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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
Book: The Gamification ToolKit
Just received. They write:The Gamification ToolkitDynamics, Mechanics, and Components for the Win, by Kevin Werbach and Dan HunterAn all-new ebook from the authors...
From Schneier on Security
Smart Billboards Recognize Cops
There are smart billboards in Russia that change what they display when cops are watching. Of course there are a gazillion ways this kind of thing will go wrong...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Prezi for Dynamic Presentations
A TED talk example of how to use the slide show alternative Prezi to give a more dynamic form of presentation. Well done, and an interesting topic. Easy to try...
From Apophenia
I miss not being scared.
From the perspective of an adult in this society, I’ve taken a lot of stupid risks in my life. Physical risks like outrunning cops and professional risks like knowingly...
From insideHPC
Advanced Clustering to Build UC Merced Supercomputer
Today the University of California Merced announced that it has selected Advanced Clustering Technologies to build a cluster supercomputer that will support research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning and the Scientific Mind
Today's ISSIP Talk: Jan Visser, President of Learning Development Institute. Talk: “Building the Scientific Mind: A lifelong human development challenge”.Background...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Insight to Action Seminar: Linking Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
Yesterday saw a very good DSC seminar by Mikhail Lakirovich of IBM. This presented how IBM is integrating machine learning methods and decision optimization. They...
From insideHPC
ISC 2015 Early Bird Rates end June 10
There is still time to enjoy early bird registration rates the 30th annual ISC High Performance conference. Reduced rates end June 10 for the conference, whichISC...
From insideHPC
HPCAC Spain Conference Returns to Barcelona Sept. 22
Today the HPC Advisory Council announced the HPCAC Spain Conference 2015. The event takes place Sept. 22 at the Campus Diagonal Nord in Barcelona, Spain. The post...
From insideHPC
Video: Beta Review of Intel Parallel Studio XE 2016
In this video, Rick Leinecker from Slashdot Media reviews the beta version of Intel Parallel Studio XE 2016. Leinecker describes several of the notable features...
From insideHPC
ArrayFire Updates GPU Software Library
Today ArrayFire announced the release of Version 3.0 of their high-speed software library for GPU computing. The new version features major changes to ArrayFire...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Great Innovative Idea- Known Unknowns: Testing in the Presence of Uncertainty
The following Great Innovative Idea is from Sebastian Elbaum, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and David S. Rosenblum...
From insideHPC
Software Defined Storage Improves Efficiency
Software defined storage (SDS) is a concept that can cut costs and improve efficiency in many organizations. The ebook, Software Defined Storage for Dummies, is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dawn of AI, Again
In the Economist: Riding a new wave ...The dawn of artificial intelligencePowerful computers will reshape humanity’s future. How to ensure the promise outweighs...
From insideHPC
Oxford Installs New Lenovo Cluster
One of Lenovo's first HPC clusters has been installed at the University of Oxford in the UK. The post Oxford Installs New Lenovo Cluster appeared first on insideHPC...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
You Know You Are A Computer Teacher When …
Recently I saw this meme posted on Facebook. Because I teach computer science and am always looking for interesting projects my immediate thought was “well this...
From CERIAS Blog
Teaching Information Security
Let me recommend an article in Communications of the ACM, June 2015, vol 6(2), pp. 64-69. The piece is entitled PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C’EST LA MÊME CHOSE, and the...
From CERIAS Blog
Teaching Information Security
Let me recommend an article in Communications of the ACM, June 2015, vol 6(2), pp. 64-69. The piece is entitled PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C’EST LA MÊME CHOSE, and the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Announces One Stop Privacy and Security Hub
In Google Official Blog: Just announced. Nice idea to have this in one place for ease of access. Some critics suggest that this could make it more vulnerable,...
From The Eponymous Pickle