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From The Eponymous Pickle

Anticipating Apple's Smart Home

My enterprise was one of the pioneers to create a smart home that could be rapidly modified to test new technology configurations. It was also unique in that it... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 16, 2015 at 07:52 PM

From Writing

What do you give a child as good reasons for why he/she should read?

My answer on Quora to What do you give a child as good reasons for why he/she should read?:
From Writing | February 16, 2015 at 07:00 PM

From insideHPC

Podcast: XSEDE Spurs on HPC at University of South Dakota

In this podcast, Computer scientist Doug Jennewein discusses how the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) has enhanced his work as USD's... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 16, 2015 at 03:58 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Goals of Predictive Analytics Models

When I read the title of this article it said 'types' of predictive analytics models, which lead me to believe it was the kind of technical model. But no, its... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 16, 2015 at 03:11 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Process Models meet Watson

Have for a long time thought about the natural connections between Business Process Modeling (BPM) and the augmentation of jobs and sub tasks using Cognitive systems... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 16, 2015 at 02:17 PM

From insideHPC

Radio Free HPC Looks at Archive Debacle at WGBH

"Does your archive strategy match up with today's storage economics? Henry contends that this is really worth a look as the notion that "write once to tape and... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 16, 2015 at 01:40 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots and AI at an Inflection Point

At PARC Forum: Steve Omohundro's talk: On AI and Robotics at an inflection point. Distruptive technologies. Very nice look at the current status of both technologies... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 16, 2015 at 11:52 AM

From insideHPC

Driving NVH Simulation at Volvo

Volvo is pushing the boundaries of NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) simulation in order to improve the quality of new automobiles. staff
From insideHPC | February 16, 2015 at 11:32 AM

From insideHPC

Video: Michigan State’s HPCC Celebrates 10 Years of Supercomputing

"In 2015, the HPCC will begin plans to acquire a new machine that will singularly increase our available compute power at MSU. With MSU's continuing commitment... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Crash Course in Statistics

For Machine learning. Not enough certainly, but some good points made. With today's online resources, you don't need a room full of statisticians, just some... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM

From Schneier on Security

Ford Proud that "Mustang" Is a Common Password

This is what happens when a PR person gets hold of information he really doesn't understand. "Mustang" is the 16th most common password on the Internet according... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | February 16, 2015 at 09:56 AM

From insideHPC

SC15 Steps Up with Enhanced Student Programs

The SC15 theme is ‘HPC Transforms’ and we’re looking to do as much as we can so that our student attendees’ ideas about school and careers are also transformed,... staff
From insideHPC | February 16, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 16 February 2015

President’s Day today which means my school is closed. I can use the rest after cleaning up from the latest snow storm. I’ve lost count of the number of feet (yes... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 16, 2015 at 05:55 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Supply Chain Visibility and RFID

Sure visibility is increased, but then how does that provide value? Primarily by combining the information with other data, and then using analytics to feed key... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2015 at 03:43 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

iPhone Security

In Wired: Considering the security of the iPhone. (From September 18) A reminder to iPhone owners cheering Apple’s latest privacy win: Just because Apple will... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2015 at 03:18 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Choremonster Meets Disney

I see that colleague and long time connect Chris Bergman has been out in LA to meet with Disney to talk about his gamification startup Choremonster. What a natural... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2015 at 02:34 PM

From insideHPC

Pointwise Adds Overset Grid Assembly to CFD Meshing Software

Today Pointwise announced the latest release of its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software featuring direct integration with overset grid assembly... staff
From insideHPC | February 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM

From Schneier on Security

New Book: Data and Goliath

After a year of talking about it, my new book is finally published. This is the copy from the inside front flap: You are under surveillance right now. Your cell... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | February 15, 2015 at 07:41 AM

From insideHPC

UberCloud Community and Marketplace for Technical Computing

"The UberCloud Community brings together over 3,000 participants to pave the way for the Technical Computing Cloud. UberCloud Experiment teams explore the end-to... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 15, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing

ACM-W Connections - February, 2015

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair I anticipate that 2015 will be a year of numerous exciting announcements from ACM-W as we continue to grow and increase our reach and... oleary
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing | February 15, 2015 at 01:28 AM