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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
FLOW-3D Release Scales CFD up to 512 Cores
Flow Science has just released FLOW-3D/MP v6.1, the high-performance computing version of its flagship CFD software, FLOW-3D. Enhancements include active simulation...
From insideHPC
Video: MCDRAM (High Bandwidth Memory) on Knights Landing
"The Intel’s next generation Xeon Phi processor family x200 product (code-name Knights Landing) brings in new memory technology, a high bandwidth on package memory...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating Value with Advanced Analytics
Repeating this, it is well put, Its about where decisions are needed: Bain Company brief:It’s easy for tech-savvy executives to get excited about Big Data andWhat...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence Simplified: Understanding Basic Concepts
I am officially a (self-published) author!I co-authored a book called Artificial Intelligence Simplified: Understanding Basic Concepts. My expertise is not inCanada...
From insideHPC
AliCloud & Nvidia to Expand HPC and Deep Learning Market
Today AliCloud signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia to provide the first GPU-based cloud HPC platform in China. The partnership also plans to provide emerging...
From insideHPC
Bright Cluster Manager 7.2 adds Support for Docker and Intel Omni-Path
Bright Cluster Manager Version 7.2 is out today, a new release that "extends insight, integration, and ease-of-use for managing clustered and cloud-based IT infrastructures...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Analytics Short Demo
Short, good, demonstration via Holly Nielsen of IBM:2 Minute Dashboard With Watson AnalyticsWatch Francis Hall take some typical sales pipeline data from a spreadsheet...
From Schneier on Security
Security Trade-offs in the Longbow vs. Crossbow Decision
Interesting research: Douglas W. Allen and Peter T. Leeson, "Institutionally Constrained Technology Adoption: Resolving the Longbow Puzzle," Journal of Law and...
From insideHPC
Adaptive Computing Achieves Record High Throughput with Supermicro Systems
Today Adaptive Computing announces it has set a new record in High Throughput Computing (HTC) in collaboration with Supermicro, a leader in high-performance green...
From Writing
A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It's a Process
My blog post on The Macro, Y Combinator’s blog, about one of the most common reasons for startup failure: A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process...
From Writing
A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It's a Process
My blog post on The Macro, Y Combinator’s blog, about one of the most common reasons for startup failure: A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process...
From Putting People First
Creating age-friendly cities
In a new report the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute (MHFI) argues that we need a new thinking about how to create “age-friendly cities.” Adapting to theCreating...
From Putting People First
The power of creativity from below
Anthropologist Michael Thompson believes in the power of creativity from below in solving some of the smaller and bigger problems of our time. “People generally...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Chess Firewall at Zero?
We halve our blunder rate when infinitesimally ahead, but why? Crop from Seneca chess quote source Lucius Seneca was a Roman playwright, philosopher, and statesman...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Slack and Skype
Was just introduced to Slack and liked it. Especially for better email focus. Now what will its (still limited) integration with Skype look like? More on the...
From Putting People First
The IBM plan to bring design thinking to big business
For going on four years now, IBM has been working to reinvent itself as a design-led business. In 2012, the computing behemoth employed just one designer for every...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Eligibility Solicitation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding to conduct research...
From insideHPC
The Death and Life of Traditional HPC
The consensus of the panel was that making full use of Intel SSF requires system thinking at the highest level. This entails deep collaboration with the company...
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Compute Canada Sponsors Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge
Compute Canada is partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to launch the first ever Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge. This...
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