Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2024
From insideHPC
Call for Papers: Ken Kennedy Institute Energy HPC Conference, Jan. 15 Deadline
The 17th Annual Energy High Performance Computing Conference hosted by the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University, to be held March 5-7, 2024, has issued an invitation to submit an abstract for presentation. The deadline is…
From BLOG@CACM
'On Expert Testimony': A Response
This post was created in response to the Cerf's Up article "On Expert Testimony" that appeared in the December 2023 issue of Communications.
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Data and metrics determine what algorithms do
(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")
Wisdom of the crowd algorithms, including rankers and recommenders, work from data…
From Computational Complexity
Favorite Theorems 2015-2024
In 1994, the FST&TCS conference invited me to give a talk at their meeting in Madras (now Chennai). I was in my tenth year as a complexity theorists since I started graduate school and looked back at a very impressive decadecorresponding…
From insideHPC
Justin Hotard Leaves HPE for Intel, Named EVP/GM of Data Center and AI Group
Intel today announced the appointment of Justin Hotard as executive vice president and general manager of its Data Center and AI Group (DCAI), effective Feb. 1. Hotard was EVP/GMof High-Performance Computing, AI and Labs at Hewlett…
From insideHPC
D-Wave Quantum Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Security Audit
PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., — January 4, 2024 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. today announced the successful completion of its SOC 2 Type 2 audit as of December 7, 2023. D-Wave said it is the first full-stack quantum computing
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From Schneier on Security
New iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days
Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.” It’s a zero-click exploit that makes…
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: From hope to despair and back to hope
(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")
Twenty five years ago, when recommendation algorithms first launched at large scale…
From insideHPC
Intel and DigitalBridge Launch Articul8 Generative AI Company
Intel investment firm and DigitalBridge Group have announced the formation of Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), which they say will develop a generative AI software platform for enterprises. “The platform delivers AI capabilities…
From insideHPC
ATPESC 2024: Applications to Learn about Advanced Computing Due February 28
The annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) is scheduled for July 28-August 9, 2024. The call for applications is open through February 28, 2024. The application can be found here. For more information…
From Schneier on Security
Facial Recognition Systems in the US
A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. (This, of course, can all change without notice.)
Three years ago, I wrote that campaigns…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Equality, diversity and inclusion in the R Project: collaborative community coding & curating with Dr Heather Turner
Find out about Dr Heather Turner's EPSRC project to increase diversity and representation in software (R programming language) and about the role of Research Software Engineer (with example job packs).
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
One Day, Three Stories
NYT Science puzzlers, Claudine Gay’s resignation, and in memoriam Frank Ryan Clockwise: src1, src2, src3 Roxanne and George Miller, Claudine Gay, and Frank Ryan are in today’s news. We started drafting a post on today’s New York…
From Computational Complexity
The Betty White Award for 2023: Tommy Smothers
Betty White died on December 31, 2021. When I mention that, even now, some people are surprised that they didn't hear about it. Why? Because she died AFTER all of the who we said goodbye to this year articles have come out. I…
From BLOG@CACM
Digitization Puts Many at a Disadvantage
Digitization has many downsides.
From BLOG@CACM
The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part Two
Exploring how interdisciplinary research projects enable computer science students to acquire a variety of skills.
From Schneier on Security
TikTok Editorial Analysis
TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. (This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound.)
Conclusion: Substantial Differences in Hashtag Ratios RaiseConcerns about TikTok…