Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2019
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exoskeleton Enhancement Robotics
Some useful solutions, with images at the link:
GEMS (Gait Enhancing and Motivating System) in CNet
Helping you walk
" .... While the Samsung Bot Air looks like a cutesy version of Wall-E, the Samsung GEMS looks more like an exoskeleton…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Feedback and Blacker Boxes
Thoughts on the topic of complexity and understanding the operational specifics of what we have done.
The Blacker the Box By Michael Kaminsky
There has been a lot of discussion in the data science community about the use of black…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Everything Old Is New Again
I try not to throw code away. I have punch cards in my attic that are over 40 years old. I also have a bunch of code from my university days on a magnetic tape (a DECtape) that I will probably never be able to recover. But ablog…
From My Biased Coin
ANALCO, SOSA, SODA post
I spent the last few days at SODA-ANALCO-ALENEX-SOSA in San Diego. (Nice location choice, I'd say!) Here's some news.
This will be the last ANALCO (Analytic Algorithms and Combinatorics). Apparently submissions have been decreasing…
From insideHPC
IBM Weather System to Improve Forecasting Around the World
Earlier this week, IBM unveiled a powerful new global weather forecasting system that will provide the most accurate local weather forecasts ever seen worldwide. The new IBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System…
From insideHPC
Video: An Update on the European Processing Initiative
In this talk from the 2018 HiPEAC event, Philippe Notton from Atos describes how the European Processor Initiative will help Europe achieve sovereignty in chips for advanced computing. "We expect to achieve unprecedented levels…
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Dark Energy Survey Data through 2021
Scientists’ effort to map a portion of the sky in unprecedented detail is coming to an end, but their work to learn more about the expansion of the universe has just begun. "Using the Dark Energy Camera, a 520-megapixel digital…
From The Eponymous Pickle
About Pypestream
Took another look, follows some of my own ideas about linking process models to solution methods, like RPA and Deep Learning ....
About Pypestream:
Pypestream, the market’s most advanced conversational AI solution, elevates customer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating Books from Wikipedia with Wiki-Book Bot
We tested a similar approach in-house, meant to combine public and internal knowledge. There were of course gripes about both the reliability, completeness of the Wikipedia, and how well the internal sources had been maintained…
From insideHPC
R Systems brings HPC Cloud to SUPERNAP in Las Vegas
Today R Systems announced the expansion of its data center and infrastructure capabilities HPC managed services into Switch’s Core Campus in Las Vegas. "Including Switch data centers as part of the offering for R Systems enables…
From Computational Complexity
Search versus Decision
Shockingly I've never done a post on search versus decision, one of the more interesting dualities in complexity. In short: Decision: Is there a needle in the haystack? Search: Find the needle.
In Satisfiability, or any other…
From Schneier on Security
EU Offering Bug Bounties on Critical Open-Source Software
The EU is offering "bug bounties on Free Software projects that the EU institutions rely on." Slashdot thread....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Echo Auto Ships to High Demand
Apparently there is considerable interest and even demand to get the Echo Auto into cars. Even though later model cars today can already be fitted with Alexa, Google or Siri capability at low additional cost. There seems to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Long Term Vision for European Automotive Industry
In McKinsey. Not too much unexpected. Useful view.
A long-term vision for the European automotive industry
Technological disruption is redefining mobility globally. How can Europe capitalize on its past successes to shape the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Telepresence for the Home with Assistant
We examined a number of telepresence solutions for office environments, trying to allow people to casually inhabit new environments, office or business, or industrial, without going there. With the user given the option of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fingernail Sensor to Monitor Disease Progression
New kinds of sensors, measurement and then prediction.
IBM Research Develops Fingernail Sensor to Monitor Disease Progression in TechCrunch By Frederic Lardinois
IBM Research has developed a small sensor that can help monitor…
From insideHPC
IBM rolls out Quantum Computer for Commercial Use
Today IBM unveiled IBM Q System One, the world's first integrated universal approximate quantum computing system designed for scientific and commercial use. "The IBM Q System One is a major step forward in the commercialization…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Go Could be $4 Billion Physical Retail
A push towards advanced checkout tech.
Report: Amazon Go could become $4 billion business
Analyst says cashierless retail concept “could be a game changer”
By Russell Redman in Supermarket News
The sales opportunity for Amazon Go…
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Launching 6 Connected Products At CES
Good to see interesting moves here.
P&G Launching 6 Connected Products At CES by Chuck Martin AI & IOT DAILY
Procter and Gamble is launching six new connected products at CES, the first time P&G is exhibiting at the annual tech…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Quantum Computing & Comic Books?
The following is a special contribution to this blog by CCC Chair Mark D. Hill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Quantum Computing (QC) is attracting considerable attention, including the National Quantum Initiative Act…
From insideHPC
Jülich Supercomputing Centre moves forward with 36 million euros of funding
Today the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany announced 32.4 million euros in funding for continued research into such diverse areas as quantum computing and neuromorphic computing. "With the new JUWELS system, the research…
From insideHPC
Mellanox Powers New Hawk Supercomputer at HLRS with 200 Gigabit HDR InfiniBand
Today Mellanox announced that its 200 Gigabit HDR InfiniBand solutions were selected to accelerate a world-leading supercomputer at HLRS in Germany. The 5000-node supercomputer named “Hawk” will be built in 2019 and provide 24…
From insideHPC
Why you can save money by being left behind
In this special guest feature, Dr Rosemary Francis from Ellexus writes that Data Storage needs to be integral to your plans when moving HPC workloads to the Cloud. We can all admit to being pressured into investing in a new solution…
From Schneier on Security
Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities
No one doubts that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will transform cybersecurity. We just don't know how, or when. While the literature generally focuses on the different uses of AI by attackers and defenders…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intent, Devices and Marketing Funnels
In Think with Google. Nothing is linear anymore. Our devices can change our intent, based on changing context, anytime. So how do we use this?
Intent and Marketing Funnels
How intent is redefining the marketing funnel .…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon and Telenav
More new on how Amazon plans to place their systems n cars and connect retail channels. Broadening the idea of an assistant.
Amazon is getting more serious about Alexa in the car with Telenav deal
Megan Rose Dickey @meganrosedickey…
From insideHPC
Call for Papers: High Performance Machine Learning Workshop (HPML2019) in Cyprus
The 2nd High Performance Machine Learning Workshop (HPML2019) has issued their Call for Papers. The May 14 workshop will be collocated with CCGrid (19th IEEE/ACM International Symposium in Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing)
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Offices Getting Smarter
We looked at this, not enough mentioned here about how direct assistance can be inserted.
Offices Grow 'Brains' as Companies Seek to Attract Smarter Workers
Reuters By Caroline Copley in Reuters
Property developers in Berlin,
…
From insideHPC
Huawei Unveils “Industry’s Highest-Performance ARM-based CPU”
Today, Huawei announced "the industry's highest-performance ARM-based CPU." Called Kunpeng 920, the new CPU is designed to boost the development of computing in big data, distributed storage, and ARM-native application scenarios…
From insideHPC
Michael Feldman Joins The Next Platform as Senior Editor
Veteran HPC journalist Michael Feldman has departed TOP500.org to join The Next Platform as Senior Editor. Led by co-founders Nicole Hemsoth and Timothy Prickett Morgan, offers in-depth coverage of high-end computing at large…