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From insideHPC

Weather Prediction with Intel Xeon Phi

"Modern Numerical Weather prediction (NWP) can now use many thousands of cores in a single run of the application. By using modern CPUs such as the Intel Xeon processors... MichaelS
From insideHPC | October 15, 2015 at 10:19 AM

From Computational Complexity

2015 Fall Jobs Post

When the 2014 fall jobs post is our most popular post, you know it is time for the 2015 jobs post. This year instead of (or in addition to) posting your jobs in... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | October 15, 2015 at 08:12 AM

From Schneier on Security

Problems with DNA Evidence

Turns out it's fallible.... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 15, 2015 at 07:53 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Project Ideas Are Everywhere

Yesterday, like thousands of other teachers, I was proctoring the PSAT exam. Few things are less exciting that watching a room full of students fill in little circles... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 15, 2015 at 06:08 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Broad Survey of Augmented Data Science

Seeing more of this. Just saw Watson's newest. I have mentioned before, we did lots of adaptive script development to do this long ago, so the idea is not new... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 15, 2015 at 03:44 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

SAP Does Analytics Cloud

It seems to be the week for new analytics offerings. A Software as a Service offering. Implications of some embedded intelligence, which makes sense since SAP... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 15, 2015 at 02:54 AM

From Daniel Lemire's Blog

On the memory usage of maps in Java

Though we have plenty of memory in our computers, there are still cases where you want to minimize memory usage if only to avoid expensive cache faults. To compare... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | October 14, 2015 at 10:17 PM

From insideHPC

Register for SC15 by Oct 15 and Save Big

Are you planning on attending SC15 in Austin? Discounted "Early Bird" Advance registration for the SC15 conference ends Thursday, Oct. 15. After that, fees go up... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 14, 2015 at 07:18 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Creating Games in ScratchJr without Variables

Written by Aung Nay & Aye Thuzar ScratchJr is a popular graphical programming language that allows children from age five to seven to create “interactive and animated... admin
From Computer Science Teachers Association | October 14, 2015 at 04:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Deception in a Data Driven World

Lots in the news recently about storytelling with data. Which led me to memories of stories that did not match the actual reality of the data. So a good storyIn... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 14, 2015 at 03:36 PM

From Schneier on Security

On Cyber Arms Control Treaties

Good op-ed.... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 14, 2015 at 03:15 PM

From insideHPC

Comedian Jason Alexander to Perform at Mellanox Event at SC15

Today Mellanox announced the speaker lineup for their annual Dinner Event at SC15 will include comedian Jason Alexander from Seinfeld. Special guests include: Marek... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 14, 2015 at 01:44 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Watson Analytics Free Edition

Register here to get access to the free edition of Watson Analytics.#analyticsforall Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 14, 2015 at 01:35 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking an Architecture of Advice

Working thoughts: There should be a compendium of 'Questions to ask first'! For all sorts of contexts. Is it the same as an FAQ? Not exactly. But is it enough... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 14, 2015 at 01:15 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Shopping

Is digital grocery shopping hitting critical mass? Nearly half of global consumers surveyed by Nielsen say they are ready and willing to grocery shop online, and... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 14, 2015 at 01:03 PM

From insideHPC

Researching Origins of the Universe at the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology

In this special guest feature, Linda Barney writes that researchers at the University of Cambridge are using an Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor-based supercomputer from... staff
From insideHPC | October 14, 2015 at 01:02 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromorphic Chips

In Wired: 48 million neurons mimic the brain of a small rodent. Increasingly we are looking at how to directly model the biological. Is it better to mimic biological... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM

From Blog@Ubiquity

What Can Paragons of Literature Teach Us about Writing Better Computer Programs?

While grappling with mechanics of writing, we all too often lose sight of another important insight into effective communication. The post What Can Paragons ofBLOG... Philip Yaffe
From Blog@Ubiquity | October 14, 2015 at 12:34 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

White House National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop

The White House National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop will be held next week in McLean, Virginia at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. The workshop will... Helen Wright
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | October 14, 2015 at 11:19 AM

From insideHPC

James Reinders Presents: Vectorization (SIMD) and Scaling (TBB and OpenMP)

James Reinders from Intel presented this talk at the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "We need to embrace explicit vectorization in our programming... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | October 14, 2015 at 11:13 AM