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Exascale Computing Project Releases Milestone Report
The US Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has published a milestone report that summarizes the status of…
From insideHPC
Alibaba Cloud Offers AI Cloud Services to Help Battle COVID-19 Globally
Today the Alibaba Cloud announced it has offered medical personnel around the world a set of advanced cloud-based technology applications in the fight against the...
From insideHPC
Intel Scales Neuromorphic System to 100 Million Neurons
Today Intel unveiled Pohoiki Springs, its latest and most powerful neuromorphic research system providing the computational capacity of 100 million neurons. "Pohoiki...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remote Detection of Virus
Makes sense by remotely sensing heat. Of course temperature does not mean virus, but a first test for at a distance scanning. Here an existing system. Unsure...
From insideHPC
Atipa Technologies Joins Bright Reseller Program
Today Bright Computing announced that Atipa Technologies has become the latest company to join the Bright Computing Partner Program, as an Advanced Reseller. “Through...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Detecting Odors
I often mention research in this area because we spent considerable time looking at the idea of an 'artificial nose' to effectively test quality in products, especially...
From insideHPC
XSEDE Supercomputers Complete Simulations Pertinent to coronavirus, DNA Replication
Fundamental research supported by XSEDE supercomputers could help lead to new strategies and better technology that combats infectious and genetic diseases. "Chemical...
From Putting People First
Mass panic unlikely during pandemics
Two articles, one by Matt Simon in Wired and another by Benedict Carey in the New York Times, summarize scientific research that illustrates why mass panic is unlikely...
From Computational Complexity
What to do while stuck at home Part I
First of all both the Turing award and Abel Prize announced yesterday. As we start moving from the panic phase of the coronavirus to the boring phase, what kinds...
From Schneier on Security
Work-from-Home Security Advice
SANS has made freely available its "Work-from-Home Awareness Kit." When I think about how COVID-19's security measures are affecting organizational networks, I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Update on RFID Tags
Related updates for specific RFID applications. See also continuous updates on this technology.Vizenex RFID, manufacturing RFID Tags:Vizinex RFID, which manufactures...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Announces 2019 Turing Award Recipients
The following blog is from the ACM Bulletin on March 18, 2020. ACM has named Patrick M. (Pat) Hanrahan and Edwin E. (Ed) Catmull recipients of the 2019 ACM A.M...
From Putting People First
Torino, how are you?
How are we doing in this emergency? Collecting the answers we will not only know how we are, what has changed in our habits, and what our needs are, but we will...
From Putting People First
Torino, come stai?
Come stiamo in questa emergenza? Raccogliendo le risposte potremo sapere non solo come stiamo noi, cos’è cambiato nelle nostre abitudini e quali sono le nostre...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching From Home–Day 3
I miss my students. It’s hard talking and not seeing or hearing any reactions. Are they getting my jokes? Even polite laughter and pretending I am funny would be...
From insideHPC
OnScale Offering Free Cloud Core-Hours to Engineers Working from Home
Today OnScale announced that it will provide free cloud core-hours to customers to promote customer safety and mitigate any productivity loss due to office shutdowns...
From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Looks at COVID-19’s Impact on the Global HPC Market
Today Hyperion Research released a statement on the impact of the coronavirus on the HPC Market. "Because the trajectory and current extent of COVID-19 are unclear...
From insideHPC
AMD Powers Azure NVv4 Virtual Machines for HPC Workloads
The AMD and Microsoft partnership continues to expand this week with the launch of Microsoft Azure NVv4 Virtual Machines. Powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC Processors...
From insideHPC
Software-defined Microarchitecture: An Arguably Terrible Idea, But Certainly Not The Worst Idea
James Mickens from Harvard University gave this talk at HiPEAC 2020. ". In this presentation, I will describe some of the benefits that would emerge from a newSoftware...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bring Best Digital Means to Physical Stores
More changes in stores, but these will also be adapted to address future emergency situations like those we are experiencing now.How can retailers bring the best...
From Schneier on Security