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DARPA selects teams to Improve how scientists build/sustain models, simulations

Darpa says it has selected multiple teams of researchers for the agency’s Automating Scientific Knowledge Extraction and Modeling (ASKEM) program.

UC San Diego creates $10M NSF Data Science institute

A National Science Foundation initiative has created a $10 million dollar Data Science institute led by computer and data scientists at University of California San Diego.

MIT’s ‘cyber-agriculture’ optimizes basil flavors — TechCrunch

Machine learning-optimized hydroponic “cyber-agriculture” has produced a superior plant with more robust flavors, writes Devin Coldewey. Here is the link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/mits-cyber-agriculture-optimizes-basil-flavors/

Dell launches HPC systems for life sciences, manufacturing, research; working on HPC as a Service

Dell is launching new high performance computing (HPC) systems. The company announced the global availability of the Dell HPC Systems portfolio, a family of HPC and...

IBM Launching Cognitive Computer Courses Over Watson With Universities

IBM is partnering with universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access via the Watson developer cloud to Watson. Enrollment is open for fall 2014 cognitive computing courses at Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, the Ohio State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, and the University of Texas in Austin.