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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO

Then in 2006 Nvidia introduced a new GPU architecture, CUDA, that could be programmed directly in C to accelerate mathematical processing, simplifying its use in parallel computing. One of the first applications for CUDA was in oil and gas exploration, processing the mountains of data from geological surveys.

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Values Based Hiring | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I was casually reading the results of a survey on the topic of hiring methodologies last weekend when one particular survey question really caught my attention: “When considering a new hire, what is the one characteristic or attribute of the candidate that would most influence your hiring decision?

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Medical Datasets for Machine Learning: Aims, Types and Common Use Cases

Altexsoft

P rotected Health Information (PHI) resides in various medical documents like emails, clinical notes, test results, or CT scans. The collection is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: For the most part, they take advantage of data from the American Community Survey. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).

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Craig St. Jean, From Young Programmer to Chief Technology Architect

Xebia

Before OutSystems In 2006, I finally began my professional career as a Java developer at a Property & Casualty insurance company. Here, my diagnostic capabilities were really put to the test with their Java-based web applications.

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How To Develop An App Like Zillow Or Trulia – An Evaluation Of Cost & Elements

Xicom

Established back in 2006, (Technically in 2005, but the website launched in 2006) by two former Microsoft executives as a startup, Zillow was a long-term project. It’s foremost to start by conducting a business survey. Automatic tests for API – around 40 hours. Eliminating The Stress Out Of Renting Process.

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Top Five Questions to Ask when Considering SD-WAN

Zayo

What are the underlays/access that will be tested (DIA, MPLS, LTE, and/or Broadband)? A recent IDG Market Pulse Survey showed that when it comes to SD-WAN, 80 percent of enterprises are choosing to build upon their existing network infrastructure, rather than replace. What is the current WAN topology?

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Use Case: Preparing Middle School Students for High School Math

PowerSchool

From 2006 to 2015, American 15-year-olds as a whole scored below the international average in assessments of mathematics proficiency. This process begins with surveying students’ grades. helping them differentiate between a performance blip in the wake of a particularly difficult test and a long-term issue.

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