Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2020
From insideHPC
New Achronix Bittware FPGA Accelerator Speeds Cloud, AI, and Machine Learning
In October Bittware and Achronix announced a strategic collaboration with Achronix to introduce the S7t-VG6 PCIe accelerator product – a PCIe card sporting the new Achronix 7nm Speedster7t FPGA. This new generation of accelerator…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Software Deployment and Continuous Integration for Exascale
In this Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, Ryan Adamson from Oak Ridge National Laboratory describes how his role at the Exascale Computing Project revolves around software deployment and continuous integration at DOE facilities.
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Future Buyers
Predicting future customers. Or categories of users.
How IBM uses AI to help Harley-Davidson find future riders
Harley-Davidson also used IBM tech for its new electric LiveWire motorcycle.
Harley-Davidson is using artificial intelligence…
From insideHPC
Technologies for Energy Efficient Supercomputing
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that it is not always clear which HPC technology provides the most energy-efficient solution for a given application. "You need to understand your…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Valuation Perspectives
Have had several journeys into the valuation of data and its treatment as an asset (or liability). Another article on the topic has come up in The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog that is worth looking at, in particular…
From Computational Complexity
Silicon Valley Ethics
Spoiler Alert: This post has details from the final episodes of the HBO television series Silicon Valley
A few times I've gotten emails from people claiming they have shown P = NP and asking whether they should keep their algorithm…
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Classic ID Badge Soon to Disappear?
Makes sense, but will probably be pushed back on if it uses facial recognition, and also based on how the scanned information is used, beyond just identification. In our own study of security in a major government facility,
Office…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How I teach database design
Most software runs on top of databases. These databases are organized logically, with a schema, that is a formal description. You have entities (your user), attributes (your user’s name) and relationships between them. Typical…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dementia Vaccine?
Via a loose connection I have with IdeaConnection.
Novel dementia vaccine on track for human trials within two years By Rich Haridy
(But note in the comments there are some seemingly legit issues with the health science involved)…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Walmart vs Amazon in India
Some acquisitions seem to indicate new activity in India. Follow ModernRetail for more.
‘The last untapped retail behemoth’: India is the next battleground for Walmart and Amazon By Anna Hensel in ModernRetail .... '
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bosch Face Reco Keeps Drivers Attention and Entertained
Clever general idea. A demonstration for now. How broadly might it be deployed? Something as simple as detecting when you a start looking 'down', and providing a beep of the kind now used for lane encroachment would be a good…
From insideHPC
WekaIO Named Major Player in File-Based Storage by IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape has recognized WekaIO as a Major Player in this sector. According to the IDC MarketScape 2019, IDC believes that file-based storage (FBS) will continue to evolve to address the needs of traditional and next-generation…
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Rolls out CES Products
First time I have seen Procter do this at a major tech show. But are not really serious about selling charmin roll delivering robots in the smart home.. They still have Tide chatbots for addressing stains as skills in Alexa…
From insideHPC
Delta Partners with IBM to Explore Quantum Computing
Today IBM and Delta Air Lines announced a multi-year collaborative effort to explore the potential capabilities of quantum computing to transform experiences for customers and employees. "Delta joins more than 100 clients already…
From Schneier on Security
New SHA-1 Attack
There's a new, practical, collision attack against SHA-1: In this paper, we report the first practical implementation of this attack, and its impact on real-world security with a PGP/GnuPG impersonation attack. We managed to…
From insideHPC
Groq AI Chip Benchmarks Leading Performance on ResNet-50 Inference
Today AI chip startup Groq announced that their new Tensor processor has achieved 21,700 inferences per second (IPS) for ResNet-50 v2 inference. Groq’s level of inference performance exceeds that of other commercially available…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Research Community Responds to HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard
The following blog post is from Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Vice Chair Elizabeth Bradley (University of Colorado Boulder) and CCC Executive Council member Suresh Venkatasubramanian (University of Utah). Algorithmic bias…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Trends
In O'Reilly: A good, non technical look at AI trends to follow this year.
8 AI trends we’re watching in 2020
Roger Magoulas looks at developments in automation, hardware, tools, model development, and more that will shape
By…
From insideHPC
Simulating the Earth’s mysterious mantle
Scientists are taking advantage of an $2.5 million NSF grant to develop a new framework for integrated geodynamic models that simulate the Earth's molten core. "Most physical phenomena can be described by partial differential…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Smart Property System: Kognition.ai
Brought to my attention. How many ways does this description apply? What is meant by property and using it autonomously? What is 'Smart Property'? (Developing)
Enterprise-wide smart property solutions: Kognition.ai
Reduce…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
No Password Encryption
Who can remember passwords anyway? Real Bernie Sanders reaction source Larry David is an American comedian. He was the lead writer and producer of the Seinfeld TV series. During the previous and current election cycles he has…
From insideHPC
Podcast: The Overhype and Underestimation of Quantum Computing
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at how Quantum Computing is overhyped and underestimated at the same time. "The episode starts out with Henry being cranky. It also ends with Henry being cranky. But between those…
From insideHPC
Atos to deploy AMD-powered AION Supercomputer at the University of Luxembourg
Today Atos announced a 4-year contract to supply its BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer to the University of Luxembourg. "The BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer will give researchers 1.5 times more computing capacity with a theoretical…
From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Expands Analyst Team
Today Hyperion Research announced that the company is staffing up with two new analysts for continuing growth and new business opportunities. The analyst firm provides thought leadership and practical guidance for users, vendors…
From insideHPC
Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel from LMU wins Ada Lovelace Award for HPC
Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel from LMU is the winner of the 2020 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC for her outstanding contributions to HPC in Europe. "Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel uses numerical simulations coupled to experimental observations…
From Putting People First
Experientia launches a training program on “Behavioral Design & Cultural Transformation” within the Cottino Social Impact Campus
Experientia is offering a new behavioral design training program within the new Cottino Social Impact Campus, the first center in Europe dedicated to impact education. The “Behavioral Design & Cultural Transformation” course…
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. Established in 2006 through a cooperative…
From Putting People First
Experientia lancia un programma di formazione su “Design comportamentale e trasformazione delle culture” entro il Cottino Social Impact Campus
Experientia lancerà un nuovissimo programma di formazione su “Design comportamentale e trasformazione delle culture” all’interno del Cottino Social Impact Campus, primo centro in Europa dedicato all’impact education, con un nuovo…
From insideHPC
Altair PBS Works Steps Up to Exascale and the Cloud
In this video from SC19, Sam Mahalingam from Altair describes how the company is enhancing PBS Works software to ease the migration of HPC workloads to the Cloud. "Argonne National Laboratory has teamed with Altair to implement…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Aibo Robot Dogs in the Cloud
Considerable report on how Japan is still using the Aibo robot dog for eldercare and companions. We saw it in Japan during its earliest roll-out, then there was much touting of its value at the time, in its ability to relate…