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Computability 2.0?

Computability 2.0?
by Bernard Murphy on 01-31-2017 at 7:00 am

There’s muttering among computing fundamentalists that perhaps we ought to revisit the definition of computability given recent advances in methods of computing, especially machine learning and quantum computation.

Computability is about what can and cannot be computed, either by a human or non-human computer. This is a … Read More


Where the Emerging Tech Jobs Are

Where the Emerging Tech Jobs Are
by Bernard Murphy on 01-18-2017 at 7:00 am

There’s an article published in InfoWorld on jobs trends in several emerging tech areas. The trends are based on analysis of job postings and job-seeker searches from the beginning of 2014, sourced by Indeed.com. I would have liked to dig deeper into Inded.com, to get more info on jobs in our industry but unfortunately it seems you… Read More


Why 2017 is the Year of the Bot

Why 2017 is the Year of the Bot
by Vivek Wadhwa on 01-17-2017 at 12:00 pm

In the 2013 movie “Her,” Theodore Twombly, a lonely writer, falls in love with a digital assistant designed to meet his every need. She sorts emails, helps get a book published, provides personal advice and ultimately becomes his girlfriend. The assistant, Samantha, is A.I. software capable of learning at an astonishing pace.… Read More


This Apple Fell a Little Further from the Tree

This Apple Fell a Little Further from the Tree
by Bernard Murphy on 01-04-2017 at 7:00 am

Some companies are famously, even obsessively secretive about internal development. We never get to see discussion of areas they are working on (other than through patent filings) – we only see the polished and released product/service. Amazon is one such company but Apple must rank for many of us as the pre-eminent company in … Read More


IBM Demonstrates Blockchain Progress and Clients

IBM Demonstrates Blockchain Progress and Clients
by Alan Radding on 12-29-2016 at 4:00 pm

IBM must have laid off its lawyers or something since never before has the company seemed so ready to reveal clients by name and the projects they’re engaged in. That has been going on for months and recently it has accelerated. Credit IBM’s eagerness to get blockchain established fast and show progress with the open community HyperLedger… Read More


The Other Half of AI

The Other Half of AI
by Bernard Murphy on 12-27-2016 at 7:00 am

I touched earlier on challenges that can appear in AI systems which operate as black-boxes, particularly in deep learning systems. Problems are limited when applied to simple recognition tasks, e.g. recognizing a speed limit posted on a sign. In these cases, the recognition task is (from a human viewpoint) simply choosing from… Read More


Renewable Energy is On a Roll

Renewable Energy is On a Roll
by Bernard Murphy on 12-23-2016 at 12:00 pm

Since everything we build in this industry either runs on, stores or produces electricity, we should have a more than passing interest in how we get that power. A couple of organizations, confusingly named the IEA (International Energy Agency) and the EIA (Energy Information Administration – a US agency) provide lots of interesting… Read More


Driverless Cars and our Global Economy

Driverless Cars and our Global Economy
by Daniel Payne on 12-23-2016 at 7:00 am

While traveling to California this year I had my first Uber trip after a concierge in Santa Clara recommended it as the best way to get to the airport, instead of the usual and expensive taxi ride. Later in the year I had my first Lyft ride after my road bike broke down and I needed a ride back home. Our transportation choices are shifting,… Read More


Building a Solar Powered Ice Freezer

Building a Solar Powered Ice Freezer
by Tom Simon on 12-18-2016 at 4:00 pm

My vacation is your worst nightmare. Well, at least that is what the bumper sticker says – it’s referring to Burning Man. It’s well known that among the tens of thousands of people attending this arts festival in Nevada at the end of each Summer there are lots of high tech luminaries. I also have gone many times – not to say that I am a luminary.… Read More


Microsoft Ignite 2016: Stepping On The Enterprise Accelerator

Microsoft Ignite 2016: Stepping On The Enterprise Accelerator
by Patrick Moorhead on 11-25-2016 at 12:00 pm

At the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Atlanta, Microsoft announced a series of major capabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, Dynamics and Cortana. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella highlighted, like he has in so many other of his big-tent speeches, the importance of enabling IT to drive the digital transformation in businesses… Read More