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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 Putting People First
Nudging and Choice Architecture: Ethical Considerations
Nudging and Choice Architecture: Ethical Considerations by Cass R. Sunstein Yale Journal on Regulation January 17, 2015 50 pages Is nudging unethical? Is choice...
From Putting People First
The perils of the internet of things
In the not so distant future, every object in your life will be online and talking to one another. Although it will transform the way we live and work, Marc Goodman...
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The value of design to the public sector
Reduced budgets mean innovation in the public sector is vital if our public services are to become more effective and improve the experience for users, argues Anna...
From insideHPC
ANSYS Modernizes Code for Intel Xeon Phi
Today ANSYS and Intel announced a collaboration to speed structural code on x86 processors.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wireless Bio-sensors and Eye Tracking
Have seen this demonstrated in-store before .... another example. Particularly useful in understanding in-store applications that look at products in shelf context...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
WATCH Talk- Cybersecurity and Privacy: Complementary– Not Mutually Exclusive– Concepts
The next WATCH Talk is Thursday, March 19, 12:00-1:00PM EDT. Mary Ellen Callahan, will discuss Cybersecurity and Privacy: Complementary– Not Mutually Exclusive–...
From insideHPC
SC15 Seeking Nominations for Seymour Cray, Sidney Fernbach, and Ken Kennedy Awards
The SC15 conference is now now accepting nominations for the Seymour Cray, Sidney Fernbach, and Ken Kennedy Awards.
From insideHPC
Geophysicist Marianne Walck named VP of Sandia’s California laboratory
Today Sandia National Laboratories announced the appointment of Marianne Walck as vice president of Sandia’s California laboratory.
From insideHPC
Correct and Efficient Code – HYDRO2D
Simulation of physical processes such as the waves in an ocean or the wake behind a boat, although similar in a number of ways, require different approaches. With...
From insideHPC
Palmetto Supercomputer Powers Genetics at Clemson
Researchers at Clemson University are using the Palmetto supercomputers to study biomass production and disease resistance. As one of the fastest supercomputers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hear Every Voice in the Room
An IBM exec's key to innovation is the free flow of informationIT leaders often must navigate a range of personalities as they guide teams and advance projects,...
From Putting People First
The Addiction Algorithm: An interview with Natasha Dow Schüll
Natasha Dow Schüll is a cultural anthropologist and associate professor of Science, Technology and Society at MIT. Her first book, Addiction by Design, examines...
From Computational Complexity
Quotes with which I disagree
Often we hear pithy quotes by famous people but some just don't hold water. "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." Usually ...
From Schneier on Security
The Changing Economics of Surveillance
Cory Doctorow examines the changing economics of surveillance and what it means: The Stasi employed one snitch for every 50 or 60 people it watched. We can't be...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Simplify Simplify Simplify
One of the things beginners do when learning how to program is to make things more complicated then they need to be. It’s a natural thing because they often don...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Python as Language, for Beginners
In the CACM: A look at Python, a computer language now often used for analytics, and increasingly taught in schools. For a techno piece, quite thoughtful. Have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning Advice From Practice
Via O'Reilly, a nice set of Machine Learning practice observations (not really hard rules). These are mostly technical, for data analytics practitioners. Some...
From Schneier on Security
Equation Group Update
More information about the Equation Group, aka the NSA. Kaspersky Labs has published more information about the Equation Group -- that's the NSA -- and its sophisticated...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
You’d have to be irrational to not celebrate Pi Day at NIH!
Due the advancement in computer science, π (Pi) has now been calculated to over one trillion digits past its decimal. Only 39 digits past the decimal are needed...
From insideHPC