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Accenture Leverages Splunk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Accenture Leverages Splunk

Good example of how and why a major consultancy Accenture leverages Splunk.   Once again operational and real time problems and analytical results are emphasized...

Cyberlearning Webinar- Revealing Knowledge Bases of Educational Research
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Cyberlearning Webinar- Revealing Knowledge Bases of Educational Research

The National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) is hosting a webinar on Friday, September 25, at 12:30 PM EST...

Wanted: Graduate Research Fellowship Applications and Reviewers
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Wanted: Graduate Research Fellowship Applications and Reviewers

The following is a special contribution to this blog by Tracy Kimbrel, National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Director for Computing and Communication Foundations...

The CSTA Curriculum Committee
From Computer Science Teachers Association

The CSTA Curriculum Committee

The primary purpose of the CSTA Curriculum Committee is to provide K-12 computer science teachers with access to high quality, standards-based curriculum resources...

Future of Excel in Business Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Excel in Business Intelligence

Via Paulina Gibson from Investintech: " .... An interview with 27 Excel experts, where they talk about the future of Excel in Business Intelligence. ... "    Some...

Splunk Conference
From The Eponymous Pickle

Splunk Conference

Reports from the ongoing Splunk conference, describe experiences by business and its use for analytics and data visualization.  I was introduced to it a few years...

Ethics and Computer Science
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Ethics and Computer Science

How many times have we heard it said “with great power comes great responsibility.” Have you read about the scandal with Volkswagen where they used software tricks...

Authentic Storytelling
From The Eponymous Pickle

Authentic Storytelling

An interesting blog: Everyone has a story!Christoph Trappe is a content and digital branding strategist based in the United States. He has spoken at conferences...

Lowes Innovation Lab uses VR
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lowes Innovation Lab uses VR

Increasing use of VR in innovation.   The capabilities have yet to be mainstreamed. " ... Lowe’s Innovation Labs (LIL), the innovation hub of Lowe’s Companies Inc...

Mateo Valero will be the first European to Receive the Seymour Cray Award
From insideHPC

Mateo Valero will be the first European to Receive the Seymour Cray Award

Today IEEE announced that Mateo Valero from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center will be the first European researcher to receive the Seymour Cray Award. "As one...

GPUs Power Low-Cost Supercomputer Solution from Nor-Tech
From insideHPC

GPUs Power Low-Cost Supercomputer Solution from Nor-Tech

"We figured out a way to get consumer-grade cards into a 4U chassis,” said Nor-Tech’s Vice President of Engineering, Dom Daninger and his team tested and retested...

Hacking the Game Show "Press Your Luck"
From Schneier on Security

Hacking the Game Show "Press Your Luck"

Fascinating story about a man who figured out how to hack the game show "Press Your Luck" in 1984....

PEZY & ExaScaler Step Up on the Green500 List with Immersive Cooling
From insideHPC

PEZY & ExaScaler Step Up on the Green500 List with Immersive Cooling

PEZY Computing from Japan has earned the top three rankings on the Green500 list, using a 3M Fluorinert Electronic Liquid in an immersive cooling system built by...

Video: Worldwide HPC Market & 2015-2019 Market Forecast
From insideHPC

Video: Worldwide HPC Market & 2015-2019 Market Forecast

"Intersect360 Research's annual HPC market model and forecast shows modest growth in 2014. Despite ongoing weakness in the public sector, commercial usage of HPC...

SELinux at Lockheed: A New Multi-Level Security Initiative
From insideHPC

SELinux at Lockheed: A New Multi-Level Security Initiative

"Historically cyber security in HPC has been limited to detecting intrusions rather than designing security from the beginning in a holistic, layered approach to...

Virtual Safari Storytelling in Jungle Jims
From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Safari Storytelling in Jungle Jims

The question and piece below made me think of two things.  One,  the relationship to storytelling and the ability to do that in a virtual or video environment.Why...

Buying an Online Reputation
From Schneier on Security

Buying an Online Reputation

The story of a reporter who set up a fake business and then bought Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and online reviews. It was surprisingly easy and cheap....

Internet of Things Architecture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet of Things Architecture

Brought to my attention.  Thingworx.   Presentation today was a useful introduction to IOT architectures, models, security and design decisions.   My interest is...

Bringing Frozen Liquids through Airport Security
From Schneier on Security

Bringing Frozen Liquids through Airport Security

Gizmodo reports that UK airport security confiscates frozen liquids: "He told me that it wasn't allowed so I asked under what grounds, given it is not a liquid....

Kaizen Meets Hitachi AI for Workflow Productivity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kaizen Meets Hitachi AI for Workflow Productivity

Via Conor Cusack:  Quite an interesting application direction:Hitachi puts AI Boss in Charge to Boost Productivity By David Nield Forget about robots taking over...
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