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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
Updates from the Foresight Institute
Foremost public site for practical nanotechnology. It is still extending our understanding of a number ways we can work with material structure. And how we might...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Growing Pains
Mosongo Moukwa, Director of Technology at PolyOne writes on the growing pains of 3D printing.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Reviews Media Buying, Planning
An opportunity for new kinds of analytics in media planning. In Adage: " .... P&G to Review Massive Media Planning and Buying Business Across North America In...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Very Cheap Computers
In FastCoexist: We looked at sponsoring examples like the '$100 laptop' for the third world. . What are the applications for the IOT?The World's First $9 Computer...
From insideHPC
Alternatives to x86: Future Processing Technologies
In the second article in his series on future hardware for HPC, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World looks at alternatives to the x86, including server on...
From insideHPC
Call for Papers: Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives
The 2nd Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives has issued its Call for Papers. The WACCPD Workshop takes place Nov. 16 in Austin in conjunction with...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: NASA's Squid Rover
NASA is funding a study for a squid rover that could explore Europa's oceans. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
AccessCS10K: helping make high school computing courses more accessible and welcoming to students with disabilities
By: Richard E. Ladner University of Washington In 2010-2011, approximately 13 percent of K-12 students have a recognized disability according to the National Center...
From The Eponymous Pickle
R vs Python
Good infographic visual summary of the current state of the two languages for data science use. Not a how to, but a tabular comparison.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes for May 15, 2015
While we're always on the lookout for HPC news, not everything makes it to the front page. Here are some notable items from this week. The post HPC News Bytes for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on SocioPragmatic Text Models
Yesterday posted about the talk on SocioPragmatic text Modeling. More has been published in the Cognitive Systems Institute Linkedin Group, I quote some of...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Satoshi Matsuoka on the Convergence of HPC and Big Data
"Rapid growth in the use cases and demands for extreme computing and huge data processing is leading to convergence of the two infrastructures. The trend towards...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft and Cortana
Have been following voice driven systems, especially for smart home applications, but also for potential manufacturing-design-test applications. At the recent...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Computational Scientist at Engility
Engility is seeking a Computational Scientist in our Job of the Week. This position can be based in the following locations: AFRL (Ohio) , ARL (Maryland) , NRLJob...
From insideHPC
Achieving Near-Native GPU Performance in the Cloud
In this session we describe how GPUs can be used within virtual environments with near-native performance. We begin by showing GPU performance across four hypervisors...
From insideHPC
Apply Now for SC15 Doctoral Showcase
SC15 is now accepting applications for their Doctoral Showcase. As part of the Technical Program, the Doctoral Showcase provides an important opportunity for students...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bots Now Outnumber Humans on Web
In CSO Online: At least the article mentions that most are still benign. But who defines that?
From Schneier on Security
Microbe Biometric
Interesting: Franzosa and colleagues used publicly available microbiome data produced through the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), which surveyed microbes in the...
From My Biased Coin
New Work on Equitability and MIC
A few years ago, working with a diverse group of scientists, I was looking at a problem related to big data analysis. The setting was data exploration, where you...
From Schneier on Security