Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2023
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 9. Sustainability
Step 9 – Sustainability The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 8. Community Involvement
Step 8 – Community Involvement The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 7. Company Relationships
Step 7 – Company Relationships The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 6. Funding
Step 6 – Funding The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that include…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 5. Member Recruiting
Step 5 – Member Recruitment The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that…
From Schneier on Security
Real-World Steganography
From an article about Zheng Xiaoqing, an American convicted of spying for China:
According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment, the US citizen hid confidential files stolen from his employers in the binary code of a digital…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 4. Event Planning
Step 4 – Event Planning The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 3. Exec Board
Step 3 – Executive Board The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 2. Goals
Step 2 – Setting Goals The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events that include…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter: 1. Mission
Step 1 – Formalize Your Mission The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+ events…
From insideHPC
IonQ: Opening of 1st Quantum Computing Manufacturing Plant in U.S.
COLLEGE PARK, MD – January 19, 2023 – Quantum computing company IonQ, Inc. announced today the opening of what it said is the first known dedicated quantum computing manufacturing plant in the U.S., located in the suburbs of
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From insideHPC
DOE Office of Science: $200M for Energy Earthshot Research Centers
Jan. 19, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $200 million for Energy Earthshot Research Centers (EERCs). This funding, provided by the Office of Science, will support fundamental research to accelerate breakthroughs…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Congratulations to the 2023 ACM Fellows!
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently announced their 2022 Fellows. The ACM Fellows award recognizes individuals for their important work and contributions to the computing field. The 2022 ACM Fellows are made…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Qubits Are at the Heart of Quantum Computing. They're Also Its Greatest Weakness
Interesting. See comments at original article
Qubits Are at the Heart of Quantum Computing. They're Also Its Greatest Weakness, By Popular Mechanics, January 18, 2023 in CACM
The researchers said Google's claims are challenging…From The Eponymous Pickle
Device for Fixing Broken Bones Piloted in Gaza, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
No embedded tech I can see. Forwarded to me regarding possible manufacturing methods.
Device for Fixing Broken Bones Piloted in Gaza, Sri Lanka and Ukraine by Hayley Dunning, 11 January 2023
Imperial researchers have developed…From The Eponymous Pickle
Spray on Smart Skin
Examined a number of related methods, without success.
Spray-on Smart Skin Reads Typing and Hand Gestures No cameras, keyboards, sensor gloves, or VR motion trackers required PRACHI PATEL Spectrum IEEE
KYUN KYU “RICHARD”…From insideHPC
HPCNow! Obtains Innovative SME Certification from Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain
Barcelona, January 18th 2023 – HPCNow! has obtained the Innovative SME certification, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for a period of three renewable years to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises that …
From insideHPC
Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service Now Available in Azure Marketplace
January 18, 2023 — High performance storage company Qumulo has announced the availability of the Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service. Customers can now provision Qumulo on demand directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace…
From insideHPC
atNorth Announces New Chief Strategy, Marketing and Communications Officer
Stockholm – January 18, 2023 – atNorth, a pan-Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Jansson to its executive team. Fredrik joins
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From insideHPC
HPC4EI Announces Projects Selected from Spring 2022 Solicitation
January 18, 2023 — The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a $1.8 million investment for six teams that will tap into the U.S. National Laboratories’ high-performance…
From Computational Complexity
Meta-Complexity
I'm sure many of you long-time readers are asking, "Why all this big focus on machine learning in your posts and tweets? You are the 'Computational Complexity' blog! You've barely said a word about meta-complexity."
So what is…From Schneier on Security
Security Analysis of Threema
A group of Swiss researchers have published an impressive security analysis of Threema.
We provide an extensive cryptographic analysis of Threema, a Swiss-based encrypted messaging application with more than 10 million users…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Rabin-Scott Time
Nondeterminism—why did it take so long? 2010 interview src1, Society for Science src2 Michael Rabin and Dana Scott won the 1976 Turing Award. They obtained their PhD under Alonzo Church in 1957 and 1958, respectively. They are…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Digital Wallets in the Digital Landscape
Irving talks this with links to useful related topics. Click through to much more.
Why Digital Wallets Are Critical to the Evolving Digital Landscape
A few months ago, the Linux Foundation (LF) announced its intent to launch…From The Eponymous Pickle
Canada Has National Quantum Strategy
Useful integration of efforts.
Efforts under Canada's National Quantum Strategy are already under way.
On Jan. 13, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne announced the launch of Canada's…From insideHPC
ALCF Announces INCITE Hackathon, Applications Due March 8
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), together with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is co-organizing a hybrid hackathon to help research teams prepare for the upcoming 2024 INCITE call for proposals. Hackathon dates: April 18…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Temu: What It Is, and Why It Matters
Was asked exactly this earlier this week. Especially in this domain, good to know what is emerging and why Considerable piece, below an intro ....
Temu: What It Is, and Why It Matters by Connie Chan In A16z
Over the pastFans…From insideHPC
ISC Appoints Senior Advisor to Expand Focus of ISC Conference Series
HAMBURG, January 16, 2023 – The ISC conference organization has announced that Eric Schnepf, the former Distinguished Engineer and Lead Solution Architect for HPC and AI at Fujitsu Central Europe, has joined us as the Senior
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From insideHPC
MemVerge Names Jeffrey Wang VP Engineering
MILPITAS, Calif. – January 18, 2023 – Big memory software company MemVerge today announced that Jeffrey Wang has been named Vice President of Engineering. With decades of software-defined infrastructure experience across networking…
From The Noisy Channel
Throwing Needles Into Haystacks
Searching for relevant results has been compared to finding a needle in a haystack. Thankfully, most searchers have it easier than that, since haystacks don’t index their needs to make them more findable.
Ironically, it sometimes…