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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 Schneier on Security
Self-Destructing Computer Chip
The chip is built on glass: Shattering the glass is straightforward. When the proper circuit is toggled, a small resistor within the substrate heats up until the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTc) Program Director Position Available
National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) James Kurose has issued the following...
From insideHPC
US Air Force Awards Pointwise $1.2 Million CFD Contract
Pointwise, a software company specializing in grid generation and pre-processing software for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), has been awarded a two-year, $1...
From Computational Complexity
The Theorems Conference
All too often theoretical computer scientists get more obsessed by proofs than the theorems themselves. I suggest a theorems conference. Here's how it would work...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New York City–Computer Science for All
New York is embarking on what may be the most ambitious effort to bring computer science education to all the students in a district in the US today. The program...
From insideHPC
IBM Platform Computing Solutions for Life Sciences
Massive amounts of computing power and data are needed for effective and efficient processing for many areas that are considered in the Life Science domain. From...
From insideHPC
Bill Dally from Nvidia Receives Funai Achievement Award
Today IPSJ, Japan's largest IT society honored Bill Dally from Nvidia with the Funai Achievement Award for his extraordinary achievements in the field of computer...
From Schneier on Security
Anonymous Browsing at the Library
A rural New Hampshire library decided to install Tor on their computers and allow anonymous Internet browsing. The Department of Homeland pressured them to stop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trend of Embedding Beacons in Physical Architectures
Mention in O'Reilly conference today. That we are starting to see beacons embedded into building fixtures like lights and power sockets. Also in wearables....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beacosystems: Beacons and their Architectures
Now in progress .... and will likely write about, interesting thoughts in the invite, thought I would pass along. Beacosystem? Not sure that term will prevail...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Pentagon Awards $75M to Develop Wearable Tech
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has awarded $75 million to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with...
From insideHPC
Univa Grid Engine Adds Docker Support
Today Univa announced the Univa Grid Engine Container Edition, which fully incorporates Docker containers into the Univa Grid Engine resource manager. The Container...
From insideHPC
Optalysys: Disruptive Optical Processing Technology for HPC
In this video from the Disruptive Technologies Session at the 2015 HPC User Forum, Nick New from Optalysis describes the company's optical processing technology...
From insideHPC
Spectra Logic to Offer LTO-7 Technology
Today Spectra Logic announced it is now taking orders for Spectra tape libraries configured with Linear Tape-Open Generation 7 (LTO-7) technology. The combination...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Needs a Dislike Button?
Wired does a good job of looking at the topic. I wonder how the button will influence any resulting analytics, Will it get more people to react at all, within...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning from Emergent Markets
In HBR: At one level obvious, but useful cautions. Especially about regulatory warnings, and connected risk. " ... In a study we recently conducted of 150...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Framework to Manage Innovation
" .... ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series are Paul Mugge and Michelle L. Grainger from Center for Innovation Management Studies Poole College of Management...
From Schneier on Security
Child Arrested Because Adults Are Stupid
A Texas 9th-grader makes an electronic clock and brings it to school. Teachers immediately become stupid and call the police: The bell rang at least twice, he said...
From Blog@Ubiquity
Will the Flying Car Make a Comeback?
We're still waiting for flying cars to materialize as a mass-market product. Why? The answer lies in computer technology—or the lack thereof. The post Will theBLOG...
From The Eponymous Pickle