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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
Free NYC Gigabit Wifi Hubs
Saw a proposal for this quite a number of years ago. Finally NYC putting public Wifi into many old 'phone booths'. In the Verge. " ... The full network will...
From XRDS
An Introduction From an Interaction Designer
Hello all, my name is Andrew J Hunsucker and I’m a PhD student at Indiana University, focusing on Human Computer Interaction in the Informatics department. YouContinue...
From Schneier on Security
PayPal Authentication Still Substandard
Brian Krebs has the story. Bottom line: PayPal has no excuse for this kind of stuff. I hope the public shaming incents them to offer better authentication for its...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Look at Amazon Echo as Assistant
Have much enjoyed the Amazon Echo's capabilities over the last year. As the article suggest, it works well in unusual, sound challenging environments. That is...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Goes Beyond Coding
CSTA’s very own Board Member, Sheena Vaidyanathan has been featured in a December edSurge article, titled “Computer Science Goes Beyond Coding.” The “teach kids...
From insideHPC
Video: GPUltima – The Ultimate in GPU Networks
Steve Cooper from One Stop Systems presented this talk at SC15. “The OSS GPUltima is the densest and most cost-effective petaflop solution for scalable data center...
From insideHPC
Intel Completes Altera Acquisition
Today Intel Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera, a leading provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The acquisition...
From insideHPC
2016 Predictions from Radio Free HPC
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team makes their tech predictions for 2016. Will secure firmware be the key differentiator for HPC vendors? Will this be the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
R for Big Data: PivotalR
Just examining. Addressing the usability of languages like R and Python in Big Data computing environments." ... When discussing data science tools, it’s common...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Top Posts from 2015
I decided it was time to take a look at my most read posts from the last year. This is an interesting exercise for several reasons. One is the inconsistency ofProgramming...
From Schneier on Security
DMCA and the Internet of Things
In theory, the Internet of Things -- the connected network of tiny computers inside home appliances, household objects, even clothing -- promises to make your life...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Winning at Work
Useful thoughts: In the HBR: Research-Based Ways to Win at Work in 2016 by Sarah Green CarmichaelNone of these points are that surprising. Each suggestion...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Media Spending Slower Growth
From McKinsey: A key measure. Overall expenditures rose marginally year on year in 2014, but slower growth is coming.
From Geeking with Greg
Working at Microsoft
I'm joining Microsoft! I'll be part of the excellent Analytics and Experimentation team, helping people learn from data. I'm excited! I've been geeking out with...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Alan Gara on the Intel Scalable System Framework
In this Intel Chip Chat podcast, Alan Gara describes how Intel’s Scalable System Framework (SSF) is meeting the extreme challenges and opportunities that researchers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer (and Math) Humor
I like this one in part because it is subtle. There are two basic standards for opening the curly brace in C-type languages. Not everyone will pick up on it....
From The Eponymous Pickle
BMW Pushes Gesture Control
Always had my doubts about gestures control in cars, but BMW is pushing it:In TheVerge:Last CES, BMW teased the future of its human-machine interface with a gesture...
From insideHPC
Call for Papers: EMiT 2016 Emerging Technologies Conference
The EMiT 2016 Emerging Technologies Conference has issued its Call for Papers. Hosted by the Mont-Blanc project and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, the event...
From insideHPC
Video: Profiling at Scale
"Developers of modern HPC applications face a challenge when scaling out their hybrid (MPI/OpenMP) applications. As cluster sizes continue to grow, the amount of...
From Computational Complexity