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Learning Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Learning Machines

Current and future state of machine learning.  Technical, Historical.  " ... We hear the second part of our conversation with with Geoffrey Hinton (Google and University...

Machine Data and Operational Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Data and Operational Intelligence

Looking at how companies analyse server and security logs to tackle cyber crime and internal fraud, and optimize the user experience.  In Computerweekly.

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Cryptography And Quicksand

A basic question about cryptography that we pretend is not there. Victor Shoup is one of the top experts in cryptography. He is well known for many things including...

Computation at the Edges from PyData Seattle
From insideHPC

Computation at the Edges from PyData Seattle

In this video from PyData Seattle 2015, Van Lindberg from Rackspace presents: Computation at the Edges. The post Computation at the Edges from PyData Seattle appeared...

Design Thinking Coming of Age
From The Eponymous Pickle

Design Thinking Coming of Age

Part of my long term and broader look at the interaction of design thinking and engineering.  I come from the engineering side.  A piece and link to work by Jon...

Unilever and the Science of Touch
From The Eponymous Pickle

Unilever and the Science of Touch

I posted some recent items about touch systems,  and I was sent a pointer to some work and comments online by Unilever. " ....  The science of touch   Why do we...

Video: OpenFOAM Software Development at the ISC 2015 Docker Workshop
From insideHPC

Video: OpenFOAM Software Development at the ISC 2015 Docker Workshop

In this video from the Docker Workshop at ISC 2015, Nishant Agrawal from TCS Innovation Labs presents: Docker for Software Development. Agrawal provides insight...

Jon Kolko: Design thinking comes of age
From Putting People First

Jon Kolko: Design thinking comes of age

How should companies think about design centricity? For Jon Kolko, vice president of design at Blackboard, an education software company, design thinking can define...

PSC Retires Blacklight Supercomputer to Make Way for Bridges
From insideHPC

PSC Retires Blacklight Supercomputer to Make Way for Bridges

The big memory "Blacklight" system at the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center will be retired on Aug 15 to make way for the new "Bridges" supercomputer. "Built by HP...

The dystopia you should fear
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

The dystopia you should fear

It is popular to fear that climate change will turn the Earth into a water world or that genetically-modified food is going to kill all of us. These fears are probably...

Maximizing Benefits of HPC with the National Strategic Computing Initiative
From insideHPC

Maximizing Benefits of HPC with the National Strategic Computing Initiative

"What we’re seeing in President Obama’s Executive Order is a major proof point of the importance of high-end computer technology in bolstering and redefining national...

GE and the Industrial Internet
From The Eponymous Pickle

GE and the Industrial Internet

In EE Times.  GE is clearly a pioneer in this area, having huge needs in gathering, analyzing and delivering huge amounts of data.

Algorithmic Bias
From Schneier on Security

Algorithmic Bias

Good Q&A with Cynthia Dwork on algorithmic bias....

Google's Branding Logic
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google's Branding Logic

In the HBR:   " ... The Google brand is one of the most valuable brands in the world. In 2014, Interbrand placed a valuation of the brand at $107.43 billion, only...

Podcast: HP & Intel Accelerate HPC Solutions
From insideHPC

Podcast: HP & Intel Accelerate HPC Solutions

In this Intel Chip Chat podcast, Bill Mannel from HP stops by to discuss the growing demand for high performance computing solutions and the innovative use of HPC...

The Problem With Group Projects
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Problem With Group Projects

I haven’t been at the ICER Conference but a lot of my friends are there and between their tweets and other tweets using the #icer2015 hash tag I almost feel like...

Netflix Effect: Creative Destruction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Netflix Effect: Creative Destruction

Good piece with lots of numbers.  Had not heard the use of the term.   By Mark Perry. Was reminded of this by look at books and the internet.  Would like to see...

Technology Evolves the Book?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technology Evolves the Book?

Book, bookstore and E-Book.    A fight between literature and the internet.   In the BBC.  It is interesting that the form of the book, despite predictions, has...

Google and Carnegie form an IOT Campus
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google and Carnegie form an IOT Campus

In Fast Company:  Seeking to figure out how things should communicate.  Good Goal.  Keep industry involved. Integrate cognitive intelligence." ... For the "Internet...

Types of Data on the Internet of Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Types of Data on the Internet of Things

In ReadWrite:   A very broad classification of these kinds of data.  Good as a starting point.  Also relates to data as an asset value. Which relates to analytics...
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