Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2015
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Cognitive Business Introduction Talk
Received from the Cognitive Systems Institute. I will attend. For those that cannot attend, the slides will be linked to here.Dear Professors, Students, IBMers and others, Just a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute…
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Announces the Cognitive Business
Cognitive Business is HereHumans create a staggering amount of information. Poetry, equations, films, selfies, diagnoses, discoveries. Data pours from our mobile devices, social networks, from every digitized and connected system…
From The Eponymous Pickle
State of Data Science
Kirk Borne writes:" ... Check out "The State of #DataScience" RJMetrics report link, including 14 charts + analysis .... ". Requires registration for full report, but the introduction itself is useful.
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Superforecasting
Previously mentioned the concept of superforecasting, see tag below. Here more about the book and idea. Podcast and text in K@W:Why an Open Mind Is Key to Making Better Predictions .... So what makes a good forecaster? In…
From insideHPC
Requesting Your Input on the HPC & Large Enterprise Purchase Sentiment Survey
We'd like to invite our readers to participate in our new HPC & Large Enterprise Purchase Sentiment Survey. "It's designed to get a feel for the technology purchasing plans of HPC and large enterprise data centers. We'll also…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tagging Images
In NYTimes: Worked with a startup that sought to do this automatically. Good to see the continuation of related work." ... A little-known German start-up may have just made it a lot easier to search for photos online.EyeEm,…
From insideHPC
Video: Is Remote GPU Virtualization Useful?
“Although the use of GPUs has generalized nowadays, including GPUs in current HPC clusters presents several drawbacks mainly related with increased costs. In this talk we present how the use of remote GPU virtualization may overcome…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Great Innovative Idea- Acquiring Object Experiences at Scale
The following Great Innovative Idea is from John Oberlin, Maria Meier, Tim Kraska, and Stefanie Tellex in the Computer Science Department at Brown University. Their Acquiring Object Experiences at Scale was one of the winners…
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes for Oct. 7, 2015
Sometimes the inbox for HPC news fills up faster than we can handle. In an effort to keep up, we've compiled noteworthy news into a Jeopardy type of Speed Round that phrases topics in the form a question.
The post HPC News Bytes…From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Tries Smart Shelving in Cincinnati Store
(Update)From FMIDailyLead:Kroger tries out smart shelving in Cincinnati storeKroger is experimenting with "smart shelf" technology in a Cincinnati-area store, installing 2,200 Edge shelves that can show digital price tags and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trends in Designer Data
Trends as designer data:" .... This year, the learning program shifted to a whole new level with IBM sharing insights into Designer Data - specifically how to uncover hidden trends to help grow business in the retail sector. Includes…
From insideHPC
Leveraging HPC for Alzheimer’s Research and Beyond
Joseph Lombardo from UNLV presented this talk at the PBS Works User Group. "Lombardo will highlight results from an Alzheimer’s research project that benefited from using PBS Professional. He will then describe the NSCEE’s new…
From insideHPC
Building the CLIMB Project – World’s Largest Single System for Microbial Bioinformatics
A new private Cloud HPC system will soon benefit bioinformatics researchers in their work on bacterial pathogens. The Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) project, a collaboration between the University of…
From Computational Complexity
Randomness by Complexity
Let n be the following number 135066410865995223349603216278805969938881475605667027524485143851526510604859533833940287150571909441798207282164471551373680419703964191743046496589274256239341020864383202110372958725762358509643110564073501508187510676594629205563685529475213500852879416377328533906109750544334999811150056977236890927563 …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Replacing Your Chief Inno Officer
In Innovation Excellence: If you have one, that is. Even if not, some thoughts about what that person should be like. Also relevant to open innovation, though that will require more flexibility.
From Schneier on Security
European Court of Justice Rules Against Safe Harbor
The European Court of Justice ruled that sending personal data to the US violates their right to privacy: The ruling, by the European Court of Justice, said the so-called safe harbor agreement was flawed because it allowed American…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Want a Job Expanding Computer Science Education?
The TEALS program (www.tealsk12.org) is looking for regional managers to help them expand their program of placing industry professionals in schools to work with teachers developing and growing CS programs and teachers in schools…
From insideHPC
Video: Intel 3D XPoint Technology
In this video from the Disruptive Technologies Session at the 2015 HPC User Forum, Intel's Ralph Biesemeyer presents: Intel 3D XPoint Technology.
"For decades, the industry has searched for ways to reduce the lag time between…From Writing
A Crash Course on Design for Developers
This talk that introduces the basic tools of user-centered and visual design. It’s targeted at developers and any other design newbies who want to improve the design of their websites, mobile apps, resumes, slide decks, and so…
From Writing
A Crash Course on Design for Developers
This is a talk I gave at TechHub Riga that introduces the basic tools of user-centered and visual design. It’s targeted at developers and any other design newbies who want to improve the design of their websites, mobile apps,…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Depth of Satisficing
When and why do people stop thinking? Tamal Biswas has been my graduate partner on my research model of decision-making at chess for over four years. He has I believe solved the puzzle of how best to incorporate depth into the…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Depth of Satisficing
When and why do people stop thinking? Tamal Biswas has been my graduate partner on my research model of decision-making at chess for over four years. He has I believe solved the puzzle of how best to incorporate depth into the…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST GCTC 2016 Kick-Off Conference Registration Open
The U.S. Department of Commerce‘s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the next round of the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) at a White House Smart City Forum hosted by the Office of Science and…
From insideHPC
Operational Characteristics of a ZFS-backed Lustre Filesystem
In this video from the LAD'15 Conference, Daniel Kobras from science+computing presents: Operational Characteristics of a ZFS-backed Lustre Filesystem.
The post Operational Characteristics of a ZFS-backed Lustre Filesystem appeared…From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 5
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 House Floor: H.R. 3510 – Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015, as amended U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Hearing: Ensuring Aviation Safety in the…
From insideHPC
Seagate Acquires Dot Hill Systems
Today Seagate Technology announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dot Hill Systems, makers of innovative software and hardware storage systems.
The post Seagate Acquires Dot Hill Systems appeared first…From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Call for Nominations to Serve on National Science Board
The National Science Board seeks nominations of candidates to serve 2016-2022. The National Science Board is a policy advisory body for the National Science Foundation. It also provides advice to Congress and the President on…
From insideHPC
Argonne’s Dr. Marius Stan from Breaking Bad on Computational Science in Cinema
In this video from the recent Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing event, Argonne computational scientist Dr. Marius Stan discusses Computational Science in Cinema. You may know Dr Stan from the role he played …
From insideHPC
Apply Now for XSEDE’s Jetstream Shared Cloud Research Allocations
XSEDE's new Jetstream shared cloud resource is coming online early next year, but you can now apply for Jetstream research allocations.
The post Apply Now for XSEDE’s Jetstream Shared Cloud Research Allocations appeared first…From insideHPC
IDC’s Steve Conway on Why HPC Matters
"If you drive a car, take medicine, use shampoo, fly in airplanes, watch movies, expect your washer to arrive at your door undented, have a loved one coping with Alzheimer’s Disease, use a cellphone, care about the structure …