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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
Soft Robotic Fingers
We addressed this issue for a robotics application. Haptics is touch.In the CACM:Soft Robotic Fingers Recognize Objects by FeelDaniela Rus at the Massachusetts...
From insideHPC
Video: Intel’s Machine Learning Strategy
In this video from the HPC User Forum in Tucson, Gary Paek from Intel presents: Intel's Machine Learning Strategy. "Earlier this week, Intel announced the inception...
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Job of the Week: HPC Application Performance Engineer at Mellanox
Mellanox is seeking an HPC Application Performance Engineer in our Job of the Week. "Mellanox Technologies is looking for a talented engineer to lead datacenter...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Quantum Supremacy and Complexity
An AMS article by Gil Kalai updates his skeptical position on quantum computers Cropped from Rothschild Prize source Gil Kalai is a popularizer of mathematics as...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: My Little Cephalopod
I assume this is more amusing to people who know about My Little Pony. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
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University of Iceland Unveils Lenovo Supercomputer
Today the University of Iceland unveiled a new supercomputer that will boost research in a range of scientific areas. Manufactured by Lenovo, the cluster was funded...
From Schneier on Security
Encryption Backdoor Cartoons
Dilbert has a series: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. SMBC. And three more that make it clear this is a security vs. surveillance debate. Also this....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing AI
Examples of coming Marketing AI. by Jeremy Wilson" ... With all the buzz about artificial intelligence and the launch of the Facebook bot marketplace, I thought...
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HPC Benchmarking Results for Intel Broadwell Processors
Over at the Dell HPC Community Blog, Ashish Kumar Singh, Mayura Deshmukh and Neha Kashyap discuss the performance characterization of Intel Broadwell processors...
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Magic Leap Virtual Reality
In Wired: A new kind of virtual reality augmentation, with much less needed equipment in the way? Making it a kind of augmented reality without some of the clumsiness...
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Video: Cloud for the “Missing Middle”
Leo Reiter from Nimbix presented this deck at the HPC User Forum. “Nimbix is a pure high performance computing cloud built for volume, speed and simplicity. WeVideo...
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Michael Klemm Appointed CEO of OpenMP ARB
The Board of Directors of the OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael Klemm as the new CEO of the OpenMP organization...
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Packs 8 GPUs into Apollo 6500 Server
In this video from the 2016 GPU Technology Conference, Greg Schmidt from Hewlett Packard Enterprise describes the new Apollo 6500 server. "With up to eight high...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congressional Briefing on Encryption on April 22
The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee will hold a lunch briefing today on “Encryption: Balancing Privacy, Security and Law Enforcement Needs.” The...
From Schneier on Security
Cheating in Bicycle Races with Tiny Hidden Motors
If doping weren't enough, cyclists are cheating in races by hiding tiny motors in their bicycles. There are many detection techniques: For its report, Stade 2 positioned...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Sees AI and Cloud as its Future
Have heard this mantra from a number of directions this week. " .... Google believes its superior AI will be the key to its future .... Sundar Pichai sets its ...
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Data Gathering, Displaying, Connected Contact Lens
Wearable, even bionic solutions to augmented reality:Samsung is developing a contact lens camera, triggered by blinking, that can also project images into the eye...
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Conversational Voice Bots From Baidu
Considerable work done by Chinese company Baidu in voice interfaces, with indications of Bot like interaction to AI. A good group to follow. They have a huge"...
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Ohio Supercomputer Center Names New Cluster after Jesse Owens
The Ohio Supercomputer Center has named its newest HPC cluster after Olympic champion Jesse Owens. The new Owens Cluster will be powered by Dell PowerEdge servers...
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