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From The Eponymous Pickle

Informs Analytics E-News

The Informs e-News: From The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science. Lots of practical news and information for the analytics practitioner... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 22, 2015 at 02:31 PM

From Schneier on Security

Hacking Fitbit

This is impressive: "An attacker sends an infected packet to a fitness tracker nearby at bluetooth distance then the rest of the attack occurs by itself, without... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 22, 2015 at 02:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum Computing Within a Decade

Predicts Microsoft. In the CACM. Most interesting part: " ... The Microsoft team maintains a "hybrid quantum-classical" algorithm needs to be utilized in... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 22, 2015 at 12:59 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

White House National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop

The White House just wrapped up their National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop (NSCI). The purpose of the workshop was to maximize the impact and inform... Helen Wright
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | October 22, 2015 at 12:42 PM

From insideHPC

Asetek Enters OEM Purchase Agreement with Penguin Computing

Today Asetek announced an OEM purchase agreement with HPC vendor Penguin Computing. As a part of the agreement, Penguin will incorporate Asetek’s RackCDU D2C liquid... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Rankings Versus Ratings

Handling both with the amazing generalized Kendall tau distance source Michelle Kwan was one of the last great figure skaters to compete under the historic “6.0”... KWRegan
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | October 22, 2015 at 12:25 PM

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Rankings Versus Ratings

Handling both with the amazing generalized Kendall tau distance source Michelle Kwan was one of the last great figure skaters to compete under the historic “6.0”... KWRegan
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | October 22, 2015 at 12:25 PM

From insideHPC

Video: Supercomputing for Nuclear Fusion

In this video from the World Economic Forum, Santiago Badia from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona introduces some of the challenges of working... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 11:32 AM

From insideHPC

Army Unveils Excalibur Cray XC40 Supercomputer

On Oct. 16, the U.S. Army introduced Excalibur, its newest supercomputer. Currently ranked at #26 on the TOP500, the Cray XC40 system will help ensure SoldiersArmy... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 11:28 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Health Games Research

The gamification of persuasion to improve health has been around for a long time. Initially as part of game platforms, then later as part of wearable systems.Here... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 22, 2015 at 11:13 AM

From insideHPC

DDN Accelerates Intel Omni-Path Fabric for HPC

Today DataDirect Networks announced DDN Omni-Connect, the industry’s first custom Intel Omni-Path enabled storage architecture. DDN Omni-Connect enabled storage... staff
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 11:02 AM

From insideHPC

WRF Microphysics Optimization

"Microphysics provides atmospheric heat and moisture tendencies. This module has been optimized to take advantage of the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. However, some... MichaelS
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 10:34 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Talk: Enhancing Ability Through Smart Cognitive Support Systems

This week's talk today looks to be very interesting. I have had a conversation with the speaker regarding augmenting workers. Join us. Slides here.Dear... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 22, 2015 at 09:45 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

TechPrep -- a website to help people start programming careers

Facebook entered the efforts to help more people learn about programming yesterday with a new website. “TechPrep -- a website to help people start programming careers... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 22, 2015 at 08:32 AM

From Computational Complexity

Complexity Blast from the Past

My friend Marty in grad school mysteriously disappeared in 1985 and showed up yesterday looking exactly the same as I remember him. He said he traveled into my ... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | October 22, 2015 at 07:55 AM

From Schneier on Security

Police Want Genetic Data from Corporate Repositories

Both the FBI and local law enforcement are trying to get the genetic data stored at companies like 23andMe. No surprise, really. As NYU law professor Erin Murphy... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 22, 2015 at 07:40 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Advocating for CS Education – Strategies from Connecticut

By: Chinma Uche The November Voice is full of great advocacy ideas that you can use in your chapter. Be sure to check it out! (csta.acm.org/Communications/sub/CSTAVoice_Files... admin
From Computer Science Teachers Association | October 22, 2015 at 07:15 AM

From insideHPC

Beowulf Bash Returns to SC15 in Austin with Bullriding Contest

There's one party you don't want to miss at SC15, an that's the Beowulf Bash. This year, the Bash is returning to SC15 with a bullriding contest. The event takes... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 22, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

CSEdWeek: Ideas to Fit Your Schedule

The November Voice is full of great advocacy ideas. Be sure to check it out! (csta.acm.org/Communications/sub/CSTAVoice_Files/csta_voice_11_2015.pdf) CSEdWeek is... Pat Phillips
From Computer Science Teachers Association | October 22, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Putting People First

[Book] Watching Closely by Christena Nippert-Eng

Watching Closely: A Guide to Ethnographic Observation by Christena Nippert-Eng Oxford University Press, October 2015 296 pages Ethnographers rely on three related... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 22, 2015 at 06:10 AM