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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
Legal Issues of the Internet of Things
Likely not complete, but a long piece on the legal issues to consider concerning the internet of things. Global regulatory issues are likely also very important...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Tales of Chef Watson
Have spoken to several people recently on the now free and public cognitive demonstration system. All the comments I have seen, by non professional cooks, have...
From insideHPC
Open Computing: Vendor Landscape
The Open Compute Project, initiated by Facebook as a way to increase computing power while lowering associated costs with hyper-scale computing, has gained a significant...
From Schneier on Security
New Top Secret Information on the US's Drone Program
New operational information on the US's drone program, published by the Intercept and Der Speigel....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 April 2015
Daffodils are blooming, golf courses are opening, and buds are appearing on trees and bushes. Looks like we’re going to have spring in New Hampshire after all. ...
From Writing
Migrating from Blogger to GitHub Pages and launching the new ybrikman.com
Around 2007, I created my home page on a free PHP host and a blog on Blogger. The two websites have served me well for nearly 8 years, but they were long past due...
From CERIAS Blog
Buy a book for entertainment and for charity
I’ve known Carey Nachenberg, a Fellow at Symantec, for many, many years. He’s one of the driving forces behind Symantec’s anti-malware software. He’s creative and...
From Putting People First
Nudging to improve public policy, health care and our relationship with technology
On Nudging In Public Policy By Alon M. August, University of Redlands (USA) April 6, 2015 This thesis examines nudging, a technique aimed at making individualsNudging...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Goggle Technologies for VR
Brought to my attention Goggle Tech looking at hardware and software. VR possibilities are continuing to expand. Some interesting examples at the link." ... Goggle...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Freeman Dyson Interview
Interview in the NYTimes, ".... The physicist, mathematician and author, most recently, of “Dreams of Earth and Sky” says the best books he knows about mathematics...
From insideHPC
Video: Lustre HSM in the Cloud
"The combination of the ephemeral nature of the cloud and directly addressable archives such as S3 suggest novel methods for using the Lustre HSM interface. Persistent...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Linux HPC Engineer at TEKsystems
Teksystems LogoTEKsystems is seeking a Linux HPC Engineer in our Job of the Week.The post Job of the Week: Linux HPC Engineer at TEKsystems appeared first on insideHPC...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Damaging Effects of Envy
My former manager Bob Herbold on the damaging effects of envy.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Tells the Focused Story of Data
In CIO Insight: Perhaps obvious, but it is a very useful way to show the usefulness and value of your data. Also to do this in some standardized way, so you...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise Agility through Culture
Have been involved in a company with a strong and sometimes difficult culture for years. Worth understanding, In InfoQ:" .... Culture plays an important role in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
End of the Automobile License Plate
Replacing the classic license place with an RFID tag. An early idea that is getting new interest. Visual and RF tagging will probably be combined. Article...
From insideHPC
ISC Cloud & Big Data Keynote to Focus on IT Transformation at DZ Bank
Today the ISC Cloud & Big Data Conference announced that Dr. Jan Vitt from DZ Bank will keynote their event in September.The post ISC Cloud & Big Data Keynote to...
From insideHPC
Video: Preparing the Cray XC40 for Shipment to KAUST
Today's large-scale compute clusters take a lot of preparation for shipping. "Logistics planning for the KAUST shipment started months in advance, and it took 12...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Androids in Retail
Short Retailwire discussion piece on the use of androids (human-like robots or interactive images) for interactions in retail. Recall our deep diving Mr Clean effort...
From The Eponymous Pickle