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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 …![[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice
Research for Designers A Guide to Methods and Practice By Gjoko Muratovski – Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand and Tongji University, China SAGE Publications...
From Schneier on Security
Defending against Actual IT Threats
Roger Grimes has written an interesting paper: "Implementing a Data-Driven Computer Security Defense." His thesis is that most organizations don't match their defenses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Modeling Tools
Emphasizing the visual. Nice overview. Would this generally influence your choice of data tools? Top 6 Data Modeling Tools ... by Zygimantas JacikeviciusBusinesses...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Much Does a $5 Computer Cost?
This week the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced their new Pi Zero. It only costs $5 in the US. Wow! Here are the specs, via the foundation: BCM2835 (same as Pi...
From Putting People First
50 important customer experience stats for business leaders
Esteban Kolsky is a customer strategist, researcher, keynote speaker, and a consultant (analyst for 15 years, 8 years with Gartner). He believes that research has...
From Putting People First
50 important customer experience stats for business leaders
Esteban Kolsky is a customer strategist, researcher, keynote speaker, and a consultant (analyst for 15 years, 8 years with Gartner). He believes that research has...
From insideHPC
TUM Germany Wins Highest Linpack Award on RSC system at SC15 Student Cluster Competition
Today Russia's RSC Group announced that Team TUMuch Phun from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) won the Highest Linpack Award in the SC15 Student Cluster...
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How Nissan’s using anthropology to make autonomous cars safe
What happens when robot cars meet complex social interaction, like head nods, horn honks, or even road rage? Dr. Melissa Cefkin “is here to teach autonomous cars...
From Putting People First
How Nissan’s using anthropology to make autonomous cars safe
What happens when robot cars meet complex social interaction, like head nods, horn honks, or even road rage? Dr. Melissa Cefkin “is here to teach autonomous cars...
From Putting People First
How brands design customer experiences of the future
In today’s digital age, consumers expect more from the business they support and the products they purchase. Consumers, Macala Wright writes, not only expect great...
From Putting People First
How brands design customer experiences of the future
In today’s digital age, consumers expect more from the business they support and the products they purchase. Consumers, Macala Wright writes, not only expect great...
From insideHPC
Parallel Methods in Financial Services for Intel Xeon Phi
Basic optimization techniques that include an understanding of math functions and how to simplify can go a long way towards better performance. "When optimizing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How the Internet of Things is Changing Work
Lots of interesting examples, I clip below the obvious example in logistics. But collaboration and other enterprise examples are also goodHow the Internet of...
From XRDS
Neural Networks and Recent Accomplishments (and how to train your own NN: a Python based DIY)
INTRODUCTION Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are computational models inspired from one of nature’s most splendid creations – the neuron. It seems our quest to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fast Image Classification
Something we tried to do, but never at this speed. In Flowingdata. Neuraltalk2.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Review / Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails by Michael Hartl
When I started at Shopify in the summer, the only Ruby I knew was from reviewing a children's book, and I didn't know any Rails at all. So I needed to get up to...
From insideHPC
Speeding Up Applications at SC15
Software for data analysis, system management, and for debugging other software were be among the innovations on display at SC15 last week. In addition to the software...
From insideHPC
Video: PBS Pro Workload Manager Goes Open Source
In this video from SC15, Sam Mahalingam from Altair discusses the HyperWorks Unlimited Virtual Appliance and the new open source version of PBS Pro. “Our goal is...
From insideHPC
FujiFilm Qualifies Next-Gen LTO-7 Cartridge
Last week at SC15, Fujifilm announced that its next-generation LTO Ultrium 7 data cartridge has been qualified by the LTO technology provider companies for commercial...
From Geeking with Greg