Communications of the ACM
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January 2023
From The Eponymous Pickle
Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables
Mote use of finite element analysis, which we also utilized for modeling of key manufacturing systems.
Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables
Hellenic Cables in Greece uses finite element modeling…From The Eponymous Pickle
Revolutionizing Quantum Computing?
Not getting this, but interesting ...
An accident in a lab experiment may revolutionize quantum computers
By Joshua Hawkins, Published Jan 23rd, 2023 in BGR
Researchers may have made a massive breakthrough in quantum computing.…From The Eponymous Pickle
Supporting your Presentation with Generative AI
Like the idea. We tested something similar which searched for supporting information in internal Wikis.
How Generative AI will Help Power your Presentation in 2023 in Venturebeat
By Sharon Goldman
@sharongoldman, January 24, 2023…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ukraine's Wounded Soldiers to Get Bionic Arms
Three dimensionally printed, use of sensors,
Ukraine's Wounded Soldiers to Get Bionic Arms
London Daily Express (U.K.)
Jacob Paul, January 18, 2023
U.K. technology company Open Bionics plans to fit two Ukrainian soldiers with three…From The Eponymous Pickle
Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry
25 Qubits, link to a help desk.
ACM NEWS
Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry By Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), January 23, 2023
A 25-qubit quantum processor chip packaged in a specially designed…From The Eponymous Pickle
Guide to Phishing
Been Phished, I have. Schneier sends along a nice piece from TidBits on the topic. A useful guide, history and much more. Schneier's piece has lots of comments on experiences .
An Annotated Field Guide to Identifying…From The Eponymous Pickle
Predictive Reverse Aging for Archaeology
New three dimensional models predicts past faces from Skeletal Structure.
Faces from Ancient Egypt Coming Back to Life in Extraordinary Detail
By Newsweek, January 23, 2023
Said the Face Lab's Caroline Wilkinson, "We are prettyResearchers…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Inspired Hydrogel
Scientists have created a hydrogel “using squid mantle and creative chemistry.”
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read my blog posting guidelines…From Schneier on Security
Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
Early in his career, Kevin Mitnick successfully hacked California law. He told me the story when he heard about my new book, which he partially recounts his 2012 book, Ghost in the Wires.
The setup is that he just discovered …From The Eponymous Pickle
Examining Google's Near Monopoly Search
Call for a reinvention of Web search.
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. in Venturebeat
The internet turns 53 this year, and it has been profoundly shaped by Big Tech companies .…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Creativity
Have mentioned that here a number of time, reviewing. We worried that when building expertise systems, even considered a definition of creativity in a domain to balance its value.
Can AI Demonstrate Creativity? By Keith…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Rhode Island Computer Museum
I spent some time looking at the Rhode Island Computer Museum web page today. A lot of interesting stuff. Some great information under the Education and Activities page. If you teach the history of computers this is a great resource…
From insideHPC
MilDef Wins $4.8M Order to Digitalize Defense Force of Unnamed European NATO Country
Jan. 27, 2023 — In August 2022, MilDef announced a 20-year framework agreement worth SEK 2.8 billion (Swedish krona), with an unnamed defense force of a European NATO country. Now the first order has been placed for the contract…
From The Eponymous Pickle
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptograpy Candidate Cracked
Much more detail linked to. Post quantum still an issue.
ACM NEWS
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Candidate Cracked By David Geer
Commissioned by CACM Staff, January 24, 2023
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology…From Putting People First
Samsung aiming to bring calm to our connected world
Samsung US newsroom published an interview with Federico Casalegno, Executive Vice President of Design and Head of Samsung Design Innovation Center; Mark Benson, Head of Samsung SmartThings U.S.; and Inhee Chung, Vice President…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot with Smell Sensor
Most interesting, comparing the sensors 'rivaling those of dogs'.
TAU Robot Can 'Smell' Odors Using Biological Sensor By The Jerusalem Post (Israel), January 20, 2023
The robot with the biological sensor.
Researchers at Tel Aviv…From The Eponymous Pickle
Alarmed by AI Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
And the concerns will build.
Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach By The New York Times, January 17, 2023
Colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the new chatbot because administrators…From Schneier on Security
A Guide to Phishing Attacks
This is a good list of modern phishing techniques.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Models Determine Drug Candidate's Ability to Bind to Proteins
Pharma applications?
Computer Models Determine Drug Candidate's Ability to Bind to Proteins By University of Arkansas, January 17, 2023
The research focuses on computational simulations of diseases, including coronavirus.
University…From The Noisy Channel
A Guest Post from ChatGPT
Since Medium decided to allow AI-generated content as long as it’s clearly disclosed as such, I decided to give it a whirl.
Prompt Engineering
My first prompt was “Write a blog post about query understanding in the style of Daniel…From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Reaches New Heights with Two-Story Home
New advances with building construction:
3D Printing Reaches New Heights with Two-Story Home, By Reuters, January 18, 2023
A 12-ton industrial 3-D printer being used to print concrete.
The 12-ton machine steadily hums away as…From insideHPC
DOE: $9.1M Awarded for Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics Research
Jan. 26, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $9.1 million in funding for 13 projects over three years in Quantum Information Science (QIS) with relevance to nuclear physics. The list of projects and more…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Faces Not as Attention Grabbing as We Think
Very interesting study and implications.
Why Faces might Not be as attention-grabbing as we think
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn in UNSW
19 JAN 2023 By Ben Night
Research combining wearable eye-tracking technology and AI body detection…From The Eponymous Pickle
Painted Car shown at CES
Clearly a concept car, but could it take off?
BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-fi to the Driveway This concept car’s e-paper skin turns a paint job into an exterior screen By LAWRENCE ULRICH
The body of BMW’s latest concept car,Before…From insideHPC
UT Austin Launches $10,000 Online Master of Science in AI with edX
AUSTIN, Texas, and LANHAM, Md. – January 26, 2023 – The University of Texas at Austin today announced the launch of a new online Master of Science degree in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) in partnership with edX, anonline learning…
From insideHPC
DOE: Applications Open for $105M Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment Initiative
January 26, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $105 million for research in biopreparedness. This funding, provided by the Office of Science, will support fundamental research to accelerate breakthroughs…
From insideHPC
AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit to Be Held September 12-14
Jan 26, 2023 — The combined AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit will be held September 12-14, 2023 at the Santa Clara (CA) Marriott. To find out more and to register go to: https://aihardwaresummit.com/ The conference now covers the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Scientist Says AI 'Artist' Deserves Its Own Copyrights
More on this ... Art in particular mentioned here.
Computer Scientist Says AI 'Artist' Deserves Its Own Copyrights
Reuters, Blake Brittain, January 11, 2023
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler has requested the Washington, DC,…From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT and AI Based Program Generation
Further look into explorations ... been asked about opinion of the space.
In BLOG@CACM
What Do ChatGPT and AI-based Automatic Program Generation Mean for the Future of Software
By Bertrand Meyer
' ... Since the release of the ChatGPT…From The Eponymous Pickle
Software Maintenance Mistake Center of Major FAA Computer Meltdown
Good to examine past issues, in particular maintenance that often is not done considering initial design.
Software Maintenance Mistake Center of Major FAA Computer Meltdown ABC News, Sam Sweeney; Jon Haworth; Kevin Shalvey…