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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
SC23: TOP500 Trends, the AI-HPC Crossover, Chiplet Standardization, the Emergence of UCIe and CXL Advancements
By Adrian Cockcroft, Partner & Analyst, OrionX Last year the UCIe chiplet standard had just been launched, and since then just about everyone has joined it, about...
From Computational Complexity
The Engineer and The Computer Scientist
What is the difference between engineering and computer science? CS is not an engineering field, though there is some overlap. It's not the digital versus physical...
From Schneier on Security
Breaking Laptop Fingerprint Sensors
They’re not that good: Security researchers Jesse D’Aguanno and Timo Teräs write that, with varying degrees of reverse-engineering and using some external hardware...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: The problem is bad incentives
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Incentives matter...
From Schneier on Security
Digital Car Keys Are Coming
Soon we will be able to unlock and start our cars from our phones. Let’s hope people are thinking about security.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Parsing 8-bit integers quickly
Suppose that you want to parse quickly 8-bit integers (0, 1, 2, …, 254, 255) from an ASCII/UTF-8 string. The problem comes up in the simdzone project lead by Jeroen...
From insideHPC
AWS Unveils Graviton4, Trainium2 Chips
Today at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services announced the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families — AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 — that the company...
From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Announces Winners of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research has announced the recipients of the 19th round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The 2023 winners are: FedData Technology...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Nominations Open
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with enabling the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and...
From Geeking with Greg
Tim O'Reilly on algorithmic tuning for exploitation
Tim O'Reilly, Mariana Mazzucato, and Ilan Strauss have three working papers focusing on Amazon's ability to extract unusual profits from its customers nowadays....
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A simple WebSocket benchmark in Python
Modern web applications often use the http/https protocols. However, when the server and client needs to talk to each other in a symmetrical fashion, the WebSocket...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Thanks to Will Shortz
For keeping us human—in crosswords at least for now Cropped from Guardiansource Will Shortz has just celebrated 30 years as the Crossword Editor of the New York...
From insideHPC
PASQAL and Investissement Québec Launch $90M Quantum Initiative
Nov. 27, 2023 — French quantum computing company PASQAL announced it is part of the inauguration of Espace Quantique 1, a $90 million quantum initiative, in the...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) brings together scientists from all disciplines for gender equality
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) is an independent committee formed in 2020 by nine international scientific organizations, most of...
From Schneier on Security
Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program
There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Free event for families and schools: the Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution
FREE: Come and see a TV programme being made at the People's Palace on Mile End Road (other UK venues available). It's time for the annual Royal Institution Christmas...
From Computational Complexity
Can I make money in the betting markets based on what i ``know'' about the Republican VP choide
The betting markets for the Republican VP are here.Assume that I am very confident that the VP won't be Nikki Haley. I can buy a NO share for 90 cents (that may...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: People determine what the algorithms do
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") The problem is people...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A simple WebSocket benchmark in JavaScript: Node.js versus Bun
Conventional web applications use the http protocol (or the https variant). The http protocol is essentially asymmetrical: a client application such as a browser...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing