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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 Putting People First
Interview with acclaimed social psychologist Sherry Turkle
Tim Adams has published a long interview with Sherry Turkle, MIT Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, in the Observer (the Sunday editionInterview...
From Putting People First
Obama’s nudging efforts are so far only about prodding
The White House’s Social and Behavioral Science Team (SBST), a cross-agency effort to bring behavioral science research into the policy making process, has just...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fung Group Shopping Lab for Shopper Behavior
This was mentioned to me in a conversation recently, now the first reports from people who have visited. Quite a bit of leading edge tech, including 3D printing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NYTimes to Use Simple Virtual Reality
In Adage. Leading to more general exposure and interest? Beyond ads to actual content.The New York Times Introduces Virtual Reality Project With Google Cardboard...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyber Insurance Policies
In the CACM: A good overview of the direction and providers of Cyber insurance policies." ... The cyber attacks carried out against Sony, Target, Home Depot,Currently...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coursolve: A Marketplace for Digital Internships
Coursolve - The World’s Marketplace for Digital Internships" ... Coursolve is an experiential learning platform that connects learners and organizations through...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailers Tackling Amazon
Evan Schuman comments on the right way that retailers should tackle amazon. In ComputerWorld.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Graph Query Language is Open Source
Neo4j: Brought to my attention. Have announced open source. This is known to be used by Wal-Mart and Ebay. Case studies at their site. " ... An Intuitive...
From insideHPC
Dell Rolls Out DSS-branded Servers
Today Dell announced its first DSS-branded servers. Formally announced in August 2015, Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS) is a new line of business within...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beauty Talent for Supply Chain
In CGT: " .... Attracting, building and developing a talented, entrepreneurial supply chain planning team is a challenge. Add in the pressure of making significant...
From insideHPC
Western Digital to Acquire SanDisk
Today Western Digital announced plans to acquire SanDisk for a combination of cash and stock worth approximately $19 billion. The transaction has been approvedWestern...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Releases Whitepaper in Support of White House New Grand Challenge
On October 20, as part of the rollout of the National Strategic Computing Initiative, the White House announced their nanotechnology-inspired grand challenge to...
From insideHPC
DDN User Group Coming to SC15
DataDirect Networks will host it’s annual DDN User Group Meeting in Denver on Monday, Nov. 16 at SC15 in Austin, Texas. The post DDN User Group Coming to SC15 appeared...
From insideHPC
GPUs Speed Reservoir Simulation with Cray CS-Storm Supercomputer
Today Cray announced the achievement of a new performance benchmark for reservoir simulations using Stone Ridge Technology's ECHELON reservoir simulation software...
From insideHPC
StartupHPC Summit to Inspire Entrepreneurs at SC15
Today StartupHPC announced its second annual summit will be held in Austin on Nov 16 at the Capital Factory. Held in conjunction with SC15, the conference features...
From insideHPC
Video: Cognitive Computing – Past and Present
"The Cognitive Era is the next step in the application of science to understand nature and improve the human condition. In that sense, it is a new chapter of aVideo...
From Putting People First
Seeking meaning in a Big Data world
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s new national centre for data science, will focus on “drawing value out of the data”, writes Emily Cadman in the Financial Times...
From Schneier on Security
Security Risks of Unpatched Android Software
A lot has been written about the security vulnerability resulting from outdated and unpatched Android software. The basic problem is that while Google regularly...
From The Eponymous Pickle