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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
Cryptography from the 13th Century
The British Museum wants help breaking a code on a 13th-century sword....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Pushes for the Buy Button. With Amazon and Pinterest.
Google Puts Exec Behind ‘Buy Button’ in Charge of Express Delivery Service. Making it as easy as possible to complete the transaction. See also what Pinterest...
From insideHPC
Tianhe-1A Supercomputer Shuts Down After Catastrophic Blast in China
A warehouse explosion in the city of Tianjin has killed 17 people, resulting in a shutdown of the nearby Tianhe-1A supercomputer. Not to be confused with the Tianhe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Sensors, There will be many more of them.
From Bernard Marr," ... In a meeting with Airbus last week I found out that their forthcoming A380-1000 – the supersized airliner capable of carrying up to 1,000...
From insideHPC
New BeeGFS Release Targets High-Availability Storage
Today Fraunhofer ITWM and ThinkParQ announced a new major release of the BeeGFS parallel file system. Now available as a free download, BeeGFS version 2015.03-r1...
From insideHPC
Colfax to Offer Free Online Training for Intel Code Modernization
Today Colfax International announced free online workshops on parallel programming and optimization for Intel architecture, including Intel Xeon processors andColfax...
From insideHPC
Video: Summer of HPC Warms up Supercomputing Students in Barcelona
This video summarizes the recent Summer of HPC training week in Barcelona. Summer of HPC is a PRACE program that offers summer placements at HPC centers acrossVideo...
From insideHPC
Ray Tracing with Embree Kernels using Intel Xeon Phi
The Embree kernel approach, using the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor is applicable to many situations. The implementation can be tuned to the hardware available, using...
From Computational Complexity
What is Theoretical Computer Science?
Moshe Vardi asks a provocative question in Windows on Theory and CACM: "Why doesn't ACM have a SIG for Theoretical Computer Science?" The reaction of myself and...
From Schneier on Security
Cosa Nostra Dead Drops
Good operational security is hard, and often uses manual technologies: Investigators described how Messina Denaro, 53, disdains telecommunications and relies on...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Drag and Drop Programming–Some Opinions
Seriously now! Just how many drag and drop programming languages/environments do we really need? Differences between them are small. The list I have (Drag and drop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Programming the Quantum Future
So what will this world look like, once it finally arrives? " ... Co-author Benoît Valiron discusses quantum computing and "Programming the Quantum Future" ,...
From Schneier on Security
Another Salvo in the Second Crypto War (of Words)
Prosecutors from New York, London, Paris, and Madrid wrote an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times in favor of backdoors in cell phone encryption. There are a number...
From insideHPC
UberCloud Publishes 3rd Compendium of HPC Cloud Case Studies
The UberCloud has published their 3rd Compendium of HPC Cloud Case Studies. Like its predecessors in 2013 and 2014, this year’s edition draws from a select group...
From insideHPC
Video: An Intuitive Introduction to the Fourier Transform and FFT
"The fast fourier transform (FFT) algorithm is a powerful tool for looking at time-based measurements in an interesting way, but do you understand what it does?...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartwatches with Templates for Business
In CWorld: Data and process focusing work? A wearable advisory system. How much different than an App on a smartphone? To what degree does someone see a notification...
From insideHPC
Materials Imaging and Data Sciences Converge at Oak Ridge Workshop
Oak Ridge National Lab recently hosted a Materials Imaging Workshop. Entitled "Big, Deep and Smart Data Analytics in Materials Imaging," the workshop explored research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Service Innovation Triangle Case Studies
Intriguing talk today that looks at a number of corporate examples. I was unaware of the ITIF organization." ... Stephen Ezell, the Vice President of Global Innovation...
From Blog@Ubiquity
The Future of Tech is Regulation
The future of technology is government regulation—NOT unbridled technology. The post The Future of Tech is Regulation appeared first on BLOG@UBIQUITY.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog