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
University of Sheffield Launches Quantum Centre
A new research centre with the potential to revolutionize computing, communication, sensing and imaging technologies is set to be launched by the University of Sheffield this week. The Sheffield Quantum Centre, which will be
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Why is Wal-Mart Embracing AI
Certainly they are, but the motivation not too clear from this.
Why Walmart is Embracing AI and Robotics
One of the most famous bonehead quotes from a chief executive who brushed off technological disruption came from Blockbuster…
From Computational Complexity
The World of Publishing
Bill is out for blogging for a couple of weeks on injured-reserve (he’ll be fine). I put together a quick blog post on what’s happening in the world of publications.
The Trump administration has suggested requiring publishers…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delta Airlines Develops Disruption Predictions
Example in the aviation industry, would seem to be much available data, consideration and implications of inaccurate predictions?
Delta Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Address Weather Disruption, Improve Flight Operations…
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 insideHPC
Time-lapse Video of Big Red 200 Cray Supercomputer at Indiana University
In this video, technicians install the Big Red 200 supercomputer at Indiana University. IU is the first university to deploy a Cray Shasta system, the Cray Slingshot interconnect and Cray Urika AI Suite for Shasta, providing
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From insideHPC
Podcast: Spell startup looks to bring AI to the people
In this AI Podcast, Serkan Piantino from Spell describes how his company is making machine learning easier. "We want to empower and transform the global workforce by making deep learning and artificial intelligence accessible…
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $625 Million for New Quantum Centers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to spend up $625 million over the next five years to establish two to five multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers in support of the National…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the End of Tracking Cookies?
Quite a considerable change? We analytically examined the use of Cookies early on. Is this the end, and what are the implications?
R.I.P. Cookies. Why customer experience matters more than ever
Jean Belanger in CustomerThink
Marketing…
From insideHPC
Michela Taufer presents: Scientific Applications and Heterogeneous Architectures
Michela Taufer from UT Knoxville gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. "This talk discusses two emerging trends in computing (i.e., the convergence of data generation and analytics, and the emergence of edge computing) and how these…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Should We Use the Technology in the Classroom?
I confess that I would love some augmented reality device that showed me the name of the student I was looking at. I am horrible with names. I like to think that something like this would help me a) learn student names faster…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AB InBev Uses Machine Learning for Corruption
Have in the past few months seen several interesting examples of automated and semi-automated fraud detection, and some cases where it should be being used. Here another somewhat unexpected example.
AB InBev Taps Machine Learning…
From Schneier on Security
Apple Abandoned Plans for Encrypted iCloud Backup after FBI Complained
This is new from Reuters: More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud, according to one current and three former FBI officials and one…
From insideHPC
RJM International’s Deploys HPC cluster for reducing power plant emissions
RJM International, a provider of emissions reduction and combustion improvement solutions, has deployed its first HPC cluster. The move supports the growth of the company’s business in the EU and the UK, particularly in the biomass…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Enhancing Maps and Goal Process
You could add to this the ability to add contextual process knowledge to a map. Beyond just what is there, and how do I navigate to X. Say in the goal context of maintaining a road, I may want to be shown places where proactive…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Project Cortex: Optimizing the Enterprise ?
Was reminded of this, announced generally last year. It actually has similarities to some things we discussed with Linkedin a number of years ago: To use a company's internal organization chart, enhanced by a 'knowledge graph…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC / Code 8.7 Workshop on Applying AI in the Fight Against Modern Slavery
On any given day, tens of millions of people find themselves trapped in instances of modern slavery. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is organizing a visioning workshop, in collaboration with Code 8.7, on March 3-4th,…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards very Powerful Exoskeletons
Been talked for some time, now finally here? Ways to really extend/improve the capability of the individual human. Will this be the interim move towards robots replacing many manually intense jobs, by extending the ability
Channel…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Considerations when using Fitness Trackers in Research
Contributions to this post were provided by CCC Council members Katie Siek (Indiana University) and Shwetak Patel (University of Washington). Many people around the country are in week three of their resolutions to monitoring…
From insideHPC
OpenStack Adds Native Upstream Support for HDR InfiniBand
Today Mellanox announced that OpenStack software now includes native and upstream support for virtualization over HDR 200 gigabit InfiniBand network, enabling customers to build high-performance OpenStack-based cloud services…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Winning with AI
Reviewing this study for an upcoming analysis of proposed work:
Winning With AI
Pioneers Combine Strategy, Organizational
Behavior, and Technology
OCTOBER 2019 RESEARCH REPORT
By Sam Ransbotham, Shervin Khodabandeh, Ronny Fehling,…
From insideHPC
Podcast: A Codebase for Deep Learning Supercomputers to Fight Cancer
In this Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, Gina Tourassi from ORNL describes how the CANDLE project is setting the stage to fight cancer with the power of Exascale computing. "Basically, as we are leveraging supercomputing and artificial…
From insideHPC
Zenuity and HPE to develop next generation autonomous cars
HPE has been selected by Zenuity, a leading developer of software for self-driving and assisted driving cars, to provide the crucial AI and HPC infrastructure it needs in order to develop next generation autonomous driving (AD)…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Combatting Technology Hype
Back to measures and risks, often economical. And then their reasonable forward prediction.
Issues in Science and Technology
Combatting Tech Hype
VOL. XXXVI, NO. 2, WINTER 2020
By BRENT GOLDFARB, DAVID A. KIRSCH, CARLOTA PEREZ…
From insideHPC
SW/HW co-design for near-term quantum computing
Yunong Shi from the University of Chicago gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. "The Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing provides intensive, two weeks of training on the key skills, approaches, and tools to design, implement…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Operationalizing Analytics
Ultimately its always about how analytics will be used (implemented and operationalized) Have seen many cases where the results have been lost in implementing them. Here a Podcast that covers some of the related topics I am…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thinking and Teaching about Technology Policy Issues
What are the top technology issues for the 2020s? Brad Smith, Microsoft President, wrote an interesting post about a month ago called Dawn of a Decade: The Top Ten Tech Policy Issues for the 2020s
His list is:
Sustainability -…From The Eponymous Pickle
Carmakers Move From Cars to Building Cities at CES
Hardly a complete move, but handling transportation efficiently will be a major part of any smart city.
Carmakers Move From Cars to Building Cities at CES
Financial Times
Patrick McGee; Song Jung-a; Peter Campbell
Automakers announced…
From Schneier on Security
Half a Million IoT Device Passwords Published
It's a list of easy-to-guess passwords for IoT devices on the Internet as recently as last October and November. Useful for anyone putting together a bot network: A hacker has published this week a massive list of Telnet credentials…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AR Continues Struggle in Retail
An area we spent lots of early time in. Good overview article of current work.
Despite advancements, AR struggles to take off in retail By Anna Hensel in Modern Retail
This is the third part in a series by Modern Retail about…