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From Computational Complexity

First issue of SIGACT news where I wasn't the editor. But...

I posted at some earlier time that I was resigning from the editorship of SIGACT NEWS book review column, and handing the reins over to Fred Green (who is older... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | June 14, 2015 at 10:12 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Pushing Spark for Big Data

IBM Wants to Push Spark, Real-Time Big Data Tool, Into Mainstream In the WSJ: IBM ... has thrown its weight behind Spark, an increasingly popular tool that is used... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 07:45 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Source Tools and Software

Open source has been a long time interest of mine, both for enterprise needs and personally. Just reviewed some of my links to open source software and methods... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 02:08 PM

From insideHPC

Video: Algorithmic Adaptations to Extreme Scale

"Algorithmic adaptations are required to use anticipated exascale hardware near its potential, since the code base has been engineered to squeeze out flops. Instead... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | June 14, 2015 at 12:58 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT Dwarfing Big Data

In Gartner: Internet of Things will dwarf big data. Since the IOT will be a major source of data, this is not much of a big difference. Some of the statements... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 12:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Waze as Panopticon

In the New Yorker. Google subsidiary, social driving App Waze is sharing its data with Los Angeles. Data driving and pattern improvement and intelligence. Bentham's... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 09:48 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Source Data Visualization Tools

A survey of open source data visualization tools, most of which I have never yet heard of. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 09:32 AM

From insideHPC

Job of the Week: Education and Training Specialist at OSC

The Ohio Supercomputer Center is seeking an Education and Training Specialist in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: Education and Training Specialist... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | June 14, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Creativity and Productivity in Smart Service Systems

Talk by Jim Spohrer Director, Global University Programs at IBM" Boosting the creativity and productivity of people in smart service systems" (CSIG) The NaplesTalk... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 14, 2015 at 12:30 AM

From insideHPC

Bright OpenStack Integrates with Ceph

Today Bright Computing announced that its OpenStack management software integrates with Ceph to provide OpenStack with highly available and self-healing storage... staff
From insideHPC | June 13, 2015 at 01:31 PM

From Schneier on Security

Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner

On April 1, I announced the Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest: I want a movie-plot threat that shows the evils of encryption. (For those who don't know, a movie-plot... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | June 13, 2015 at 01:11 PM

From insideHPC

Podcast: Geoffrey Hinton on the Rise of Deep Learning

"In Deep Learning what we do is try to minimize the amount of hand engineering and get the neural nets to learn, more or less, everything. Instead of programing... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | June 13, 2015 at 01:11 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Online Data Science Apprenticeship

Live and ready, just updated, DSC's online apprenticeship. Have scanned their work and it seems to be well done. Impressed by the work that DSC has done providing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 01:01 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Kroger Online Ordering

In Cincinnati Enquirer: " ... Clicks to ease trips at Liberty Township Kroger ... Some long-time Kroger's customers say clicks beat old-fashioned shopping trips... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 12:10 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Leadership Mind Maps

The Bigger Plate site has a broad library of mind maps, both complete and in useful template form. Most recently a set of business leadership mind maps, I will... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 11:48 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Identifying the Shopper

Via Retailwire: Retailers increasing ability to ID the shopper. The discussion comments at the link are also interesting. " .... If you have a smartphone in... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 11:35 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Next Waves of Digital

In Adage: Interesting perspective ... The world is moving quickly, so understanding what may be next is useful. Digital's Third Wave Is Coming: Don't Miss the... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 09:43 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Fixing Your Process

In the APQC Blog, fixing the process. But even more important, do you understand it, and are you ready to fix it? Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2015 at 09:27 AM

From Putting People First

[Book] Designing Connected Products

Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things By Claire Rowland, Elizabeth Goodman, Martin Charlier, Ann Light, Alfred Lui O’Reilly Media... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 13, 2015 at 05:01 AM

From Putting People First

Examining the proliferation of magical narratives in technology

There has been a lot of talk about magic lately in critical, cultural and technological spaces; what it does, who it is for, and who are the ones to control orExamining... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 13, 2015 at 04:35 AM