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From insideHPC

Radio Free HPC Looks at Supercomputing Global Flood Maps

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at how the KatRisk startup is using GPUs on the Titan supercomputer to calculate global flood maps. "KatRisk develops... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 11, 2015 at 08:38 AM

From insideHPC

Mellanox EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand Gains Momentum

Today Mellanox announced the growing industry-wide adoption of its end-to-end EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand solutions. The post Mellanox EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand Gains Momentum... staff
From insideHPC | July 11, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

You Don’t Know What You Are Teaching Your Students

From time to time teachers need a reminder of what they are teaching. Oh not just “we teach students not subjects.” That is certainly true but what is also true... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 10, 2015 at 09:50 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Power BI Community will Soon be Alive

Been examining the Power BI system from Microsoft in Beta. A free for now and easy to use dashboard data visualization site. Nicely done, not a Tableau or"... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2015 at 08:22 PM

From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: My Little Cephalopod

A cute series of knitted plushies. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 10, 2015 at 05:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

The Snarkiness of Google AI

Is humor usefully creative? How do we utilize it when it is used in creative interactions between human and machines? Google's examination of the idea. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2015 at 03:06 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Deep Learning's Promise

Steve Hamm on the promise of Deep Learning. Good, non-technical overview. See some of my other posts on this tag that include short presentations on the topic... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2015 at 01:53 PM

From Schneier on Security

High-tech Cheating on Exams

India is cracking down on people who use technology to cheat on exams: Candidates have been told to wear light clothes with half-sleeves, and shirts that do not... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 10, 2015 at 01:44 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Why Business Leaders need to Understand Neuroscience

Good piece. If they further understand how to use, and not use it effectively. It is still in a hype phase that needs to be considered.Mosongo MoukwaDirector... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2015 at 01:43 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

2015 White House Conference on Aging

The 2015 White House Conference on Aging is Monday, July 13th from 10:00AM- 5:00 PM ET. The White House has held a Conference on Aging each decade since the 1960s... Helen Wright
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 10, 2015 at 11:20 AM

From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Simple techniques to improve your health in 2015

We do not have nanobots yet to repair our arteries and neurons. This will come, but we might have to wait to 2050 or later. We do have stem cells, the next best... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | July 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM

From insideHPC

CEA Teams With Atos to Develop Exaflop Supercomputer

Today Atos announced a contract with the CEA French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission develop a 25 Petaflop supercomputer. Called Tera1000, theCEA... staff
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From insideHPC

David Keyes and Jen Frechet on how Shaheen II Supercomputer will Drive Research

In this video, Professors Jean Frechet and David Keyes describe their vision for KAUST's new Shaheen II Cray XC40 supercomputer. "The initial configuration ofDavid... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 05:44 AM

From Schneier on Security

Organizational Doxing

Recently, WikiLeaks began publishing over half a million previously secret cables and other documents from the Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia. It's a huge trove... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 10, 2015 at 05:35 AM

From insideHPC

A New Direction in HPC System Fabric: Intel’s Omni-Path Architecture

In this special guest feature, John Kirkley writes that Intel is using its new Omni-Path Architecture as a foundation for supercomputing systems that will scale... staff
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 05:10 AM

From insideHPC

Geoff Lyon from CoolIT Systems up for Entrepreneur Of The Year

Today CoolIT Systems announced that the company’s CEO & CTO, Geoff Lyon, has been selected as a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2015... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 04:27 AM

From insideHPC

Asetek to Showcase Liquid Cooling at ISC 2015

Today Asetek announced plans to showcase its RackCDU warm water liquid cooling solutions at the ISC 2015 conference July 12–16 in Frankfurt. The post Asetek toinsideHPC... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 03:58 AM

From insideHPC

Mellanox EDR IB to Power 1.8 Petaflop Jureca System at Jülich

Today Mellanox announced that the Jülich Supercomputing Centre has selected the company's EDR 100Gb/s solution to accelerate its new large-scale supercomputer.Mellanox... staff
From insideHPC | July 10, 2015 at 03:16 AM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

PCAST- Public Meeting July 14th

The next public President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) meeting will be this Tuesday, July 14, 2015 from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM ET at the National... Helen Wright
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 9, 2015 at 04:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Discovery Analytics

Bill Franks of Teradata on Discovery analytics. Good thoughts, he writes: " ... I spend a lot of time these days talking with companies about the need for a... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 9, 2015 at 04:09 PM