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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 Computational Complexity
When do we care about the constants?
I've been reading two books recently: Asymptopia by Joel Spencer (He turns 70 soon! Workshop for it!. My nephew things that celebrating your bday with a workshop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon and the Smart Home
In SiliconAngle: Amazon continues to ride ahead on improved smart home efforts, Exceeding Apple and Google efforts. A short overview. Ultimately Amazon has...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 March 2016
Well last week was a busy one. I spent the first few days in Memphis working on the K-12 CS Curriculum Framework. (Blogged about that at Writing the K12 CS Framework...
From The Eponymous Pickle
E Mail Inventor Dies
I remember being introduced to E mail at the Pentagon in about 1974. Was used then to simply alert people about test results for software and arrange new experiments...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mass Data Simulations
In DSC: Fascinating piece on ' Mass Data Simulation'. The earliest part of my career used monte carlo simulation linked with parameterized data, to predict outcomes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Aeron Chair
In FastCodesign: A look at the history of Herman Miller's iconic Aeron Chair. Known for being common in pre crash startups. We worked with Herman Miller in the...
From CERIAS Blog
Another year, another RSAC
I have attended 10 of the last 15 RSA conferences. I do this to see what’s new in the market, meet up with friends and colleagues I don’t get to see too often,2015...
From CERIAS Blog
Another year, another RSAC
I have attended 10 of the last 15 RSA conferences. I do this to see what’s new in the market, meet up with friends and colleagues I don’t get to see too often,2015...![[Book] Small Data](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Small Data
Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends Hardcover by Martin Lindstrom February 23, 2016 St. Martin’s Press, 256 pages Martin Lindstrom, a modern-day...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing and Robotic Assembly
Still a Kickstarter prototype ... Printing and assembling ... " ... 3D printers are wonderful tools for modern makers and tinkerers, but all by themselves they...
From insideHPC
Best Practices – Dynamic Tuning for Energy Efficiency
"Today’s server systems provide many knobs which influence energy efficiency and performance. Some of these knobs control the behavior of the operating systems,...
From insideHPC
Trio of SGI Systems to Drive Innovation at ŠKODA AUTO
Today SGI announced that ŠKODA AUTO has deployed an SGI UV and two SGI ICE high performance computing systems to further enhance its computer-aided engineeringTrio...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BlockChain as Game Changer
So what is it. A good non technical and somewhat visual introduction. In BusinessInsider:Goldman Sachs says the technology "has the potential to redefine transactions"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP Acquiring Roambi
During the earliest emergence of tablets and smartphones for advanced data display, we looked at Roambi to provide mobile, agile data visualization for executives...
From Geeking with Greg
Virtual reality hitting the mainstream: The next $100 bet
Virtual reality is hot again, with dedicated hardware headsets launching from multiple manufacturers intended for general use. The world is substantially different...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Trip Report–Ed Camp Boston 2016 – #edcampBOS
I spent most of today at one of the Microsoft offices in Cambridge MA for the Boston EdCamp. EdCamp is an unconference about education. Not much (well really none)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Expand your Signal Hunting Skills
In Forbes: I like using the term 'signal' here. " .... One of the key observations about the difference between big data sources and those traditionally usedThis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonalds Happy Meal VR Viewers
In Fast Codesign: In what seems to be a trend, McDonalds is testing cardboard VR headsets to be used with smartphones, fashioned origami style from happy meal...
From insideHPC
Accelerating Deep Learning with HPC
In this video from the 2016 Stanford HPC Conference, Sumit Sanyal from Minds.ai presents: Deep Learning: Convergence of HPC & Hyperscale. "Minds.ai an early stage...
From insideHPC