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AMD and Dell Power Bioinformatics at University of Warsaw

Today AMD unveiled innovation in heterogeneous HPC at the Centre of New Technologies at the University of Warsaw. In a new cluster deployment called Orion, theAMD... staff
From insideHPC | July 2, 2015 at 11:39 AM

From insideHPC

Intel Shakes up Leadership

Today Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced a series of leadership and organizational changes in a message to employees. The post Intel Shakes up Leadership appeared... lewey
From insideHPC | July 2, 2015 at 11:03 AM

From insideHPC

Integrating an Intel Xeon Phi Cluster

At the National Institute of Computational Sciences (NICS), a joint venture by the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a joint team set... MichaelS
From insideHPC | July 2, 2015 at 10:26 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Cities and their Data

A look at the new Smart City, and its implications. In the CACM." ... The flood of information could also create new challenges, according to Pete Beckman, director... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 2, 2015 at 09:57 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Supporting Cooperative Research

In the CACM: Cooperative research always makes me think of our local Zakta effort. Social and visual. Worth taking a close look at as it continues to evolve. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 2, 2015 at 08:51 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Better Loyalty Programs

Have noted that loyalty programs in general are looking very stale these days. Nothing new or very engaging.In K@W: Consumers today often belong to a host ofThis... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 2, 2015 at 08:38 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Examining Data Preparation Tools

Better tools, likely that includes cognitive and context knowledge capabilities are needed. Also paying more attention to metadata needs: In O'Reilly:Why data... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 2, 2015 at 08:36 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Smartphone Apps as Car Keys

A natural solution. Encrypted signals from smartphones acting as passes into all sorts of systems. In the NYT. Though the physical key will not be completely replaced... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 2, 2015 at 08:12 AM

From Computational Complexity

Goodbye SIGACT and CRA

Tuesday I served my last day on two organizations, the ACM SIGACT Executive Committee and the CRA Board of Directors. I spent ten years on the SIGACT (Specialbig... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | July 2, 2015 at 07:56 AM

From insideHPC

Nallatech Rolls Out 510T FPGA Accelerator

Today Nallatech announced the 510T FPGA co-processor. Designed to deliver ultimate performance per watt for compute-intensive datacenter applications, the 510TNallatech... staff
From insideHPC | July 2, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Thoughts on #ISTE2015 Wednesday–Exhibit Hall

There are all sorts of interesting people working the various exhibit hall booths at ISTE and other conference. There are as I see it several groups or types.... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 2, 2015 at 06:43 AM

From Putting People First

Wells Fargo bank uses ethnographic research to design a better customer experience

During a Speaker Spotlight Q&A at Forrester’s CXNYC 2015 conference for customer experience professionals, Mark McCormick, Wells Fargo’s Head of Wholesale UserWells... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 2, 2015 at 06:09 AM

From Putting People First

Interview with HTC’s head designer on experience design

Drew Bamford is the person responsible for making the ITC’s experience design – how the company’s devices feel and work like ‘HTC phones’ rather than just another... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 2, 2015 at 03:12 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Industrial Internet Reference Architecture

via the Industrial Internet ConsortiumIndustrial Internet Reference ArchitectureThank You For Your Interest In The Industrial Internet Reference Architecture Technical... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 1, 2015 at 01:49 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Cooling Your Clothing

In IEEE Spectrum. High Tech Material Will Make Clothes Cool So You Don't Need AC Although developing more power-efficient air conditioners and building greener... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 1, 2015 at 12:47 PM

From insideHPC

Bright Cluster Manager 7.1 Release Coming to ISC 2015

Today Bright Computing announced it will be releasing Version 7.1 of Bright Cluster Manager for HPC at the ISC 2015 conference. The event takes place July 12-16... staff
From insideHPC | July 1, 2015 at 12:45 PM

From insideHPC

ALCC Challenge Awards 1.7 Billion Core Hours to Science Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy’s ALCC challenge has awarded 24 projects a total of 1.7 billion core-hours at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. The post ... staff
From insideHPC | July 1, 2015 at 12:31 PM

From insideHPC

CoolIT Systems Lands New Patents for Liquid Cooling

Today CoolIT Systems announced that the U.S Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company three new patents in the space of liquid cooling. The post CoolIT... staff
From insideHPC | July 1, 2015 at 12:12 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet of Things, an Oral History

Kevin Ashton and I were interviewed for an oral history of the Internet of Things this last week by Danny Vinik of Politico. I gave many, many talks to visitors... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 1, 2015 at 11:58 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Thoughts on #ISTE2015 Wednesday–Poster Sessions

I spent a lot of time in playgrounds and poster sessions. There is really not a lot of difference between a poster session and a playground session. The big difference... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 1, 2015 at 11:42 AM