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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 Noisy Channel
Where should you put your data scientists?
Today I had the honor of delivering the keynote address at Hilary Mason’s Fast Forward Labs Data Leadership Conference in New York. It was…Continue reading on Medium...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
'Take Your Kid to Work Day' Coding Workshop with ScratchJr
A new professional development day was recently added to our local school board's calendar. One of my colleagues, John Duff, made the brilliant suggestion to have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Samsung's Personal Assistant: Otto
And yet another assistant example: Samsung's Otto. Always attentive. Seemingly more oriented to the internet of things. Mode video directed like a security camera...
From Computational Complexity
Claude Shannon (1916-2001)
Claude Shannon was born hundred years ago Saturday. Shannon had an incredible career but we know him best for his 1948 paper A Mathematical Theory of Communication...
From Blog@Ubiquity
Test Early and Often
Developing software requires a mix of analytical and creative approaches, involving different types of people who have different blends of thinking. But how can...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Recognizes Former CCC Council Member Eric Horvitz
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the recipients of four prestigious technical awards. These innovators were selected by their peers for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeing AI Interest and an AI Talent Grab
Indications of where the interest is, and where the talent is coming from. I see it myself in a number of general inquiries I see that ask How do we do that?what...
From insideHPC
Video: HPE Persistent Memory
"HPE Persistent Memory products deliver the performance of memory with the persistence of traditional storage. The HPE 8GB NVDIMM Module is the first offering in...
From insideHPC
Report: US At Risk of Falling Behind in Supercomputing
Today the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) published a new report that urges U.S. policymakers to take decisive steps to ensure the United...
From insideHPC
Interview: Jeff Bonwick on the Secret Sauce behind DSSD
We caught up Jeff Bonwick from DSSD to learn more about their exciting storage technology for HPC. "Our mission statement was four words: fastest storage on earth...
From insideHPC
Slidecast: Getting Started with HPC using the New IBM Platform LSF Suites
In this slidecast, Gabor Samu from IBM describes the newly available IBM Platform LSF Suites for Workgroup and HPC. Designed to make it much easier to "kick the...
From insideHPC
Code Modernization for High Performance Hardware
"Parallel software and parallel hardware, used together will give the best results for an application. If the application is serial in nature, and the processor...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonalds and Gaming Tablets
In the Verge: A look at how McDonald's is testing and potentially integrating tablets into store experiences. Not enough detail in the article. This opens the...
From Schneier on Security
Amazon Unlimited Fraud
Amazon Unlimited is a all-you-can-read service. You pay one price and can read anything that's in the program. Amazon pays authors out of a fixed pool, on the basis...
From Phys.org Technology News
Augmented games can increase the diversity of sports
Augmented climbing wall increases social interaction, helps to attract wider target audiences and empowers users to become content creators.
From Phys.org Technology News
Body Electric
Ever played with K'nex? If so, you know how the construction set, a classic for any child growing up in the '90s, can create more than just toys. It can build rollercoasters...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Largest IT Investor
Surprising that they are tops across industries: Details. In RISNews: " ... For the second year in a row retail powerhouse Walmart has spent the most money on...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2016 Cutler-Bell Prize contest now OPEN!
The Cutler-Bell Prize is awarded to outstanding high school students who do computer science work well beyond the bounds of an ordinary high school computer science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartstones and Speech
Mentioned here a number of times, I have a small connection ...An Entrepreneur Makes Speech a Reality for All" ... Smartstones, Inc., a company taking great leaps...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog