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Video: Oclgrind – An Extensible OpenCL Device Simulator

"We describe Oclgrind, a platform designed to enable the creation of developer tools for analysis and debugging of OpenCL programs. Oclgrind simulates how OpenCL... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 18, 2015 at 12:46 PM

From insideHPC

PNNL Launches CENATE Computing Proving Ground

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has opened the CENATE Center for Advanced Technology Evaluation, a first-of-its-kind computing proving ground. Designed to... staff
From insideHPC | October 18, 2015 at 12:15 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Google NGram Viewer

While considering some unstructured text analysis the Google Ngram viewer came to mind. The system " .... charts frequencies of any word or short sentence using... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 18, 2015 at 10:26 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Terrifying Retail Words

In Gartner Blogs, by Robert Hetu," ... What are the most terrifying words in retail? “There is nothing here to buy”. The speaker of these words was none otherMcMillon... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 18, 2015 at 09:49 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Beetle Blocks

Fun idea, application to certain kinds of 3D designs, tunneling, extruding, forming? Reminds me of Turtle progams. It is inspired by MIT Media Lab Scratch.Via... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 18, 2015 at 01:30 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Superforecasting and Straight Thinking

In this week's NYT book review, a piece on “Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction,” by the psychologist Philip E. Tetlock. I have mentioned the... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 18, 2015 at 12:28 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

PureMatter Marketing

Newly discovered: PureMatter." ... Since PureMatter was founded in 2002, the world has changed. The economy tanked. Technology exploded. Expectations keep increasing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 17, 2015 at 02:14 PM

From insideHPC

HPC Matters to Aerospace

In this video from the SC15 HPC Matters series, NASA Aerospace Engineer Dr. Shishir Pandya describes how high performance computing helps advance airplane and rocket... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 17, 2015 at 11:46 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Surge Pricing Examined

Studied this when it became possible to digitally and dynamically price items in store. Of course online it can be done much more easily. Note here it is mostly... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 17, 2015 at 11:45 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Dell makes Acquisitions

I remember when we regularly bought Dell PCs, now a change in direction with a big price tag.From Petri KB: Dell’s $67 Billion Acquisition of EMC to be Biggest... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 17, 2015 at 09:56 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

The Future of the Intelligent Conversational Interface

The virtual assistant with a conversational interface. Some just trading questions and answers via text, but increasingly including a human-like voice. HaveIn... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 17, 2015 at 09:42 AM

From insideHPC

Job of the Week: HPC Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is seeking an HPC Software Engineer in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: HPC Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 17, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Putting People First

[Book] Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking

Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking By Richard E. Nisbett Farrar, Straus & Giroux August 2015 Description Scientific and philosophical concepts can change the way... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2015 at 06:12 AM

From Putting People First

[Book] The Quantified Self

The Quantified Self by Deborah Lupton Polity Press April 2016 Description With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2015 at 05:58 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

MIT CSAIL Feature Set Selection

Another kind of analysis automation. Whereas we might have otherwise used human expertise to choose feature sets. ( Intuition?) I would also ask if this works... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 17, 2015 at 12:30 AM

From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Photos

"Terrifying" squid photos. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 16, 2015 at 05:20 PM

From Schneier on Security

Mapping FinFisher Users

Citizen Lab continues to do excellent work exposing the world's cyber-weapons arms manufacturers. Its latest report attempts to track users of Gamma International's... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 16, 2015 at 03:33 PM

From My Biased Coin

Yes, We Have Postdocs This Year

The Harvard Theory of Computation group has postdocs. This year, besides our usual general call for postdocs, we are also inaugurating the Michael O. Rabin Postdoctoral... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | October 16, 2015 at 03:33 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Readies a Shopping Assistant

Wal-Mart preps an SMS text based virtual shopping assistant called Simple Text. Based on what I have read it is unclear how much Cognitive technology is beingDiscussion... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 16, 2015 at 01:20 PM

From insideHPC

Advania in Iceland Tests HPC Cloud Bursting with Docker using the Ubercloud

An Iceland-based "HPC in the Cloud" company called Advania has published an interesting case study with The Ubercloud, and online community and marketplace where... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 16, 2015 at 12:16 PM