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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 Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Scarf
Cute squid scarf. Blog moderation policy.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Opportunity to Respond to NITRD RFI on a National Plan for Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider responding to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development...
From Schneier on Security
Justice Department Indicts Tech CEO for Falsifying Security Certifications
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the CEO of a still unnamed company has been indicted for creating a fake auditing company to falsify security certifications...
From insideHPC
Hyperion/HPC User Forum: 2 Weeks Left to Apply for Innovation Excellence Award
The HPC Innovation Excellence Awards recognize noteworthy achievements by users of high-performance computing (HPC). The 2024 HPC Innovation Excellence Award winners...
From insideHPC
Intersect360 Research: HPC-AI Leadership Organization Adds 6 Advisory Committee Members
SUNNYVALE, CA—Oct. 10, 2024— HPC and AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has announced the addition of six new Advisory Committee Members to the HPC-AI...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How fast can you parse a CSV file in C#?
We often store large datasets using comma-separated-value (CSV) files. The format is simple enough, each line of a text file is made of several values separated...
From insideHPC
Breaking the ICE at Livermore: ICECap to Use Exascale Fusion Simulations for Digital Design
A groundbreaking multidisciplinary team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers is combining the power of exascale computing with AI, advanced workflows...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Laureates on Mechanisms for Successful Visioning
CCC’s mission is to catalyze computing research, and we are always on the lookout for ways to promote visioning about the future of computing across disciplinary...
From insideHPC
Exascale Day 2024: How Supercomputing at a Billion Billion Calculations Per Second Is Changing the World
The Exascale Era began in spring 2022 when the Top500 list certified that the HPE-AMD Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory had broken through...
From insideHPC
n2 Group Acquires Managed Services Company X-ISS
Oxford, UK – 17 October 2024 – n2 Group, a computing technology investment company, announces the acquisition of high-performance computing (HPC) and AI specialists...
From Computational Complexity
Computing and the Nobels
Herb Simon Herbert Simon while a political scientist in the 1940s at my institution, the Illinois Institute of Technology, developed the theory of bounded rationality...
From Schneier on Security
Cheating at Conkers
The men’s world conkers champion is accused of cheating with a steel chestnut.
From insideHPC
IQM Selected for 2 Quantum Computers for Euro-Q-Exa Hybrid System at LRZ
Munich, 16th October 2024 – The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has signed a purchase agreement with IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a maker of superconducting...
From insideHPC
Women in High Performance Computing and ISC Group Extend Partnership for 2025
Bicester, UK—Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) and ISC Group announced the continuation of their partnership in advance of ISC 2025, scheduled for June...
From insideHPC
Altair Announces Aerospace Collaboration with Motivo
TROY, Mich., October 15, 2024 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced a collaboration with Motivo, a product engineering firm focused on translating forward-thinkingAltair...
From insideHPC
Dell AI Factory Offers New Cooling, High Density Compute and AI Storage
Round Rock, TEXAS – October 15, 2024: Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) introduced integrated rack-scalable systems, server, storage and data management innovations...
From Schneier on Security
More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies
The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that’s well worth reading (alternate version here). The sales pitch came from a marketing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Table lookups are efficient
When optimizing small functions, I often rely on a table lookup: I replace the actual computation with table of precomputed values. It is often surprisingly efficient...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at SOSS Fusion 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event will be held on Octoberthis...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog