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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
Watson Analytics Professional
Now, Watson Analytics Professional Blog and community. Further introduction and registration.
From Schneier on Security
Race Condition Exploit in Starbucks Gift Cards
A researcher was able to steal money from Starbucks by exploiting a race condition in their gift-card value-transfer protocol. Basically, by initiating two identical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Budget Challenge Money Management Game
I am being introduced to an interesting finance game for students. Fascinating startup leveraging some great analytics," ... The Budget Challenge team wants to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Watch, iBeacons and Food Retail
In Progressive Grocer: " ... Grocery is probably not the prime retail channel to take advantage of a smartwatch’s capabilities. So should grocers prepare for this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Anaytics Summit in Cincinnati this Friday
This Friday, Analytics Summit 2015, Last chance .... Friday, May 29, 2015 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Eastern Time)Marriott Kingsgate at the University of Cincinnati(513)...
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The Rise of Cognitive/AI Systems in the Enterprise
A number of excellent articles on the topic from the HBR and beyond. Even a pointer to some of our work. By Tom Davenport and others. Reading " ... Cognitive...
From insideHPC
Seeking Volunteer Parallella Boards for Virtual Supercomputer
Over at Parallella.org, Adapteva Founder & CEO Andreas Olofsson writes that the organization is seeking help from its user community to "help build the most efficient...
From insideHPC
Solving Eight Constraints of Today’s Data Center
With the growth of big data, cloud and high performance computing, demands on data centers around the world are expanding every year. Unfortunately, these demands...
From insideHPC
Video: Introduction to Docker
In this video, Docker Founder and CTO Soloman Hykes explains what Docker is and why developers like it. "Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment...
From insideHPC
Poznan in Poland Goes Green with CoolIT Systems
Today CoolIT Systems announced that the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center has successfully deployed Rack DCLC liquid cooling. Through a collaborationPoznan...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Running A/B Experiments
On the risks of A/B testing. Remember the process well. A podcast: " .... Andrea Burbank discusses the risks, benefits, and lessons from running a single...
From Schneier on Security
Stink Bombs for Riot Control
They're coming to the US: It's called Skunk, a type of "malodorant," or in plainer language, a foul-smelling liquid. Technically nontoxic but incredibly disgusting...
From insideHPC
Photonics Moves Forward for Future Computing Technology
The development of photonic technologies to speed up computing has taken two steps forward, following recent announcements demonstrating the use of photonics in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Names Chief design Officer
The primacy of design at Apple is in evidence as Apple names Jony Ive its chief design officer.
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Daimler Testing Automated Truck Driving
In the BBC: More on Daimler's work on automated truck van driving. Includes a number of images of conveyances and their technology. Will be a considerable advance...
From XRDS
How can we evaluate modern software systems?
Most people maybe think that software engineers are only coders that develop and maintain applications, systems, and infrastructures. This is not false. But, software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise Wearables
PwC on: The potential of wearable technology in the enterprise. " ... Wearables hold so much promise because they provide a hands-free way for employees to...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
John and Alicia Nash, 1928,1933–2015
Our condolences Awesome Stories source John Nash and his wife Alicia were killed in a taxi accident on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday afternoon. They were on...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Are you a techno-optimist? (A review of Tomorrowland)
Walt Disney released Tomorrowland. I brought my little family to see it and we had a blast. (Warning: mild spoilers ahead.) The movie has one message: let us be...
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