. NarayananWalter Sun .... ... Once companiesOur...
From insideHPC
Video: Using GPUs for Electromagnetic Simulations of Human Interface Technology
Chris Mason from Acceleware presented this talk at GTC 2016. "This session will focus on real life examples including an RF powered contact lens, a wireless capsule...
From insideHPC
Call for Presentations: MVAPICH User Group (MUG) Meeting
The MVAPICH User Group (MUG) meeting has issued its Call for Presentations. The event takes place August 15-17 in Columbus, Ohio. The post Call for Presentations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Evolving with Industry Trends
In Inc. This is becoming an important skill. " ... 7 Ways to Identify and Evolve With Industry Trends ... You can keep up with and be part of the changes, or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Employee Experience Equation
Interesting way to think about this. The elements of experience. ....The Employee Experience Equation by Jacob Morgan I’m betting BIG on the concept of the employee...
From The Eponymous Pickle