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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
Transitioning From Academia to Industry
It seems that 2015 has been a year of change for our family. My husband got a new job in February, we somewhat suddenly decided to buy a new house down the road...
From insideHPC
Agenda Posted for HPC Advisory Council China Conference
The HPC Advisory Council has published the Agenda for their China Conference. The event takes place Nov. 9 in Wuxi, China. The post Agenda Posted for HPC Advisory...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hyperspectral Cameras as Sensors
In the CACM: " .... Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft Research say they are developing HyperCam, affordable camera technology that could...
From The Eponymous Pickle
State of Neuromarketing
In New York Magazine: Good non technical article on the state of the use of neuromarketing techniques in industry. Some of the things stated as starting to happen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Some Consumers Can Predict Product Failures
In RetailWire: " ... While brands and retailers continually try to link themselves to trendsetters, a new university study has identified a unique subset of consumers...
From insideHPC
Researchers Propose “Brain Observatory” Neurotechnology Centers
Researchers are calling for a coordinated national network of neurotechnology centers or "brain observatories." As proposed in an Opinion paper published in the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
My Writings for Cognitive Systems Group
Links to my writings for the Cognitive Systems Institute Group. On automated analytics, cognitive systems, virtual advisors and more. These are links to discussions...
From insideHPC
Optimizing Cloud and HPC Technologies for Advanced Simulation
Rob Walsh from Altair Engineering presented this talk at the HPC User Forum. "The HyperWorks Unlimited Physical Appliance is a fully configured high-performance...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The CCC Needs Your Input on Software Security
The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 mandated a report to Congress on the status of a Cybersecurity Research Plan, specifically focusing on software security...
From insideHPC
Qumulo Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS Powers Analytics at Sinclair Oil
Today Qumulo announced that Sinclair Oil has chosen the company's scale-out NAS storage for increased performance and real-time data visibility necessary to properly...
From Schneier on Security
How to Commandeer a Store PA System
If you call the proper phone extension, you have complete control over the public address system at a Target store....
From Putting People First
Inside the mind of museum-goer
Why do some people spend all day in a gallery while others dash around in an hour? Laurent Carpentier wonders what is the difference between the 3.6% of respondents...
From Putting People First
Don Norman on why “mostly autonomous” cars are dangerous
Cars that are autonomous most of the time (but not all the time) are dangerous, argues Donald Norman: “Whether you are fan or foe of completely autonomous vehicles...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automation in IT Services
Interesting suggestion. Certainly not what has happened to date. The growth of IT use and complexity has led to many more workers. In CWorld: " ... Automation...
From insideHPC
Video: Dell Powers Comet Supercomputer at SDSC
"Comet is SDSC’s newest HPC cluster, designed as a high-throughput system with unique HPC virtualization capabilities to accommodate a large number of researchers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Power of Now: Retail Forecasting
In Think with Google. Have followed a number of growth models. Examining this one.Marketing's New 'Power of Now' In a world of infinite information and product...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 19 October 2015
I played around with social media statistics this weekend. Apparently some 7% of both my Twitter followers and readers of this blog are from the UK. That more than...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA Offering Patents to Startups
In ZDNet: To include patents in Robotics and Analytics." ... US space agency NASA is offering startups a license to 15 categories of patented NASA technologies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing and Design Thinking
Nicely thought out look at the idea. Embed the consumer.Marketing takeaways from design thinking by Mandeep Grover As marketers, it's easy to get stuck in campaign...
From Computational Complexity