Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2023
From Schneier on Security
Microsoft is Soft-Launching Security Copilot
Microsoft has announced an early access program for its LLM-based security chatbot assistant: Security Copilot.
I am curious whether this thing is actually useful.
From insideHPC
Quantum: IonQ Announces 29 Algorithmic Qubits on Barium Platform
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 24, 2023 — Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced it has achieved 29 algorithmic qubits on a barium platform, which the company said is a first-time achievement in the journey towards…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Blade: the emotional computer.
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Communicating with computers is clunky to say the least – we even have to go to IT classes to learn how to talk to them. It would be so much easier if they went to school to learn…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Last Call for CSTA Conference Proposals
The CSTA Call for Proposals is coming to an end October 30, 2023 11:59 PM PT.
From Computational Complexity
When did Math Get So Hard- Part 2
Click here for When did Math Get so Hard-Part 1, though it was not called Part 1 at the time.
This post is not so much about WHEN math got so hard but an example of math BEING hard. The main issue is that so much is known that…From insideHPC
Lambda and VAST Data in Cloud AI Training Partnership with NVIDIA Technology
NEW YORK and SAN JOSE, Oct. 23, 2023 — AI data platform company VAST Data and Lambda, an infrastructure-as-a-service and compute provider for public and private NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, today announced a partnership intended…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Introducing Stories From Our Greek and Trondheim Student Chapter Buddies!
ACM-W Europe continues with the collaboration of its chapters as the buddy system campaign started by ACM-W. The second chapter buddies of ACM-W Europe happened between two professional chapters which are Trondheim ACM-W and…
From BLOG@CACM
The Israeli Social Protest from a Data Science Perspective: Part Two
I discuss the social protest from the data science perspective, highlighting the challenges arise in the different steps of a data science process.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20231023: Flared Gas GPU Cloud, IBM AI Chip, TSMC Q3 Earnings, Aurora Install; AI and More AI
Our fleet-footed (5:20) run through recent HPC news looks at: HPE Cray supercomputers to be used at flared gas generative AI data centers; IBM announces NorthPole AI chip prototype, TSMC's down Q3 earnings; new trends in advanced…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Appending to an std::string character-by-character: how does the capacity grow?
In C++, suppose that you append to a string one character at a time: while(my_string.size() <= 10'000'000) { my_string += "a"; } In theory, it might be possible for the C++ runtime library to implement this routine as the creation…
From Schneier on Security
Child Exploitation and the Crypto Wars
Susan Landau published an excellent essay on the current justification for the government breaking end-to-end-encryption: child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). She puts the debate into historical context, discusses the…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Exploring mazes, inventing algorithms (part I)
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just by thinking. Telekinesis is clearly impossible, but could technology…
From Geeking with Greg
A summary of my book
My book is the untold story of the algorithms that shape our lives, how they went terribly wrong, and how to fix them.
Most people now have at least a vague idea that algorithms choose what we see on our favorite online platforms…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Why There Are No Giant Squid in Aquariums
They’re too big and we can’t recreate their habitat.
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 insideHPC
Aurora Exascale Install Update: Cautious Optimism
The twice-annual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is not universally loved, arguments persist whether the LINPACK benchmark is an optimal way to assess HPC system performance. But few would argue it serves…
From The Noisy Channel
When Machine Learning Hits A Wall
Machine learning (or AI if you prefer) is amazing. I cannot think of another area of computer science — or of technology in general — that has been more influential in the past decade.
Fundamentally, machine learning means learning…From insideHPC
NVIDIA AI Enterprise and DGX Cloud Availabile in Oracle Cloud Marketplace
Austin, Texas—October 19, 2023 – Oracle today announced that NVIDIA AI Enterprise, an enterprise-grade software that accelerates data science and streamlines development and deployment of production-ready AI, and the NVIDIA DGX…
From Schneier on Security
AI and US Election Rules
If an AI breaks the rules for you, does that count as breaking the rules? This is the essential question being taken up by the Federal Election Commission this month, and public input is needed to curtail the potential for AI…
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: The problem is fake crowds
(This is an excerpt from my book. Please let me know if you like it and want more.)
It is usually unintentional. Companies don’t intend for their websites to fill with spam. Companies don’t intend for their algorithms to amplify…
From Computational Complexity
Fall Jobs Post 2023
In the 2022 Fall Jobs Post I talked about the effect of generative AI and that was two weeks before Open AI released ChatGPT to the public. A year later, how will AI change CS faculty hiring? Not much this year but change will…
From insideHPC
Schneider Electric Issues AI-based Data Center Optimization Guide
London, October 19th 2023 – Schneider Electric has introduced a guide to addressing new physical infrastructure design challenges for data centres to support the shift in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven workloads for AI-optimised…
From insideHPC
TSMC Reports Q3 YoY Earnings Decline of 25%
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Oct. 19, 2023 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$546.73 billion, net income of NT$211.00 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$8.14 (US$1.29 per ADR unit)…
From BLOG@CACM
How to Ace IT Product Localization: The 101 Guide
Unlock global success with IT product localization. Discover how you can expand your reach and boost customer satisfaction through effective localization strategies.
From insideHPC
Women in HPC Announces Lineup for SC23 Workshop, Diversity Day and Networking Reception
Oct. 19, 2023 — Women in HPC (WHPC) has unveiled highlights of its upcoming events at SC’23 in Denver. “Prepare for an inspiring and engaging experience, featuring our 16th Annual WHPC Workshop, a vibrant Diversity Day, and a…
From Schneier on Security
Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction.
Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach, of withholding information about the 2016 incident from the FTC…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
For processing strings, streams in C++ can be slow
The C++ library has long been organized around stream classes, at least when it comes to reading and parsing strings. But streams can be surprisingly slow. For example, if you want to parse numbers, then this C++ routine is close…
From insideHPC
GroqRack System is Now Available in ALCF AI Testbed
Oct. 18, 2023 – Access to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s new GroqRack system is open to the global research community. The ALCF said it welcome proposals from the open-science global research community, including…
From insideHPC
Altair Releases Altair HyperWorks 2023
TROY, Mich., October 18, 2023 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the release of Altair HyperWorks 2023. This update to Altair’s best-in-class design and…
From insideHPC
Frontier and the Oak Ridge Team are Celebrating Exascale Day
Exascale computing is transforming our ability to solve some of the world’s most difficult and important problems. On October 18, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is celebrating the fifth…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrating the Evolution of ACM-W Scholarships: Empowering Women in Computing
Project team: Collaborators: ACM-W scholarships have been instrumental in providing crucial support for women in computer science and related fields, enabling them to attend pivotal computing research conferences. These scholarships…