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Thoughtful intro to piece via SAS
4 ways you might not realize advanced analytics is changing the world
by LEXI REGALADO on JANUARY 24, 2023
The word innovation often draws to mind images of self-driving cars, new phones, and shiny…The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) juts announced their new class of 2023 Fellows. AAAI is a nonprofit that aims to advance and promote research in, and the responsible use of, artificial intelligence…
Something we saw predicted and then experimented with in the 80s. Have seen only hints at the possibility since then. Could be a real powerful plus, especially looking for openings for threats to security.
ACM TECHNEWS
ChatGPT…I worked on simulating operating rooms for efficient use, takes the idea much further, so of interest.
Israel Opens First 'Smart Operating Room' That Manages Inventory
The Jerusalem Post (Israel), Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, January…Intriguing capability, unexpected.
Wi-Fi Routers Can Detect Human Locations, Poses Within a Room
Tom's Hardware, Mark Tyson, January 18, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have been testing a system that uses Wi-Fi signals…You sometimes want to add a string to an existing data structure. For example, the C++17 template ‘std::optional’ may be used to represent a possible string value. You may copy it there, as this code would often do… std::string…
SAN MATEO, Calif. – January 30, 2023 – Hammerspace, the pioneer of the global data environment, today announced that CRN magazine has named Hammerspace to its annual Cloud 100 list. This list honors the 100 Coolest Cloud Companies…
Interesting step forward, certainly will change approaches to teaching, testing.
AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, By MedPage Today, in ACM, January 27, 2023
One objection to the use of AI programs in research was…Related pieces:
Identifying People Using Cell Phone with Location Data by Bruce Schneier ...
Two charged with attacks on four power substations in Washington state By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
Published 2:20…NIST is planning a significant update of its Cybersecurity Framework. At this point, it’s asking for feedback and comments to its concept paper.
Do the proposed changes reflect the current cybersecurity landscape (standards…Mathematical, digital and physical models can help us design things better (and more safely!)
Consumer goods continues to move to deeper digital
Veeral Shah Named 1st Chief E-comm & Digital Officer at Nestlé USA
Veeral Shah has been named chief e-commerce and digital officer for Nestlé USA, a new role for the company.
Shah…Quanta Magazine, 651K subscribers
"Students haven't been taught that math is discovery," says Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving. "Math is a creative discipline—you're creating castles in the…Just bought a major appliance in this list. At first the idea of it being 'smart' attracted me, but I did think about having a major need depending on an external complex resource. Despite my background, decided not. Now…
Sounds like the 'expert systems' of days past, we wrote a number in various contexts. Results I have seen now are still shaky, often easy ridiculed, but still approaching real possibilities.
Right now there is no “killer” use…A short time ago we were talking a handful of QuBits, now billions? Implications for 'unsolvable' problems?
Spin Control Method Brings Billion-Qubit Quantum Chips Closer
UNSW Sydney Newsroom (Australia) January 13, 2023
Engineers…Mote use of finite element analysis, which we also utilized for modeling of key manufacturing systems.
Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables
Hellenic Cables in Greece uses finite element modeling…Not getting this, but interesting ...
An accident in a lab experiment may revolutionize quantum computers
By Joshua Hawkins, Published Jan 23rd, 2023 in BGR
Researchers may have made a massive breakthrough in quantum computing.…Like the idea. We tested something similar which searched for supporting information in internal Wikis.
How Generative AI will Help Power your Presentation in 2023 in Venturebeat
By Sharon Goldman
@sharongoldman, January 24, 2023…Three dimensionally printed, use of sensors,
Ukraine's Wounded Soldiers to Get Bionic Arms
London Daily Express (U.K.)
Jacob Paul, January 18, 2023
U.K. technology company Open Bionics plans to fit two Ukrainian soldiers with three…25 Qubits, link to a help desk.
ACM NEWS
Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry By Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), January 23, 2023
A 25-qubit quantum processor chip packaged in a specially designed…Been Phished, I have. Schneier sends along a nice piece from TidBits on the topic. A useful guide, history and much more. Schneier's piece has lots of comments on experiences .
An Annotated Field Guide to Identifying…New three dimensional models predicts past faces from Skeletal Structure.
Faces from Ancient Egypt Coming Back to Life in Extraordinary Detail
By Newsweek, January 23, 2023
Said the Face Lab's Caroline Wilkinson, "We are prettyResearchers…Scientists have created a hydrogel “using squid mantle and creative chemistry.”
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read my blog posting guidelines…Early in his career, Kevin Mitnick successfully hacked California law. He told me the story when he heard about my new book, which he partially recounts his 2012 book, Ghost in the Wires.
The setup is that he just discovered …Call for a reinvention of Web search.
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. in Venturebeat
The internet turns 53 this year, and it has been profoundly shaped by Big Tech companies .…Have mentioned that here a number of time, reviewing. We worried that when building expertise systems, even considered a definition of creativity in a domain to balance its value.
Can AI Demonstrate Creativity? By Keith…Jan. 27, 2023 — In August 2022, MilDef announced a 20-year framework agreement worth SEK 2.8 billion (Swedish krona), with an unnamed defense force of a European NATO country. Now the first order has been placed for the contract…
Much more detail linked to. Post quantum still an issue.
ACM NEWS
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Candidate Cracked By David Geer
Commissioned by CACM Staff, January 24, 2023
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology…Samsung US newsroom published an interview with Federico Casalegno, Executive Vice President of Design and Head of Samsung Design Innovation Center; Mark Benson, Head of Samsung SmartThings U.S.; and Inhee Chung, Vice President…