A New Era in Computation

A New Era in Computation

Author: Nicholas Metropolis

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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The transition from serial to parallel computing in which many operations are performed simultaneously and at tremendous speed, marks a new era in computation. These original essays explore the emerging modalities and potential impact of this technological revolution. Daniel Hillis, inventor of the superfast Connection Machine®, provides a clear explanation of massively parallel computing. The essays that follow investigate the rich possibilities, as well as the constraints, that parallel computation holds for the future. These possibilities include its tremendous potential for simulating currently intractable physical processes and for solving "monster" scientific problems (involving new algorithms and ways of thinking about problem solving that will change the way we think about the world), and its use in the neural sciences (where the biological model for parallel computation is the brain). Essays also address the gap between the promise of this new technology and our current educational system and look at America's technological agenda for the 1990s. Daniel Hillis is Chief Scientist and James Bailey is Director of Marketing, both at Thinking Machines Corporation. Selected Essays:Preface,Stephen R. Graubard. What is Massively Parallel Computing, and Why Is It Important?W. Daniel Hillis. Complex Adaptive Systems, John H. Holland. Perspectives on Parallel Computing, Yuefan Deng, James Glimm, David H. Sharp. Parallel Billiards and Monster Systems, Brosl Hasslacher. First We Reshape Our Computers, Then Our Computers Reshape Us: The Broader Intellectual Impact of Parallelism, James Bailey. Parallelism in Conscious Experience. Robert Sokolowski. Of Time, Intelligence, and Institutions, Felix E. Browder. Parallel Computing and Education,Geoffrey C. Fox. The Age of Computing: A Personal Memoir, N. Metropolis. What Should the Public Know about Mathematics? Philip J. Davis. America's Economic-Technological Agenda for the 1990s,Jacob T. Schwartz. A Daedalus special issue


Enabling the New Era of Cloud Computing: Data Security, Transfer, and Management

Enabling the New Era of Cloud Computing: Data Security, Transfer, and Management

Author: Shen, Yushi

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-11-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1466648023

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Cloud computing is becoming the next revolution in the IT industry; providing central storage for internet data and services that have the potential to bring data transmission performance, security and privacy, data deluge, and inefficient architecture to the next level. Enabling the New Era of Cloud Computing: Data Security, Transfer, and Management discusses cloud computing as an emerging technology and its critical role in the IT industry upgrade and economic development in the future. This book is an essential resource for business decision makers, technology investors, architects and engineers, and cloud consumers interested in the cloud computing future.


The Fractal Hyper Computer

The Fractal Hyper Computer

Author: Lawrence Byng

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781503035430

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What is the function of the non-coding 'junk' part that comprises 98% of our DNA? It's all junk right? junk junk junk and more junk on top of the junk...at least according to the scientists? Yeah?? WRONG! The 98% that is not understood is potentially one of the most valuable treasures of all time. It contains computation algorithms and knowledge that have evolved over the last 4 billion years. Fractal Hyper Computation Theory (first published May 20th 2014) provides everything you need to know to decode this 'junk' part of the DNA. So DNA is part of a highly complex bio-computer system. How does it work? To tell you that I would have to give away the secrets in my Fractal Hyper Computer (patent pending) patents. I am *not* going to do that, but what I can do is explain the theory behind this immensely powerful computation system. It is described in my book. Evolution is random right? Wrong again! Fractal Hyper Computation Theory provides the answers why. At least Quantum physics and everything else in the universe is random right? Still wrong! same as above. Evolution, thought, consciousness and matter itself are all different manifestations of the same basic principles. Once you understand Fractal Hyper Computation Theory you will understand why. This leads to the possibility that the universe is a cosmic hyper-net where *everything* is inter-connected. I won't go into the details here, but once you understand my theory you may also understand how and why this is not only possible but in reality quite probable. The language of thought, cosmic hyper-nets, the universal language of life, DNA (the 98% that mainstream science calls 'junk') and the cosmos itself, has finally been decoded. It follows the same rules as human languages. It is described precisely by Fractal Hyper Computation Theory. How's that for a set of predictions?! My theory, described in this book, is a revolutionary new computational theory unlike any other and it shows *how* this is done. It took about three decades to develop and is formulated from the most basic of principles. It is able to 'compute' some of the most intractable problems facing today's computer engineers such as natural language and optimization algorithms. My theory performs hyper computation using a completely new paradigm. In my book, you will find the first ever complete proof showing how natural language is encoded. The proof is in the form of engineering diagrams. Please remember that this proof took over three decades to formulate and involves some mind bending concepts, so understanding it in five minutes may be a stretch. It just so happens that natural language is encoded in what I refer to as relative quaternary fractal encoding, which is eerily similar to DNA. What is RQF encoding? You need to read my book. Thank you for reading. Finally, why is it that when things are not understood, they are either described as 'junk' or 'random'? I have absolutely no idea. Perhaps someone can explain that to me someday. Ohh...and just for clarity, if randomness is an illusion, then doesn't that mean quantum superposition is impossible ergo quantum computers (The cores of which use superposition) can never be built...even if you do take a million billion years for experimentation? The quantum computer, for all its promise, simply vanishes into the eternity of space and time as nothing more than a theoretical artifact and anomaly born from a faulty assumption (probabilistic instead of deterministic). Darn those pesky holes in the theory. In conclusion, it seems quite possible that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics is *wrong* and that the correct interpretation is closer to the De Broglie-Bohm theory or pilot wave interpretation.


