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Programmable Virus Traps?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Programmable Virus Traps?

Here on the face of it quite a claim.  Human tests still years away. Programmable Trap Can Kill Viruses  By R. Colin Johnson  in CACMCommissioned by CACM Staff,...

Quantum Error Correction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum Error Correction

Brought back to my attention, with lots of links  to more detail,   From Google Research, Technical.Demonstrating the Fundamentals of Quantum Error CorrectionWednesday...

Applications Open for 2022 Better Scientific Software Fellowship Program
From insideHPC

Applications Open for 2022 Better Scientific Software Fellowship Program

Applications are now open for the BSSw Fellowship Program, which provides recognition and funding for leaders and advocates of high-quality scientific softwareApplications...

Upcoming NSF CISE Deadlines
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Upcoming NSF CISE Deadlines

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate has some upcoming solicitation deadlines. Check them out...

Robot Apocalypse
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Apocalypse

Recalled some of the points made here.   Some of our plant machinery was dated, and not likely to be replaced soon.  Yet also included advanced 'robotics' and controllers...

Robotic Surgeries Better?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robotic Surgeries Better?

Useful to see some measurement of qualityAre Robotic Surgeries Really Better?By The New York Times, August 17, 2021Surgical procedures performed with the aid of...

Dell, Xenon in $7M Deal with Pawsey Supercomputing Centre to Deploy 130PB of Multi-tier Storage
From insideHPC

Dell, Xenon in $7M Deal with Pawsey Supercomputing Centre to Deploy 130PB of Multi-tier Storage

Aug. 16, 2021 – Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre said it will become home to one of the largest research-focused object storage systems in the world, with...

SC21 Will Remain In-person/Virtual Hybrid, Says Conference General Chair de Supinski
From insideHPC

SC21 Will Remain In-person/Virtual Hybrid, Says Conference General Chair de Supinski

Amid rumors that SC21 is on the verge of shifting to an all-virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conference General Chair Bronis de Supinski told us today...

IBM Using Digital Twins to Optimize AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Using Digital Twins to Optimize AI

Spent years using simulation to optimize business process,  the idea of a Digital Twin came along to better utilize sensor context to leverage better solutions....

11 Examples of Blockchain Use
From The Eponymous Pickle

11 Examples of Blockchain Use

Lisa Morgan  in InformationWeek  ... Blockchain Gets Real Across IndustriesBlockchain use cases are exploding across industries because these days trust is 'a thing...

Using WRF to Simulate Nuclear Cloud Rise at LLNL
From insideHPC

Using WRF to Simulate Nuclear Cloud Rise at LLNL

For decades, understanding the behavior of a nuclear mushroom cloud was done with careful analysis of observations made during the testing era. Old photos, outdated...

Are You too Small For AI?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Are You too Small For AI?

Given the author, you can predict the answer. Partially agree. But saw the same things early on for 'simpler' classic applications like analytics, which have some...

Simulating Building Energy use in Context with Digital Twins
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simulating Building Energy use in Context with Digital Twins

A good example of the use of 'digital twins'.    Challenge will be to get the required detail for so many buildings with different ages, designs, updates, designs...

Overview of AI Labs in India
From The Eponymous Pickle

Overview of AI Labs in India

 An description and overview of Indian AI Labs via ODSCStandout Artificial Intelligence Labs in IndiaODSC - Open Data ScienceOur passion is bringing thousands of...

On the SAS and Microsoft Partnership
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the SAS and Microsoft Partnership

They write:One year in: Six reasons you should pay attention to the SAS and Microsoft partnership  by NICK JOHNSONJust over a year ago, SAS and Microsoft announced...

From Computational Complexity

What are the most important 46 papers in Computer Science? Harry Lewis has a book about them!

 (Disclosure:  Harry Lewis was my PhD advisor. For a blog post on  disclosures and bias see my post on that topic here.)Harry Lewis has a book out: Ideas that Created...

MUM,a new way to search online.
From The Eponymous Pickle

MUM,a new way to search online.

Is MUM just like a conversation online?   Most interesting/ Just recently noticed the amound of searching I had to do just to get some simple background info.This...

Exploratory Data Analyses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Exploratory Data Analyses

 Am a big proponent of exploratory data analysis, and making it initially as simple, visual and goal oriented as possible.   Here a piece from KDNuggets that shows...

AI Learns by Doing More with Less
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Learns by Doing More with Less

Interesting thoughts on the efficiency of natural and current AI systems. Biomimicry possibilities for future intelligences? AI Learns by Doing More with Less Washington...

Can a Robot Understand a Hug?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Can a Robot Understand a Hug?

Connecting touch and sight sensory interactions. Robot Can Understand What a Hug Is  By New Scientist, February 9, 2021A prototype soft robot with nylon skin developed...
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