Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2017
From insideHPC
OpenFabrics Alliance Workshop 2017 – Call for Sessions Open
Each year the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) hosts an annual workshop devoted to advancing the state of the art in networking. "One secret to the enduring success of the workshop is the OFA’s emphasis on hosting an interactive, community…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digimarc at the NRF
I had mentioned Digimarc and their advanced product marking technologies, recently in a post. They will be present at the upcoming 2017 NRF show on January 15-17 in NYC. Here is an invite and more information about their…
From Phys.org Technology News
Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Cheery robots may give people the creeps and serious robots may actually ease anxiety depending on how users perceive the robot''s role in their lives, according to an international team of researchers.
From insideHPC
Video: Livermore HPC Takes Aim at Cancer
In this video, Jonathan Allen from LLNL describes how Lawrence Livermore’s supercomputers are playing a crucial role in advancing cancer research and treatment. "A historic partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and…
From Phys.org Technology News
Six things we learned at the Detroit auto show
This year's North American International Auto Show reflects an industry that's flush with cash but uncertain about the future.
From insideHPC
Oak Ridge Plays key role in Exascale Computing Project
Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports that its team of experts are playing leading roles in the recently established DOE’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP), a multi-lab initiative responsible for developing the strategy, aligning…
From insideHPC
Apply Now for Summer of HPC 2017 in Barcelona
"The PRACE Summer of HPC is an outreach and training program that offers summer placements at top High Performance Computing centers across Europe to late-stage undergraduates and early-stage postgraduate students. Up to twenty…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF WATCH TALK- Security Challenges in the Landscape of Emerging Digital Financial Services
The next WATCH talk, called Security Challenges in the Landscape of Emerging Digital Financial Services is Thursday, January 19th, from Noon-1pm EST. The presenter is Patrick Traynor is the John and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent…
From insideHPC
Understanding Cities through Computation, Data Analytics, and Measurement
"For many urban questions, however, new data sources will be required with greater spatial and/or temporal resolution, driving innovation in the use of sensors in mobile devices as well as embedding intelligent sensing infrastructure…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intro to Neural Networks and Meta-Frameworks for Deep Learning with TensorFlow
This starts with the basics of neural networks, which I find very useful. Good straightforward overview of the topic. Also addresses the kinds of learning and memory involved. This will be crucial in the longer term to
Introduction…
From Blog@Ubiquity
Data Analytics for Public Services: Beyond the Hype
Data analytics is the new buzz phrase these days. Public service agencies all over the world are looking at data in order to optimize service delivery, as well as help people manage their consumption of resources like electricity…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why: A Guide to Finding and Using Causes
I brought this book up some time ago. And as I read it am struck by how essential is is to understand cause and effect when working with data, analytics, machine learning and assistant services. This is MORE important than…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Developing Services for the Google Home
Want to know what it takes to develop new services for systems like the assistants Amazon Echo and Google Home? Came upon this largely non technical and simplified set of posts that address the approach for the just released …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Transfer Learning for AI Projects
Had always thought that intelligence was about learning, so this concept struck me. Note mention of improbable events and model correctness maintenance, always of concern in such studies. Technical.
'Transfer learning' jump…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uncertainty in US Economy
In Knowledge@Wharton, on uncertainty in the US economy
" ... “The biggest risk we face is uncertainty. If you ask every business leader, their biggest concern is: ‘Whatever changes occur, just do them gradually. Let us adapt…
From Phys.org Technology News
Study: How new Airbnb nondiscrimination policy may be worse
The sharing economy is a booming industry, with companies such as Uber and Airbnb generating billions in value each year. Technology, combined with informal peer business practice, has made it easier than ever to call for a ride…
From Schneier on Security
Law Enforcement Access to IoT Data
In the first of what will undoubtedly be a large number of battles between companies that make IoT devices and the police, Amazon is refusing to comply with a warrant demanding data on what its Echo device heard at a crime scene…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
OSTP Exit Memo
The following is a guest blog post by CCC Chair Beth Mynatt, CCC Vice Chair Mark D. Hill, CCC Council Member Debra J. Richardson, and CCC Director Ann Drobnis. Last week the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pringles are Getting Louder
Kellogg bought Pringles canned chips from P&G in 2012 for $2.7 Billion. Was slightly involved in the brand. The new brand is pushing new and spicy tastes, and is selling well. Strikes me that spicier foods continue to grow…
From Computational Complexity
Babai Strikes Back
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| "So it is quasipolynomial time again" |
In November 2015 László Babai announced a talk "Graph Isomorphism in Quasipolynomial Time" at the University of Chicago, an incredible breakthrough…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chatbots in Retail
In Retailwire. Is 2017 the year of the retail chatbot? Some good discussion. We are not there yet, there are still some issues to be worked out, but as long as they are focused on key issues and interactions, I think we "…
From insideHPC
Intel HPC Orchestrator Powers Research at University of Pisa
In this video, Maurizio Davini from the University of Pisa describe how the University works with Dell EMC and Intel to test new technologies, integrate and optimize HPC systems with Intel HPC Orchestrator software. "We believe…
From insideHPC
Bull Atos Powers New Genomics Supercomputer at Pirbright Institute
“Atos is determined to solve the technical challenges that arise in life sciences projects, to help scientists to focus on making breakthroughs and forget about technicalities. We know that one size doesn’t fit all and that is…
From insideHPC
Mellanox Ethernet Accelerates Baidu Machine Learning
Today Mellanox announced that Spectrum Ethernet switches and ConnectX-4 100Gb/s Ethernet adapters have been selected by Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, for Baidu’s Machine Learning platforms. The…
From insideHPC
HDR InfiniBand Technology Reshapes the World of High-Performance and Machine Learning Platforms
"The recent announcement of HDR InfiniBand included the three required network elements to achieve full end-to-end implementation of the new technology: ConnectX-6 host channel adapters, Quantum switches and the LinkX family
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From Phys.org Technology News
Drones could soon get crucial medical supplies to patients in need
Aerial drones could one day ferry life-or-death medical supplies between hospitals now that Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have figured out how to keep blood, medications and vaccines consistently cool during the flights.
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Geneva: Understands 55 Billion Utterances
Examining how devices are attached to voice interfaces.
" ... Use Your Voice:
Introducing voice-activated control of your GE WiFi Connect appliances with Amazon Echo
Meet Geneva: Geneva is an Alexa skill that works with your
Amazon…
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing: A Race to the Future of HPC
In this week’s Sponsored Post, Nicolas Dube of Hewlett Packard Enterprise outlines the future of HPC and the role and challenges of exascale computing in this evolution. The HPE approach to exascale is geared to breaking the…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with catalyzing and empowering the U.S. computing research community to articulate and advance major research directions for the field. To do so, the CCC needs truly visionary…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stretchable Transistors
Unexpected thing, the transistors I worked with were anything but stretchable.
Transistor Stretchier Than Skin for Ultra-Flexible Wearable Tech By New Scientist
Stanford University researchers have developed a new transistor
"In…