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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 insideHPC
Video: Parallella – The Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer on the Planet
"Supercomputing should be available for everyone who wants it. With that mission in mind, a team of engineers created Parallella, an 18-core supercomputer that’s...
From insideHPC
China May Develop Two 100 Petaflop Machines Within a Year
"Within the next 12 months, China expects to be operating not one but two 100 Petaflop computers, each containing (different) Chinese-made processors, and bothChina...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Understanding the Google computer, and making it better
The following is a special contribution to this blog by CCC Executive Council Member Mark D. Hill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Internet-based services...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Aha Moment and Working Memory
Fascinating. Have had a handful of such aha moments. Never tried to manage them. How can that be done, or should it be? How are our devices now a part ofIn...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making Smarter Long term Decisions
In K@W: A classic issue. And with the rocking of the market lately, an important one.If we were rational, we would make choices based on our long-term goals,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CSIG Algorithm
CSIG "Algorithm" and tracking cognitive system performance levelsThe CSIG (Cognitive Systems Institute Group) is interested in tracking cognitive computing components...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Time Computing
Interesting piece on real time computing and in particular how it relates to the Internet of Things. Real time interaction with data means more than just the need...
From Schneier on Security
Regularities in Android Lock Patterns
Interesting: Marte Løge, a 2015 graduate of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, recently collected and analyzed almost 4,000 ALPs as part of her...
From insideHPC
SDSC Gets One-year Extension for Gordon Supercomputer
The National Science Foundation has awarded the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) a one-year extension to continue operating its Gordon supercomputer, providing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Sense Reasoning in Cognitive AI
Excellent piece in the ACM. You need membership to read the full article, but even the abstract introduction makes the point very well. To intelligently reason...
From The Eponymous Pickle
YouTube Gaming Arrives
Launching tomorrow. YouTube streaming games. A place for for short interactive training games? Ways to score to indicate results? Ease of rewinding and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You Ever Really Ready?
Last year I changed (improved I hope) every PowerPoint deck I used based on how the presentation when and how I realized I could make things more clear. Over the...
From My Biased Coin
CACM Viewpoints on Theory and Experiments
There's a fun pair of viewpoints in the September CACM by Jeffrey Ullman and myself on experiments in computer science research, with him addressing systems conferences...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Head of UC Center for Business Analytics
My former colleague, Glenn Wegryn has been appointed director of the UC Center for Business Analytics. See Much more about that announcement here. Congratulations...
From Schneier on Security
Movie Plot Threat: Terrorists Attacking US Prisons
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts wins an award for his movie-plot threat: terrorists attacking the maximum-security federal prison at Ft. Leavenworth: In an Aug. 14 letter...
From insideHPC
Intel Updates Developer Toolkit with Data Analytics Acceleration Library
Today Intel released Intel Parallel Studio XE 2016, the next iteration of its developer toolkit for HPC and technical computing applications. This release introduces...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Travis Deyle, Former CI Fellow, Current Innovator
Last week we published a blog post highlighting the MIT Technology Review’s 2015 list of 35 innovators under the age of 35. This list included Travis Deyle who...
From insideHPC
Dell Posts Agenda for La Jolla Genomics Data Workshop
Dell has posted the Agenda for their upcoming Genomics Data Workshop. Entitled "Enabling discovery and product innovation with Dell HPC and Big Data Solutions,"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke Trials Beacons in Theaters
Evan Schuman on: Coke's movie theater trial shows beacon potential ... Retail beacons have huge potential, but it can only be met when chains move beyond seeing...
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