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Search vs. Browse
One of the oldest distinctions in information access is between searching and browsing. Does a user initiate an information-seeking…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 3: snowflakes – make your own six-sided HexaHexaFlexagon with our templates
Print and colour in (optional) a HexaHexaFlexagon then see if you can uncover all of Father Christmas' presents...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 2: Pairs: mittens, gloves, pair programming, magic tricks
Day 2 of our Christmas computing advent calendar and we're already seeing double.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Strawberry Squid in the Galápagos
Scientists have found Strawberry Squid, “whose mismatched eyes help them simultaneously search for prey above and below them,” among the coral reefs in the Galápagos...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Manipulating customer reviews
(This is an excerpt from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Amazon is the place peoplewrote...
From insideHPC
HPE Announces GenAI Collaboration with NVIDIA, AI-native Architecture and Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced at HPE Discover Barcelona 2023 the next series of AI-native and hybrid cloud offerings for machine learning development, data...
From Schneier on Security
AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading
A stock-trading AI (a simulated experiment) engaged in insider trading, even though it “knew” it was wrong. The agent is put under pressure in three ways. First...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 1: Woolly jumpers, knitting and coding
Hooray it's December! We have lots of fun Christmas- and computing-themed stuff we hope you will enjoy. First up: the links between knitting and coding.
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Tech Analyst Adrian Cockcroft on Trends Driving Future HPC Architectures
Along with his article to be found on this site, technology analyst Adrian Cockcroft of OrionX (and former AWS vice president) joins Shahin and Doug after SC23@HPCpodcast...
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