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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 insideHPC
Radio Free HPC News Roundup for Friday the 13th
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the news highlights for the week leading up to Friday the 13th of May, 2016. Highlights include a 25 Petaflop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Half of Web Traffic is from Bots
In CWorld: I recall a statement like this before, and have also seen evidence of this when examining peaks in web analytics. The volume still amazes me. It...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Probabilistic Programming
Technical piece on the topic. have not seen this approach used directly:" ... Probabilistic programming allows for automatic Bayesian inference on user-defined...
From Phys.org Technology News
Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams
Students at a medical college in Thailand have been caught using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams. They used wireless spycams in eyeglasses...
From Schneier on Security
More on the Going Dark Debate
Lawfare is turning out to be the go-to blog for policy wonks about various government debates on cybersecurity. There are two good posts this week on the Going...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beacons and Ad Timing
In Mediapost: Beacons Determine Best Time To Send Ads, ID When Shopper 'Due' For Store Visit by Chuck Martin Beacons were always good at being able to trigger...
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Business Models for the Internet of Things
Some good thoughts on making it work.The business of ThingsDeveloping a workable business model for the consumer IoT isn’t just important—it’s urgent.By Alasdair...
From Computational Complexity
The Challenges of Smart Cities
Earlier this week I attended the CCC workshop Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs (video). The workshop covered a large collection...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Project Tango from Google for Consumers?
Sensor fitted phone coming? Rumors that this will be announced at IO meetings next week. It was often mentioned as a means to navigate inside physical retail...
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Disney Makes Objects Smart
Disney makes objects smart using RFID tags. In the Verge. Gets back to an old question, where should the smarts be? Simple tagging can place the smarts involved...
From insideHPC
June 1 Deadline for SC16 Student Volunteer Applications Fast Approaching
Applications to attend SC16 as a Student Volunteer are due Wednesday, June 1. "As part of the Students@SC program, Student Volunteers play a key role in supporting...
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Combating the Spread of Disease with HPC
In this special guest feature, Lance Farrell writes that, in this era of global air travel, NSF-funded researchers are using supercomputers to equip policy makers...
From insideHPC
Western Digital Completes Acquisition of SanDisk
Today Western Digital announced it has completed the acquisition of SanDisk Corporation. The addition of SanDisk makes Western Digital Corporation a comprehensive...
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Consolidating Storage for Scientific Computing
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Shailesh M Shenoy from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York discusses the challenges...
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Altair Acquires Electromagnetics Software Portfolio from CEDRAT
Today Altair announced the company has acquired CEDRAT S.A. and its New York-based wholly-owned subsidiary, Magsoft Corporation, expanding the electromagnetic and...
From insideHPC
Diffusion Optimization on Intel Xeon Phi
"The next step is to look at using OpenMP directives to create multiple threads to distribute the work over many threads and cores. A key OpenMP directive, #pragma...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Plans to Chirp the Echo
In NDTv: Rumors out there that Google and others will soon announce a challenger to the Amazon Echo. If anything Amazon has shown that consumers are interested...
From Phys.org Technology News
Explainer: How dangerous is turbulence, and can it bring down a plane?
If you have ever travelled on an aeroplane the chances are you have experienced some form of turbulence. For those of us who fly infrequently, it can be alarming...
From The Eponymous Pickle