They’re called recommender systems, and they’re among the most important applications today. That’s because there is an explosion… Read Article
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What you can see, you can understand. Simulations help us understand the mysteries of black holes and see how a protein spike on the coronavirus causes COVID-19. They also let… Read Article
Ride the Fast Lane to AI Productivity with Multi-Instance GPUs
Remember after recess on a summer day, waiting at the back of a long line at the drinking fountain? Now imagine a multi-headed water fountain, flowing with cool goodness for… Read Article
How Sparsity Adds Umph to AI Inference
If you’ve ever played the game Jenga, you’ll have some sense of sparsity in AI and machine learning. Players stack wooden blocks in crisscross fashion into a column. Then each… Read Article
How RDMA Became the Fuel for Fast Networks
Two chance encounters propelled remote direct memory access from a good but obscure idea for fast networks into the jet fuel for the world’s more powerful supercomputers. The lucky breaks… Read Article
How We Took Our Biggest Event of the Year Digital – and What We Learned
There isn’t anyone in the world, right now, who isn’t going to come out of 2020 without a story to share about the global pandemic. We’ve got a story to… Read Article
What Is Active Learning?
Reading one book on a particular subject won’t make you an expert. Nor will reading multiple books containing similar material. Truly mastering a skill or area of knowledge requires lots… Read Article
Five Things You Always Wanted to Know About AI, But Weren’t Afraid to Ask
They say there’s no such thing as a dumb question. As someone who asks dumb questions for a living, I can tell you that’s a really stupid thing to say…. Read Article
AI Calling: How to Kick Off a Career in Data Science
Paul Mahler remembers the day in May 2013 he decided to make the switch. The former economist was waiting at a bus stop in Washington, D.C., reading the New York… Read Article