2018 Call for Code Winner Project OWL advances its natural disaster communication network

For disaster-prone areas, fragile connectivity remains a major problem, often going offline in critical moments. Aerospace enterprises face a similar challenge when trying to run consistent high-altitude connectivity while operating in remote locations, which can also be very expensive. This is where Project OWL comes into play: developing new technologies to help address these challenges. Formed …

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How to compare a noisy quantum processor to a classical computer

Posted by Sergio Boixo and Vadim Smelyanskiy, Principal Scientists, Google Quantum AI Team A full-scale error-corrected quantum computer will be able to solve some problems that are impossible for classical computers, but building such a device is a huge endeavor. We are proud of the milestones that we have achieved toward a fully error-corrected quantum …

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Announcing the Preview of Amazon SageMaker Profiler: Track and visualize detailed hardware performance data for your model training workloads

Today, we’re pleased to announce the preview of Amazon SageMaker Profiler, a capability of Amazon SageMaker that provides a detailed view into the AWS compute resources provisioned during training deep learning models on SageMaker. With SageMaker Profiler, you can track all activities on CPUs and GPUs, such as CPU and GPU utilizations, kernel runs on …

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Cloud Storage FUSE is now optimized for GKE and AI workloads

Google Cloud’s Cloud Storage is home to reams of training data, models and checkpoints that you need to train and serve AI workloads, delivering the scale, performance, simplicity and cost-effectiveness that are the hallmarks of a cloud storage system. But when it comes time for an AI workload to actually access that data, it isn’t …

AWS EC2 instance types: Challenges and best practices for hosting your applications in AWS

When it comes to hosting applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the most important decisions you will need to make is which Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type to choose. EC2 instances are virtual machines that allow you to run your applications on AWS. They come in various sizes and configurations—known as …

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Persistent Systems shapes the future of software engineering with Amazon CodeWhisperer

Amazon CodeWhisperer, the AWS AI coding companion, is a step change in developer productivity tools. Based on generative AI technology, Amazon CodeWhisperer offers contextualized code snippets or recommendations based on natural language prompts to build software quickly, responsibly, and securely. It enables productivity gains and increases accuracy for accelerated digital transformations. Amazon CodeWhisperer ensures enterprises …

Three lessons from weather forecasting that will improve disease forecasting and outbreak prediction

The popularity and wide use of weather forecasts has been largely attributable to the dramatic improvement in forecast accuracy. Such improvements have been quantified in recent research showing that modern 5-day weather forecasts are as accurate as 1-day forecasts in 1980. Disease forecasts are not nearly as accurate as modern weather forecasts, as documented in ongoing evaluations …

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Language to rewards for robotic skill synthesis

Posted by Wenhao Yu and Fei Xia, Research Scientists, Google Empowering end-users to interactively teach robots to perform novel tasks is a crucial capability for their successful integration into real-world applications. For example, a user may want to teach a robot dog to perform a new trick, or teach a manipulator robot how to organize …

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Announcing Amazon S3 access point support for Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler

We’re excited to announce Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler support for Amazon S3 Access Points. With its visual point and click interface, SageMaker Data Wrangler simplifies the process of data preparation and feature engineering including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization, while S3 Access Points simplifies data access by providing unique hostnames with specific access policies. …

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Built with BigQuery: How Atlas AI helps build a more resilient future

Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partners and their solutions that are Built with BigQuery. The footprint of humanity is evolving substantially – from climate change alone scientists estimate that more than 600 million people on the planet have already been stranded outside of habitats that best support life. Other …