Computing
3 Questions: Teaching Computational Maker Skills Through Gaming
The early stages of teaching maker skills, such as digital fabrication, typically involve simple exercises like laser cutting or 3D printing basic shapes and objects. In our hyperconnected, hyperstimulated world, this learning activity can feel a bit underwhelming — a sentiment that caused Dishita Turakhia, an MIT PhD student in electrical engineering and computer science …
Object Management Group® Announces Responsible Computing With Founding Members IBM And Dell
Today Object Management Group® (OMG®) announced Responsible Computing (RC™), a new consortium comprised of technology innovators working together to address sustainable development goals. Responsible computing is a systemic approach aimed at addressing current and future challenges in computing, including sustainability, ethics, and professionalism, stemming from the belief that we need to start thinking about technology in terms of its …
Blockchain And The New Custom Compute Group
Digital computing continues to enrich our lives in more ways than we can imagine. We acquire, consume, and create content and services with a few clicks or taps of our fingertips. Exponential increases in compute performance, enabled by Moore’s Law, play a significant role in making these experiences seamless. Moore’s Law is also enabling us …
Lawrence Livermore’s Falgout Wins SIAM Supercomputing Career Prize
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) announced Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory computational mathematician Rob Falgout as the recipient of the 2022 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Career Prize. Established in 2009, the career prize recognizes “broad and distinguished contributions to the field of algorithms research and development for parallel scientific and engineering computing,” according to …
Success With Machine Learning Projects In Python
What does it mean for a machine to learn? In a way, machines learn just like humans. They infer patterns from data through a combination of experience and instruction. In this article, we will give you a sense of the applications for machine learning and explain why Python is a perfect choice for getting started. …
LLNL Develops Optical Capability For Thin-film Neural Implants To Look Into Brain Activity
Combining hybrid polymer materials with microfabrication and 3D printing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed an ultra-compact, lightweight and minimally invasive optoelectronic neural implant that could be used for long-term studies of brain activity. The new implantable devices are built upon a new platform LLNL researchers are calling POEMS (Polymeric Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and represent …
It Takes A Lot Of Energy For Machines To Learn – Here’s Why AI Is So Power-Hungry
This month, Google forced out a prominent AI ethics researcher after she voiced frustration with the company for making her withdraw a research paper. The paper pointed out the risks of language-processing artificial intelligence, the type used in Google Search and other text analysis products. Among the risks is the large carbon footprint of developing …
Darktrace Wins ‘Best AI Provider’ And ‘Email Security Award’ In Computing Technology Awards
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has announced that it has been named ‘Best AI/Machine Learning Provider’ in Computing’s 2020 Technology Product Awards, which aim to recognise the very best of the UK’s technology industry. In addition, Darktrace’s Cyber AI Analyst technology won ‘Security Innovation of the Year’ and its AI-powered email security solution …
Girls Who Code – ‘Big’ Program Goes Virtual
Livermore High School freshman Amber Belk is focused on studying chemical engineering in college, but through the Girls Who Code – “Big” program, she gained a new appreciation for how high performance computers that can model the types of molecules she will be studying. “Writing software codes and using the Linux operating system was really …
Study: Computing Is Made In America (But Not Just By Americans)
It’s no secret that algorithms run the world, powering everything from Google’s search results to Uber’s car-pool capabilities. But farther under the hood are a more fundamental set of algorithms that underpin computing: if Google PageRank is the engine, these algorithms are the parts it’s built from. To date, there haven’t been any long-term studies …