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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 Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ink Pasta
Squid ink pasta is not hard to make, and is a really good side for a wide variety of fish recipes. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
From Schneier on Security
Podcast Interview with Me
The Technoskeptic has posted a good interview with me on its website. Normally it charges for its content, but this interview is available for free....
From insideHPC
NSF’s iPlant Rebrands to CyVerse, Provides Data Management and Computation Across Scientific Disciplines
The National Science Foundation’s premier data management platform for the life sciences has rebranded, shedding the project’s original label of iPlant Collaborative...
From Schneier on Security
"How Stories Deceive"
Fascinating New Yorker article about Samantha Azzopardi, serial con artist and deceiver. The article is really about how our brains allow stories to deceive us:...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2016 AP Computer Science Principles Scholarship Programs
A lot of people are looking for help getting professional development. I saw this on the CSTA mailing list and thought I should post it for people who have have...
From insideHPC
Video: Intersect360 Research Describes HPC Market Trends at SC15
In this video from the Dell booth at SC15, Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discusses why HPC is now important to a broader group of use cases, and dugVideo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Predix for Big Data and Analytics
Starting to get an introduction to Predix. Impressive so far. Look forward to see its broad availability. See my other posts this year on Predix developmentConnect...
From insideHPC
Call for Papers: 2016 Optical Interconnects Conference
The fifth annual Optical Interconnects Conference has issued its Call for Papers. Hosted by the IEEE Photonics Society, the event takes place May 9-11 in San Diego...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Snickers Data Mined for Impulse Targets
In Digiday: Snickers mines behavioral data to find 'windows of impulsivity'. .... " .... Ad targeting is moving into a new area: moods. Snickers maker Mars is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gershenfeld Discusses Fab Labs
Via CACM: Neil Gershenfeld talks about Fab Labs. We met him in the early establishment of the idea of the Center for Bits and AtomsIn MIT News" ... Neil Gershenfeld...
From insideHPC
The Impact of HPC on Music
Many will be familiar with HPC and industrial or scientific applications, but now HPC is making its impact on something that touches the soul of millions and millions...
From Blog@Ubiquity
How Much Higher Can ICT Rise? On the Final Limits of ICT
Information and communication technology (ICT) is the most distinctive cultural accomplishment of the last half century. It is unprecedented in sophistication and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Known Discoveries in Data
Was just informed of the below. Exploring, will have further commentsKnown Discoveries in Data, Powered by IBM Watson AnalyticsThis is a place for the curious....
From insideHPC
Students: Apply Now for Summer of HPC in Europe
PRACE is seeking students interested in spending the summer working abroad. Consisting of a training week and two months at a European High Performance Computing...
From insideHPC
Barbara Chapman Named Head of Brookhaven Lab’s Computer Science and Mathematics Group
Barbara Chapman, a leading researcher in programming languages, programming models, and compilers, has been named head of the Computer Science and Mathematics Group...
From Schneier on Security
Replacing Judgment with Algorithms
China is considering a new "social credit" system, designed to rate everyone's trustworthiness. Many fear that it will become a tool of social control -- but in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Organizing for the Future
McKinsey writes about how organizations will change as talent market squeeze capabilities: " ... Platform-based talent markets help put the emphasis in human-capital...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Does the Physical Internet look Like?
Not what does it looks like schematically, fascinating as well, but what does the wiring look like? An article in the Atlantic shows some pictures. Having had...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wirearchy of the Future of Work
An interesting short e-Book was brought to my attention via the Watson Predictioneers group on Slack:Wirearchy - The eBook - Wirearchy (Sketches for the Future...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM