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One of the oldest distinctions in information access is between searching and browsing. Does a user initiate an information-seeking…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Why There Are No Giant Squid in Aquariums
They’re too big and we can’t recreate their habitat. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered...
From insideHPC
Aurora Exascale Install Update: Cautious Optimism
The twice-annual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is not universally loved, arguments persist whether the LINPACK benchmark is an optimal...
From The Noisy Channel
When Machine Learning Hits A Wall
Machine learning (or AI if you prefer) is amazing. I cannot think of another area of computer science — or of technology in general — that has been more influential...
From insideHPC
NVIDIA AI Enterprise and DGX Cloud Availabile in Oracle Cloud Marketplace
Austin, Texas—October 19, 2023 – Oracle today announced that NVIDIA AI Enterprise, an enterprise-grade software that accelerates data science and streamlines development...
From Schneier on Security
AI and US Election Rules
If an AI breaks the rules for you, does that count as breaking the rules? This is the essential question being taken up by the Federal Election Commission thisAI...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: The problem is fake crowds
(This is an excerpt from my book. Please let me know if you like it and want more.) It is usually unintentional. Companies don’t intend for their websites to fill...
From Computational Complexity
Fall Jobs Post 2023
In the 2022 Fall Jobs Post I talked about the effect of generative AI and that was two weeks before Open AI released ChatGPT to the public. A year later, how will...
From insideHPC
Schneider Electric Issues AI-based Data Center Optimization Guide
London, October 19th 2023 – Schneider Electric has introduced a guide to addressing new physical infrastructure design challenges for data centres to support the...
From insideHPC
TSMC Reports Q3 YoY Earnings Decline of 25%
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Oct. 19, 2023 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$546.73 billion, net income of NT$211.00 billion...
From insideHPC
Women in HPC Announces Lineup for SC23 Workshop, Diversity Day and Networking Reception
Oct. 19, 2023 — Women in HPC (WHPC) has unveiled highlights of its upcoming events at SC’23 in Denver. “Prepare for an inspiring and engaging experience, featuring...
From Schneier on Security
Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction. Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
For processing strings, streams in C++ can be slow
The C++ library has long been organized around stream classes, at least when it comes to reading and parsing strings. But streams can be surprisingly slow. ForContinue...
From insideHPC
GroqRack System is Now Available in ALCF AI Testbed
Oct. 18, 2023 – Access to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s new GroqRack system is open to the global research community. The ALCF said it welcome proposals...
From insideHPC
Altair Releases Altair HyperWorks 2023
TROY, Mich., October 18, 2023 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the release of Altair...
From insideHPC
Frontier and the Oak Ridge Team are Celebrating Exascale Day
Exascale computing is transforming our ability to solve some of the world’s most difficult and important problems. On October 18, the US Department of Energy’sFrontier...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrating the Evolution of ACM-W Scholarships: Empowering Women in Computing
Project team: Collaborators: ACM-W scholarships have been instrumental in providing crucial support for women in computer science and related fields, enabling...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How many billions of transistors in your iPhone processor?
In about 10 years, Apple has multiplied by 19 the number of transistors in its mobile processors. It corresponds roughly to a steady rate of improvement of 34%Continue...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Paul Messina and the Journey to Exascale
From the early days of supercomputing through the success of exascale supercomputing, few HPC luminaries have played as important and integral leadership role in...
From insideHPC
Exascale Day 2023: The Exascale Computing Era Is Here.
With the delivery of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first exascale system, Frontier, in 2022, and the upcoming deployment of Aurora and El Capitan systems...
From insideHPC