by Gokul Subramanian Ravi, Kaitlin N. Smith, and Fred Chong on Feb 4, 2021 | Tags: Conference, Quantum Computing, Workshop
In the three years since our first quantum computing Sigarch blog post, there have been considerable disruptive advancements across the quantum computing stack, coupled with widespread increase in enthusiasm across the classical community. On the technological...
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by Ana Klimovic on Feb 2, 2021 | Tags: Cloud computing, Machine Learning, Storage, Systems
Machine learning (ML) — and in particular deep learning — applications have sparked the development of specialized software frameworks and hardware accelerators. Frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow offer a clean abstraction for developing and running...
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by Elba Garza on Jan 7, 2021 | Tags: Academia, Social Hour
This coming March will mark a year since the computer architecture research community has been under some level of social distancing due to COVID-19. It has been a year of working at home from the kitchen table, the couch, or even from bed. Of wearing comfy...
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by Yuhao Zhu and Holly Rushmeier on Jan 5, 2021 | Tags: Accelerators, applications
A point cloud literally means a collection of points. One can think of a point as a sample of a surface, and each point is represented by the [x, y, z] coordinates in the 3D space. A point could have other attributes, such as normal, RGB color, albedo, and...
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by Caroline Trippel on Dec 29, 2020 | Tags: Academia, Advice, Interview
Part II: On-Campus Interviews and Second Visits Interviewing for academic jobs was one of the most intellectually and socially enriching experiences that I have ever had. In a series of two blog posts, of which this is the second, I hope to demystify various aspects...
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by Caroline Trippel on Dec 22, 2020 | Tags: Academia, Advice, Interview
Part I: Submitting Applications and First-Round Interviews Interviewing for academic jobs was one of the most intellectually and socially enriching experiences that I have ever had. In a series of two blog posts, of which this is the first, I hope to demystify various...
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