Reinventing Discovery

Reinventing Discovery

Author: Michael Nielsen

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0691202842

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"Reinventing Discovery argues that we are in the early days of the most dramatic change in how science is done in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by new online tools, which are transforming and radically accelerating scientific discovery"--


Applications, Tools and Techniques on the Road to Exascale Computing

Applications, Tools and Techniques on the Road to Exascale Computing

Author: Koen de Bosschere

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1614990409

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Single processing units have now reached a point where further major improvements in their performance are restricted by their physical limitations. This is causing a slowing down in advances at the same time as new scientific challenges are demanding exascale speed. This has meant that parallel processing has become key to High Performance Computing (HPC). This book contains the proceedings of the 14th biennial ParCo conference, ParCo2011, held in Ghent, Belgium. The ParCo conferences have traditionally concentrated on three main themes: Algorithms, Architectures and Applications. Nowadays though, the focus has shifted from traditional multiprocessor topologies to heterogeneous and manycores, incorporating standard CPUs, GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). These platforms are, at a higher abstraction level, integrated in clusters, grids and clouds. The papers presented here reflect this change of focus. New architectures, programming tools and techniques are also explored, and the need for exascale hardware and software was also discussed in the industrial session of the conference.This book will be of interest to all those interested in parallel computing today, and progress towards the exascale computing of tomorrow.


Handbook of Technical Communication

Handbook of Technical Communication

Author: Alexander Mehler

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-10-30

Total Pages: 860

ISBN-13: 3110224941

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The Handbook of Technical Communication brings together a variety of topics which range from the role of technical media in human communication to the linguistic, multimodal enhancement of present-day technologies. It covers the area of computer-mediated text, voice and multimedia communication as well as of technical documentation. In doing so, the handbook takes professional and private communication into account. Special emphasis is put on technical communication by means of web 2.0 technologies and its standardization in system development. In summary, the handbook deals with theoretical issues of technical communication and its practical impact on the development and usage of text and speech technologies.


Computation & Cognition

Computation & Cognition

Author: Charles William Gear

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780898712728

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The theme of the symposium, computation and cognition, was designed to explore the relations between very different modes of computation, and to bring together views of the computation process from different disciplines.


Advancing Consumer-Centric Fog Computing Architectures

Advancing Consumer-Centric Fog Computing Architectures

Author: Munir, Kashif

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1522571507

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Due to a rapidly growing number of devices and communications, cloud computing has begun to fall behind on its ability to adequately process today’s technology. Additionally, companies have begun to look for solutions that would help reduce their infrastructure costs and improve profitability. Fog computing, a paradigm that extends cloud computing and services to the edge of the network, has presented itself as a viable solution and cost-saving method. However, before businesses can implement this new method, concerns regarding its security, privacy, availability, and data protection must be addressed. Advancing Consumer-Centric Fog Computing Architectures is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of fog computing in technological, business, and organizational dimensions. Thoroughly examining fog computing with respect to issues of management, trust and privacy, governance, and interoperability, this publication highlights a range of topics including access control mechanism, data confidentiality, and service-oriented architecture. This book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, software developers, IT professionals, policymakers, technology designers, graduate-level students, managers, and business owners.


Intelligent System and Computing

Intelligent System and Computing

Author: Yang Yi

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-04-29

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1838805222

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The book “Intelligent System and Computing” reports the theory, mathematical models, algorithms, design methods, and applications of intelligent systems and computing. It covers various disciplines including computer and information science, electrical and computer engineering, natural sciences, economics, and neuroscience. The broad-ranging discussion covers the key disciplines in computational science and artificial intelligence as well as advances in neuromorphic computing, deep learning, the Internet of Things, computer vision, and many others. This volume provides both academics and professionals with a comprehensive overview of the field and presents areas for future research.


Computational Intelligence for Oncology and Neurological Disorders

Computational Intelligence for Oncology and Neurological Disorders

Author: Mrutyunjaya Panda

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-07-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1040085628

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With the advent of computational intelligence-based approaches, such as bio-inspired techniques, and the availability of clinical data from various complex experiments, medical consultants, researchers, neurologists, and oncologists, there is huge scope for CI-based applications in medical oncology and neurological disorders. This book focuses on interdisciplinary research in this field, bringing together medical practitioners dealing with neurological disorders and medical oncology along with CI investigators. The book collects high-quality original contributions, containing the latest developments or applications of practical use and value, presenting interdisciplinary research and review articles in the field of intelligent systems for computational oncology and neurological disorders. Drawing from work across computer science, physics, mathematics, medical science, psychology, cognitive science, oncology, and neurobiology among others, it combines theoretical, applied, computational, experimental, and clinical research. It will be of great interest to any neurology or oncology researchers focused on computational approaches.