Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2021
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
UASG Finds Promising Results for Internationalized Email Support Among Global Systems
By UASG Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Working Group - January 2021 Since its invention in 1971, sending and receiving emails has become cornerstone for many daily activities – from conducting business to connecting…
From insideHPC
New Intel CEO Gelsinger Steps into Intel HPC Hot Spot
Stirring an already roiling Intel pot, two pieces of news about the company broke this week that could have implications for the HPC industry: a report that the company has selected TSMC as its outsourced fab of choice for one…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
National AI Initiative Office launched by White House
The White House yesterday established a new office focused on coordinating U.S. efforts in Artificial Intelligence research. The new National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, under the leadership of Founding Director…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accelerating the Speed of AI
Means of speeding p AI, decreasing energy use.
Accelerating AI computing to the speed of light by University of Washington in TechxPlore
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already an integral part of our everyday…From The Eponymous Pickle
Salesforce Doing Advanced Metric Analysis for NLP
Good to see interesting AI things in the sales-marketing domain, a place we played early on.
Salesforce researchers release framework to test NLP model robustness
Kyle Wiggers, @Kyle_L_Wiggers, January 13, 2021 6:00 AM in VentureBeat…From insideHPC
The Graphcore Second Generation IPU
Our friends over at Graphcore, the U.K.-based startup that launched the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) for AI acceleration in 2018, has released a new whitepaper introducing the IPU-Machine. This second-generation platform…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Can Run Simulation Faithful to Physical Laws
A kind of 'physics twin'?
AI Can Run Simulation Faithful to Physical Laws
Kobe University (Japan), December 18, 2020
Researchers at Japan's Kobe University developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can simulate phenomena…From The Eponymous Pickle
Computers for Charisma, Empowerment, Learning
I was briefly involved with an OLPC effort. And have always been intrigued by the idea of how it is different to teach coding, than it is to teach mathematics, though they are closely connected. I know many people who were…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Increasing Cyberattacks on Healthcare
Financial pressures likely. How do address these increasing threats?
As Coronavirus Cases Surge, So Do Cyberattacks Against the Healthcare Sector
By ZDNet, January 12, 2021
Healthcare organizations are being hit with cyberattacks…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tech Boosts Security in Japan
Again expect such directions world wide.
AI, Drones, 4K Cameras: New Tech Boosts Security Systems in Japan
The Japan Times, December 20, 2020
Shortages of security personnel in Japan have prompted adoption of technologies such…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women in Data
Wednesday, February 3rd at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Samia Khalid (Senior AI Engineer at Microsoft), Lilla Czako (Data Engineer at Doximity) and Liza Layne (Lead Data & Analytics Manager at Eurostar…
From insideHPC
28 Years and Running: IBM Awarded Most Patents in 2020 – a “Sharp Uptick” in AI
For the 28th year in a row, IBM copped more U.S. patents than any other company, 9,130 in all, including what the company said was a “sharp uptick” in AI-related patents. Patents were awarded to more than 9,000 IBM inventors
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From insideHPC
Salute Mission Critical Signs Global Agreement to Support EkkoSense Data Center Visualization and Monitoring Software
January12, 2021 — Salute Mission Critical, the US data center services specialist that helps military veterans become IT technicians, announces its recent appointment as a deployment partner for EkkoSense’s EkkoSoft Critical…
From insideHPC
Oxford Nanopore and Nvidia Partner DGX AI System with PromethION Genomics Sequencer
January 12, 2021 — Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Nvidia are collaborating this year to integrate the Nvidia DGX Station A100 into Oxford Nanopore’s gene sequencing system, PromethION with the aim of delivering real-time analyses…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Maria Gini Featured in University of Minnesota Article: Designing the Next Generation of Robots
Contributions to this post were provided by CCC Council member Maria Gini. Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member and Distinguished Professor of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Games Teaching us About Brains
Games are simplified interactions of brains and context.
Neural Networks Playing Video Games Teach Us About Our Own Brains
By California Institute of Technology, January 11, 2021
California Institute of Technology researchers…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Planting Trees
Note the use of robotics and LiDAR
Robot Foresters Could Plant Thousands of Trees a Day By New Scientist in ACM
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem…From The Eponymous Pickle
Using AI to Find New Uses for Existing Medications
As I have observed, this is a common thing. Making it faster or more precise could be very useful.
Using AI to Find New Uses for Existing Medications By Ohio State University, January 8, 2021
Using artificial intelligenceOhio…From insideHPC
Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers – Part 3
This insideHPC Special Research Report, “Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers,” provides an overview of what to consider when selecting an infrastructure capable of meeting the new workload processing needs…
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Looking Back and Planning Ahead for Supporting a Diverse and Global Internet Universal Acceptance (UA) Readiness
By Dr. Ajay Data, Chair of the UASG January 2021 2020 was a year unlike any other. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet has provided people a way to connect with friends and families, conduct business, and …
From BLOG@CACM
Project Managers Shouldn't Trust Their Programmers. Do This Instead
Don't simply trust and pay your programmers. Why? Because you may end up losing. Instead, you need to validate and review the work performed. Doing so set you up for winning. Here's why.
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
5th ACM-W India National Level Virtual Hackathon 2020
5th ACM-W India National Level Virtual Hackathon 2020 started with an ideology to support and motivate the girl students in the field of Computer Science.
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC: Digital D-Day – SolarWinds Hack
Our main topic for this episode is the SolarWinds hack. This is the worst digital hacking incident to date and will have repercussions for many years. As many as 18,000 SolarWinds’ customers may have downloaded the hacked update…
From insideHPC
CRG Solutions Cloud-Native Database Named SingleStore VAR
San Francisco, Jan. 13, 2021 – SingleStore, database technology for cloud-native modern applications, today announced a partnership with CRG Solutions. The business performance improvement company will act as SingleStore’s value…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Members Chad Jenkins and Holly Yanco are Newly Elected AAAI Fellows!
Contributions to this post were provided by CRA’s Communication Specialist Shar Steed. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) recently elected its 2021 Fellows. The AAAI Fellows program recognizes…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Connecting Cows and More to the Web
Powerful direction for much more connections yet. Implications for the use of data and what is forecast.
Tiny Satellites Will Connect Cows, Cars, Shipping Containers to the Internet
The Wall Street Journal, Christopher Mims…From The Eponymous Pickle
Remaking the Web
We need a remake. With caution to include freedom of communication.
He Created the Web. Now He's Out to Remake the Digital World.
The New York Times, Steve Lohr, January 10, 2021
World Wide Web creator and 2016 ACM A.M. Turing…From Schneier on Security
Finding the Location of Telegram Users
Security researcher Ahmed Hassan has shown that spoofing the Android’s “People Nearby” feature allows him to pinpoint the physical location of Telegram users:
Using readily available software and a rooted Android device, he’s…From Schneier on Security
On US Capitol Security — By Someone Who Manages Arena-Rock-Concert Security
Smart commentary:
…I was floored on Wednesday when, glued to my television, I saw police in some areas of the U.S. Capitol using little more than those same mobile gates I had the ones that look like bike racks that can hook…