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Amidata Deploys Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage
From insideHPC

Amidata Deploys Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage

SAN JOSE, Jan. 30, 2024 – Unstructured data storage and data management company Quantum Corp. (NASDAQ: QMCO) announced that Amidata, a managed services provider...

MIT, Applied Materials and Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub Combine on 200mm Research Capabilities for MIT.nano 
From insideHPC

MIT, Applied Materials and Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub Combine on 200mm Research Capabilities for MIT.nano 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MIT and Applied Materials, Inc., announced an agreement today that, together with a grant to MIT from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition...

Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate
From insideHPC

Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate

BUSAN, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2024 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Korea Quantum Computing (KQC) has engaged IBM to offer IBM’s AI software and infrastructure...

New Images of Colossus Released
From Schneier on Security

New Images of Colossus Released

GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth anniversary (birthday?). News article.

What AI Can Learn from HPC about Data Storage
From insideHPC

What AI Can Learn from HPC about Data Storage

By Timothy Sherbak, Quantum Corp. | The storage needs for organizations working to exploit AI have now bifurcated. While high performance solid-state storage...

NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant
From Schneier on Security

NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the...

CCC Receives $5 Million NSF Award to Continue Catalyzing the Research Community
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CCC Receives $5 Million NSF Award to Continue Catalyzing the Research Community

The following originally appeared on the CRA Bulletin, written by Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC, and Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications Following...

Singing bird – a human choir, singing birdsong
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Singing bird – a human choir, singing birdsong

Dawn Chorus: Marcus Coates and Geoff Sample recorded birdsong, then slowed it down and got people to sing it (then sped it up again!).

Microsoft Executives Hacked
From Schneier on Security

Microsoft Executives Hacked

Microsoft is reporting that a Russian intelligence agency—the same one responsible for SolarWinds—accessed the email system of the company’s executives. Beginning...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Some Fun Today

Today is a double NFL day. The main game for us is the Detroit Lions against the San Francisco 49ers. My dear wife, Kathryn Farley, is a dedicated fan of the Lions...

Brain Candy, STS Opportunities, and Girl Scouts
From Apophenia

Brain Candy, STS Opportunities, and Girl Scouts

I know I’ve been doing a crap job of sharing updates or juicy blog posts. Sorry! Here are some varied updates. And hopefully I’ll pen a proper commentary shortly...

From Computational Complexity

Certifying a Number is in a set A using Polynomials

 (This post was done with the help of Max Burkes and Larry Washington.)During this post \(N= \{0,1,2,\ldots \}\) and  \(N^+=\{1,2,3,\ldots \}\).Recall: Hilbert's...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

A Talk at TTIC on Experiment Design

Jessica Hullman of Northwestern University is visiting TTIC this coming Monday. She is giving a talk at 10am Central Time (11am Eastern) on “Hypothesizing About...

Friday Squid Blogging: Footage of Black-Eyed Squid Brooding Her Eggs
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Footage of Black-Eyed Squid Brooding Her Eggs

Amazing footage of a black-eyed squid (Gonatus onyx) carrying thousands of eggs. They tend to hang out about 6,200 feet below sea level. As usual, you can alsohere...

VAST Data and Genesis Cloud Partner for AI Cloud Infrastructure
From insideHPC

VAST Data and Genesis Cloud Partner for AI Cloud Infrastructure

NEW YORK – January 26, 2024 – AI data platform company VAST Data today announced a strategic partnership with Genesis Cloud, an  iInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)...

Eviden and Microsoft Announce 5-Year Cloud & AI Partnership
From insideHPC

Eviden and Microsoft Announce 5-Year Cloud & AI Partnership

Paris – January 25, 2024 – Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital, cloud, big data, and security, and Microsoft today announced a five-year strategic...

Kao Data Completes £206M Debt Raise with Deutsche Bank for Data Center Expansion
From insideHPC

Kao Data Completes £206M Debt Raise with Deutsche Bank for Data Center Expansion

London, 24th January 2024  – AI and advanced computing data center company Kao Data announced it has completed a new, £206 million debt raise, with an accompanying...

Chatbots and Human Conversation
From Schneier on Security

Chatbots and Human Conversation

For most of history, communicating with a computer has not been like communicating with a person. In their earliest years, computers required carefully constructed...

CCC Releases the 5 Year Update to the Next Steps in Quantum Computing Workshop Report
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CCC Releases the 5 Year Update to the Next Steps in Quantum Computing Workshop Report

Quantum computing has captured the public’s attention due to its incredible theoretical applications, but the intensely complicated underlying physics make it difficult...

IonQ Announces Quantum Technical Achievement a Year Ahead of Schedule
From insideHPC

IonQ Announces Quantum Technical Achievement a Year Ahead of Schedule

COLLEGE PARK, MD – January 25, 2024 – Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced that it hit its target technical milestone of 35 algorithmic qubits...
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