Communications of the ACM
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October 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Dimensions in Computer Science
Like the broad idea of immersive stories, in what? Games, interactions, graphics.... etc.
New Dimensions in Computer Science?
When William Bares was young, he loved video arcades. He mostly studied the games — sketching their…From The Eponymous Pickle
Walmart and other Retailers are Canceling Billions of Dollars in Orders
Walmart and other retailers are canceling billions of dollars in orders
Sep 14, 2022, by Tom Ryan in Retailwire
Walmart, Target, Macy’s and Kohl’s are among retailers that have recently said they are canceling some orders to better…From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding of Cellular Metabolism
Home/News/Better Understanding of Cellular Metabolism With AI/Full Text
ACM TECHNEWS
Better Understanding of Cellular Metabolism With AI By EPFL
October 6, 2022 Scientists at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne…From insideHPC
Lancium Donates More than 45 Million Core Hours to OSG Consortium
HOUSTON and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2022 — Lancium, Inc., an energy technology and infrastructure company that advances the decarbonization and stability of the electric power grid, has donated more than 45 million core-hours of
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel, Google Cloud Launch Chip to Improve Data-Center Performance
Google stronger connections with Intel.
Intel, Google Cloud Launch Chip to Improve Data-Center Performance
Reuters, Jane Lanhee Lee, October 11, 2022
A chip co-developed by researchers at Intel and Google Cloud aims to improve…From BLOG@CACM
Three Risks Facing Higher Education
The implications of COVID-19 for risk management in higher education.
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Automobile Keyless Entry Systems
Suspected members of a European car-theft ring have been arrested:
The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology to get into the car and drive away.
As a result of a coordinated…From The Eponymous Pickle
Sky Clutter: If You Could See Every Satellite in Low Earth Orbit!
A thoughtful interactive piece, which clearly demonstrates the increasing clutter in low earth orbit.
If You Could See Every Satellite, What Would The Sky Look Like? 360/VR
By Scott Manley 1.51M subscribers
There are over ten…From BLOG@CACM
In Pursuit of an International Computation Center in Europe
The story of the UNESCO International Computation Center.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
An Inspiration: computer scientist Mark Dean #BlackHistoryMonth ^JB
In 2006 QMUL one of the winning essays in the first year essay competition was written by one of our computing students, Dean Miller. He wrote about a fellow Black computer scientist who inspired him; Mark Dean.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (October 16 2022)
Doctors in Israel are toying with polygenic screening: it is a way to make it more likely that your baby will grow up to be healthy. In 2021, 337 million prescriptions were written for antidepressants in US, according to theContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey: Global Economics Intelligence Executive Summary, September 2022
Brief examination of economic changes ...
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, September 2022
October 11, 2022 | Article
Central banks sustain aggressive policy tightening; industrial activity picks up in emerginged…From The Eponymous Pickle
Gravitational Lenses
New leverage points for AI.
ACM TECHNEWS
Advanced AI Discovers a Treasure Trove of Gravitational Lenses
By Space.com, October 11, 2022
Australian researchers have identified potential gravitational lenses in images taken by the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Superconductors: Scientists Discover an Invisible Phenomenon
ACM NEWS
Superconductors: Scientists Discover an Invisible Phenomenon
By Bar-Ilan University
September 21, 2022
Superconductors offer enormous technical and economic promise for applications such as high-speed hovertrains, MRI machines…From The Eponymous Pickle
System Designs Heat-Conducting Nanomaterials
Conducting heat in materials.
System Designs Heat-Conducting Nanomaterials
MIT News
Adam Zewe, October 7, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have created an algorithm and software for designing a specific…From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverse-style avatars are now available in Microsoft Teams
Do we need fancy avatars? Will it create anything useful? Will take a look.
Metaverse-style avatars are now available in Microsoft Teams By Luke Hughes published about 6 hours ago in Techradar
Get the metaverse look without…From The Eponymous Pickle
T-Ray Tech
Teraherz Tech in Use
T-ray technology is moving from sci-fi to mainstream
Alexander Sappok, RaySecur in Venturebeat
October 15, 2022 6:40 AM
Terahertz (T-ray) technologies offer the promise to transform how we interact with the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Making Fries
The Robots Are Here, and They Are Making You Fries
The Washington Post
Laura Reiley; Lee Powell
September 20, 2022
Fast-food restaurants are turning to robotic technology amid the prolonged labor shortage. Miso Robotic initially…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Ink
It’s aimed at children, but it’s a good primer.
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 here.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use of Fitness Device Data
An example of data use.
Specific Links Between Exercise, Memory, Mental Health Revealed by Fitness Trackers
By SciTechDaily, October 4
Dartmouth College researchers found that exercise could be optimized to improve mental and…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Constructing Images
Interesting claim here.
ACM NEWS
AI Can Now Create Any Image in Seconds
By The Washington Post, October 3, 2022
All of these images were created by the artificial intelligence text-to-image generator DALL-E. Named for SalvadorSince…From insideHPC
ASCR Announces 2022 Leadership Computing Challenge
Oct. 14, 2022 — The ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) is an allocation program for projects of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE), with an emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff scientific campaigns enabled via high…
From insideHPC
CIMdata in Nov. 2 Webinar on Advanced Digital Engineering Technologies in the Cloud
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 October 2022—CIMdata, Inc., a PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announced that its Practice Director for Simulation-Driven Systems Development, Don Tolle, will participate in a…
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stories, Dice and Rocks that Think. A Look at the Historical Trajectory of AI and How it is Shaping the Future
Just completed this excellent book by Byron Reese about how we got to thinking about 'artificial Intelligence', and were it can go. Here is their overview:
'Stories, Dice and Rocks That Think'. Book by Byron Reese
This…From The Eponymous Pickle
Green Adhesives Made from Whey
We examined alternative adhesives for packaging needs.
Green adhesives made from whey
Research News / September 01, 2022
In collaboration with TU Dresden, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a process for obtaining valuable, high…From insideHPC
QCI to Build Quantum Optical Chip Facility
LEESBURG, Va., October 14, 2022 – Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) (NASDAQ: QUBT), a quantum solutions company, announced a quantum nanophotonics technology manufacturing and research center to expand its current chip development…
From Schneier on Security
Regulating DAOs
In August, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash, a virtual currency “mixer” designed to make it harder to trace cryptocurrency transactions—and a worldwide…
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is AI? Useful basic intro Discussion
A nice piece from Computing practitioner David Bombal, his Youtube link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9RQ6Yx75c&t=47s
Computerphile: David Bombal Many related links below
If you are into cybersecurity or any other…From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Intel Shipping Aurora Blades; Rocky Linux vs. CentOS; Tesla’s ‘Dojo’ AI Supercomputer
http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/039@HPCpodcas_Aurora_Intel_Linux-Wars_Tesla_20221012.mp3 In this edition of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug kick things off on the news from Intel Innovation Day that the company…