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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 The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Consolidating Ad Agencies
In AdAge: Seems to be an approach that is common, these days in the large enterprise, decreasing complexity. At what point will this complexity seriously include...
From insideHPC
Rolls-Royce Joins JISC Industrial Supercomputing Initiative
Today JISC in the U.K. announced that Rolls-Royce is the first company to join its industrial supercomputing initiative. Designed to break down barriers between...
From insideHPC
Nvidia Speeds Up Deep Learning Software
Today Nvidia updated its GPU-accelerated deep learning software to accelerate deep learning training performance. With new releases of DIGITS and cuDNN, the new...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Human Machine Symbiosis
A favorite topic. Not only how will robotic machines do our work, but how will they effectively collaborate with humans to do that work. Issues of autonomy and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building Conversations that Create Innovative Ideas
Agree, an ongoing conversation that is closely connected to external information regarding needs and trends.In FastCompany" ... The Best Way to Inspire Innovation...
From Schneier on Security
More about the NSA's XKEYSCORE
I've been reading through the 48 classified documents about the NSA's XKEYSCORE system released by the Intercept last week. From the article: The NSA's XKEYSCORE...
From insideHPC
Making HPC Simple for Small Companies
In the third report from the PRACEdays15 meeting in Dublin, Tom Wilkie from Scientific Computing World discusses how supercomputing can be made simpler for smaller...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Magazine Addresses Human Curiosity in AI
Analytics Magazine, Jul-Aug 2015Building Human Curiosity into A.I.by Scott ZoldiSelf-learning models: How neuro-dynamic programming enables smart machines to think...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Team Is Hacked
Someone hacked the cyberweapons arms manufacturer Hacking Team and posted 400 GB of internal company data. Hacking Team is a pretty sleazy company, selling surveillance...
From insideHPC
Video: How Seagate Collaborates with LANL on HPC
In this video, Kyle Lamb from the Infrastructure Team at Los Alamos National Lab describes the unique challenges he faces at a facility known for being at the forefront...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 6
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Briefing: Informal STEM Education 101: A Briefing for Policymakers on the Basics of “What We Mean when We Talk about Informal STEM Education”...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NIST Seeks Public Comments on Improving Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection
NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is accepting public comments on a workshop report on improving cybersecurity and consumer protection....
From insideHPC
Top HPC Centers Meet in Barcelona at JLESC
Top researchers from six of the largest supercomputing centers got together in Barcelona at the beginning of this month for the Joint Laboratory for Extreme‐Scale...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
EAC Call for Nominations for Technical Guidelines Development Committee
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are accepting applications for four vacancies on the...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
DHS Invites Public Comments on Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is accepting public comments on the establishment of new public-private organizations for cybersecurity information sharing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Energy and Data
Free report from O'Reilly. Based on my own touches with the energy industry, this looks to be very good. Have followed Big energy use of tech for many years,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Age Outlines Virtual Reality
A look at what some of the players in marketing and advertising are doing. The general idea has been around for many years, tested many alternatives. With always...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2015 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit
The 2015 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit will be streamed live from Redmond, Washington on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9. This free online event offers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Condensed Guide to Running Meetings
In the HBR: A good guide, we did most of these things in the enterprise, was a guide, not a set of strict requirements.
From The Eponymous Pickle