Communications of the ACM
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January 2024
From insideHPC
DOE ASCR Program Announces $60M for Advanced Scientific Computing Proposals
The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR ) program in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Science has announces its interest in advanced scientific computing research portfolios for accelerating discovery and innovation…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Implementing the missing sign instruction in AVX-512
Intel and AMD have expanded the x64 instruction sets over time. In particular, the SIMD (Single instruction, multiple data) instructions have become progressively wider and more general: from 64 bits to 128 bits (SSE2), to 256…
From insideHPC
PASQAL Partners with Mila for Generative Modeling in Quantum AI
Sherbrooke, Quebec, January 11, 2024 — AI research institute Mila announ ced a partnership with neutral atom quantum computing company PASQAL to exploratore enhancing generative modeling with quantum computing benchmarking and…
From insideHPC
Ayar Labs Names New CTO, Adds Barratt, Moorthy to Board
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, a company focused on silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced two additions to its Board of Directors. Ganesh Moorthy, President and CEO of Microchip Technology…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The National Science Foundation and philanthropic partners announce the new ReDDDoT program
On Tuesday, the NSF announced the Responsible Design, Development, & Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDot) program, which aims to ensure both ethical and legal considerations from community and societal standpoints are established…
From insideHPC
GenAI in Investment Management: Alternative Data Has Gone Mainstream
January 11, 2023 – Alternative data continues to strongly influence the decision-making of investment professionals across the investment management industry, according to law firm Lowenstein Sandler’s fourth survey on the subject…
From insideHPC
Quantum: Alphabet Spinoff SandboxAQ Acquires Good Chemistry
PALO ALTO, Calif. and VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2024 — SandboxAQ today announced it has acquired Good Chemistry, a computational chemistry company that leverages AI, quantum and other advanced technologies for drug discovery and materials…
From insideHPC
Analog Devices Deploys SambaNova for GenAI
January 10, 2024—Wilmington, MA and Palo Alto, CA — Semiconduct company Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) and AI platform developer SambaNova Systems announced that ADI is deploying SambaNova Suite for its global AI strategy…
From Schneier on Security
Pharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
From Computational Complexity
Guest Post by Mohammad Hajiaghayi on SODA Business Meeting 2024
This is a guest post Mohammad Hajiaghayi on the SODA business Meeting from 2024. The meeting was held in Alexandria Virginia, Jan 7-10, 2024. The following meetings were held jointly:
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Conclusion
(This is one version of the conclusion from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It")
Wisdom of crowds is the idea that summarizing the opinions of a lot of people…
From insideHPC
QuEra Releases Quantum Roadmap
BOSTON, January 9, 2024 – Quantum computing company QuEra has announced a roadmap for a series of error-corrected quantum computers starting in 2024 and culminating in a system with 100 logical error-corrected qubits. QuEra’s…
From insideHPC
HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it will acquire AI-native networks company Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, an equity value of approximately $14 billion.... “This transaction
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From The Noisy Channel
Query Specificity
The central challenge of query understanding is mapping a query to a representation of the searcher’s intent. Recognizing when two or more different search queries represent the same or similar intent opens up a variety of opportunities…
From Schneier on Security
Facial Scanning by Burger King in Brazil
In 2000, I wrote: “If McDonald’s offered three free Big Macs for a DNA sample, there would be lines around the block.”
Burger King in Brazil is almost there, offering discounts in exchange for a facial scan. From a marketing …From insideHPC
ALCF Student Training Series: Intro to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers, Feb. 6-March 26
The deadline is Monday, Jan. 15, to register for the free, online series “Introduciton to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers,” hosted by the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). The series will focus on teaching the…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Will Sponsor 3 Scientific Panels Next Month at AAAS 2024
The 2024 AAAS Meeting will take place February 15th – 17th in Denver, Colorado. This conference, held annually since AAAS was established in 1848, is dedicated to advancing science and technology across all disciplines and helps…
From BLOG@CACM
Niklaus Wirth, or the Importance of Being Simple
A Renaissance Man of computer science
From insideHPC
RIKEN Selects Quantinuum for Hybrid Quantum–HPC Platform
Quantum computing company Quantinuum and Japanese research institution and HPC center RIKEN announced that Quantinuum will provide RIKEN access to its H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology. The deployment will be part…
From Schneier on Security
PIN-Stealing Android Malware
This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the PIN:
The second notable new feature is the ability to interrupt biometric operations on the…From BLOG@CACM
Are You Confident in Your Backups?
Assessing data security.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20240108: Ericsson and the Intel 4 Process, AI and VC in 2023, Samsung and CXL for RHEL, Quantum Cybersecurity
A good January morning to you! Here's a brief (5:14) run-down of the latest goings-on in HPC-AI: Ericsson may beat Intel to the Intel 4 process punch, AI a rare bright spot on 2023 venture landscape, Samsung optimizes CXL for…
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: A win-win-win for customers, companies, and society
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It")
Everyone wins -- companies, consumers, and society -- if companies fix their algorithms…
From BLOG@CACM
The Link Between Rituals and Data Science
The case of the Israeli social protest.
From Schneier on Security
Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy
Last month, I convened the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2023) at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center. As with IWORD 2022, the goal was to bring together a diverse set of thinkers and practitioners…
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Use only trustworthy behavior data
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It")
Adversaries manipulate wisdom of crowds algorithms by controlling a crowd of accounts…
From Computational Complexity
A nice dice problem- Part I
In this blog I pose a dice problem. The problem is NOT mine and the answer is KNOWN. However, I DO NOT think its well known, and I DO think it's interesting. My next post will have the answer.
PROBLEM:
A 6-sided fair die is a…From Putting People First
Experimenting with GenAI in design research
Cameron Hanson, Strategy Director at Smart Design, gave a presentation at the the Service Design Network (SDN) New York Chapter on practical ways to integrate GenAI into the design research process.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging—18th Anniversary Post: New Species of Pygmy Squid Discovered
They’re Ryukyuan pygmy squid (Idiosepius kijimuna) and Hannan’s pygmy squid (Kodama jujutsu). The second one represents an entire new genus.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the…From insideHPC
Nuvoton Unveils Endpoint AI Platform for Machine Learning
Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 5, 2024 – Nuvoton has announced the Endpoint AI Platform designed to accelerate the development of fully-featured microcontroller (MCU) AI products. These solutions are enabled by Nuvoton’s new MCU and…