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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 insideHPC
The insideHPC Guide to HPC in Life Sciences
The term next generation sequencing (NGS) is really a misnomer. NGS implies a single methodology, but the fact is that over the past 10 to 15 years there have...
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC Looks at Big Data Analytics in the Big Leagues
In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team takes a look at Big Data Analytics in sports. According to recent reports, at least one team in Major League Baseball is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Synchronicity and Decision Making
Synchronicity by Hassine Saidane Which I had not heard described before. A technical and academic view, but intriguing." ... In a previous article I argued that...
From insideHPC
IEEE is Rebooting Computing for What Comes Next
IEEE has launched something it calls Rebooting Computing (RC), "an initiative that proposes to rethink the computer through a holistic look that addresses all aspects...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Watch And ResearchKit
RetailWire on the Apple Watch. I watched part of the announcement. I am not particularly interested in a watch that replaces or even augments some of the functionality...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
On rote memorization and antiquated skills
When I write that we should focus on teaching useful skills, and avoid rote memorization… I get far more opposition than I expect. To my surprise, there is an abundant...
From insideHPC
Slidecast: New IBTA Volume 1 Specification Release
In this slidecast, Bill Lee and Rupert Dance from the InfiniBand Trade Association describe the new IBTA Volume 1 Specification Release. "The new release defines...
From insideHPC
PNNL Simulations Point to Accelerating Climate Change
"An analysis of changes to the climate that occur over several decades suggests that these changes are happening faster than historical levels and are starting...
From Schneier on Security
Geotagging Twitter Users by Mining Their Social Graphs
New research: Geotagging One Hundred Million Twitter Accounts with Total Variation Minimization," by Ryan Compton, David Jurgens, and David Allen. Abstract: Geographically...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
YouthSpark Challenge for Change
Microsoft runs all sorts of competitions. Recently I read about the YouthSpark Challenge for Change. Since it is no open to 13 to 17 year olds (aka high school...
From Putting People First
Empathy makes you only more egocentric
In a battery of experiments, Imperial College’s Johannes Hattula and his coresearchers Walter Herzog, Darren Dahl, and Sven Reinecke interviewed marketing managers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fridge Caught Sending Spam
From CNetFridge caught sending spam emails in botnet attack ... In the first documented attack of its kind, the Internet of Things has been used as part of an attack...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 9
The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on the nominations of Michelle Lee to be the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Daniel Marti as the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Successful with Private Labels
Branding private label at Kroger has been very successful, What are the dimensional characteristics of such a label to make it most powerful? The data must exist...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The mathematics we teach our kids…
Math education has made progress compared to my school days in specific areas. For example, I am really happy that statistics and probabilities are fully integrated...
From insideHPC
Geoff Lyon Elected Chair of Green Grid Liquid Cooling Work Group
The Green Grid Liquid Cooling Work Group has elected Geoff Lyon as Chairman. Lyon is CEO/CTO at CoolIT Systems, the world leader in Direct Contact Liquid Cooling...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Supermicro Tunes up with New Intel Xeon D-1500
In this Chip Chat podcast, John Nguyen from Supermicro discusses the new "System on a Chip" Intel Xeon Processor D-1500 and how Supermicro is integrating this new...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying When Someone is Operating a Computer Remotely
Here's an interesting technique to detect Remote Access Trojans, or RATS: differences in how local and remote users use the keyboard and mouse: By using biometric...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple ResearchKit
Watched Apple's announcement of Researchkit today, and the inclusion of a number of diagnostic and research supporting Apps. To be made available Open Source....
From insideHPC