This Week's Stories:
1. IEEE Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology - IEEE Space Computing Conference
July 18-21, 2023
Caltech, Pasadena, CA
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The International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT) and the Space Computing Conference (SCC) gather system designers, engineers, computer architects, scientists, practitioners, and space explorers with the objective of advancing information technology, and the computational capability and reliability of space missions. The forums will provide an excellent opportunity for fostering technical interchange on all hardware and software aspects of space missions. The joint conferences will focus on current systems practice and challenges as well as emerging hardware and software technologies with applicability for future space missions.
2. Listen to These Photographs of Sparkling Galaxies
How do you make space images more accessible? Turn celestial data into sonic compositions that don’t have to be seen to be enjoyed. MOST CELESTIAL OBJECTS—FROM stars and nebulas to quasars and galaxies—emit light at a range of wavelengths. Some include visible light, which is how astronomers are able to photograph them with space telescopes like Hubble. But the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory peer at heavenly objects in infrared and x-ray wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye. That data is often translated into visible colors to produce spectacular space images. Now, a group of astronomers is making those images accessible to a wider audience that includes visually impaired people—by turning the data into almost musical sequences of sounds. Read More
3. OpenAI Makes GPT-4 Generally Available
OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its API. All existing OpenAI API developers “with a history of successful payments” can access GPT-4. The company plans to open up access to new developers by the end of this month, and then start raising availability limits after that “depending on compute availability.” Read More
4. US Judge Blocks Biden Officials from Contacting Social Media Sites
A lawsuit filed by AGs for Louisiana and Missouri claims the federal government is censoring conservative viewpoints in violation of the First Amendment. A US federal judge ruled that a slew of Biden administration officials are prohibited from contacting social media companies about moderating posts protected by the First Amendment. Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote in a 155-page memorandum ruling that he believes the plaintiffs are likely to prove that federal government officials are targeting and suppressing “millions of protected free speech postings by American citizens.” Read More
5. UCLA IT Job Listings
