Re: GPU, neural networks and APU

On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 06:49:40AM -0700, Mehma Sarja wrote:
> This is off subject, but if you in are into math, Peter Woit's "Not Even
> Wrong" is a good read on quantum chromodynamics and string theory.
> 
> Yudhvir

Hi Yudhvir,
Mathematics is not off topic in my opinion.

In practice mathematics are applied on computational computer networks that
almost always are running on a linux distribution and implemented using open
source libraries. I've returned to my roots and am now fully focused on
mathematics and algorithm development these days. But I remain intensely
interested in linux and open source libraries, because to actually use
that math, I run a linux network and use a significant number of open source
libraries. And so mathematics are abstracted from a direct discussion of
linux, but they are very relevant -- driving the vast majority of new
applications that are running on linux distributions in data centers all
around the world.

It seems to me that devOps folks and sysadmins benefit from having a general
understanding of what the applications that are running on their servers are
about. That's why I posted the research paper about training deep learning
neural natworks on a small COTS HPC network. Deep learning is inextricably
linked with linux in the data center. And deep learning is nothing more than
advanced math and algorithms.

Just my opinion. Thanks for your comments. It's good to hear from you.

enjoy,
Karen
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