Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2024
From insideHPC
Intersect360 Research to Hold HPC-AI Market Forecast Webinar Nov. 4 and 5
SUNNYVALE, CA — Addison Snell and Steve Conway of Intersect360 Research will present their findings about the significant increases to the HPC-AI market in a 90-minute webinar Monday and Tuesday, November 4 and 5. Access to the…
From insideHPC
The 5th Chameleon User Meeting to Be Held Nov. 18 in Atlanta
The fifth Chameleon User Meeting Community Workshop on “Practical Reproducibility in HPC” will be held Monday, Nov. 18 at Terminus 330, 330 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm ET. Registration is here. The workshop…
From insideHPC
Aethir, GAIB, and GMI Cloud Launch Decentralized AI Compute with by Nvidia H200 GPUs
Singapore – Oct 29, 2024 – Aethir, a provider of decentralized cloud infrastructure, has partnered with GAIB, the economic layer for AI and compute, and GMI Cloud, an AI and AGI-focused cloud service provider to integrate H200…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Marc Hannah and the graphics pipeline
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London What do a Nintendo games console and the films Jurassic Park, Beauty and the Beast and Terminator II have in common? They all used Marc Hannah’s chips and linked programs for their…
From Schneier on Security
Roger Grimes on Prioritizing Cybersecurity Advice
This is a good point:
Part of the problem is that we are constantly handed lists…list of required controls…list of things we are being asked to fix or improve…lists of new projects…lists of threats, and so on, that are not ranked…From insideHPC
$825M Extreme Ultraviolet R&D Facility to Be at Albany NanoTech Complex
The ongoing generative AI revolution as we know it would not be possible without EUV technology, which is used by TSMC, Samsung, Intel and other chip manufacturers to produce the most most advanced HPC-AI ....
The post $825MHigh…
From Schneier on Security
Tracking World Leaders Using Strava
Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them to track their runs, and you could look at the public…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Q&A: Human-Centered Computer Scientist Shares Thoughts on Effective Voting Systems
In light of a voter software glitch in Indiana, CCC spoke with Human-Centered Computer Scientist Juan Gilbert. Gilbert pioneered a universal voting system that makes voting more reliable and accessible for everyone and for increasing…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Proposals: SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AI
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to Schmidt Sciences SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AI program. The SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Thank You Rachelle!
In this month’s feature, we spotlight Dr. Rachelle Kristof Hippler, who has dedicated her time and efforts through an impressive range of leadership roles at ACM-W. Rachelle has left an enduring impact, providing a bridge for…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Understanding the role models that inspire women to study Computing Science
By Matthew Barr, Lewis Binnie, Elizabeth Jacobs, Kristina Pavlou, and Kathleen West, Education & Practice Section, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow Our recently published study [1] sheds light on what makes…
From insideHPC
D-Wave Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members
PALO ALTO, Calif. — October 30, 2024 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) today announced the appointments of John DiLullo and Rohit Ghai, to its board of directors. John DiLullo currently serves as chief executive officer at Deepwatch…
From Yoshua Bengio
Implications of Artificial General Intelligence on National and International Security
This paper was initially published by the Aspen Strategy Group (ASG), a policy program of the Aspen Institute. It was released as part of a…
L’article Implications of Artificial General Intelligence on National and International…From Schneier on Security
Simpson Garfinkel on Spooky Cryptographic Action at a Distance
Excellent read. One example:
Consider the case of basic public key cryptography, in which a person’s public and private key are created together in a single operation. These two keys are entangled, not with quantum physics, …From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Key Computing Takeaways on Voter Software Glitch
An incident involving an Indiana University student who was turned away from the polls due to a software glitch has sparked significant conversation about the integrity and accessibility of the voting process. Here are the key…
From Computational Complexity
FOCS 2024
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| Junior/Senior lunch in 80°F Chicago |
Last summer I attended the Complexity Conference in Ann Arbor for the first time in eight years largely because it was within driving distance. So with FOCS in Chicago this year I didn'tThe…
From insideHPC
WEKA Introduces Appliances for Enterprise AI Deployments
CAMPBELL, Calif., October 30, 2024— AI data platform company WekaIO unveiled two WEKApod data platform appliances today: the WEKApod Nitro for large-scale enterprise AI deployments and the WEKApod Prime for smaller-scale AI deployments…
From insideHPC
Scality Announces All-Flash Object Store for AI
SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2024 – Storage software company Scality today unveiled RING XP, an all-flash configuration of its RING storage software engineered for extreme performance. Scality said RING XP is the fastest object…
From insideHPC
Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium Incorporates
Beaverton, Ore. – October 29, 2024 – The Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium, led by board members from AMD, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Astera Labs, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft…
From insideHPC
Infineon Unveils Thin Silicon Wafer for AI Data Centers
Infineon Technologies AG announced it has unveiled an advance in handling and processing "the thinnest silicon power wafers ever manufactured," with a thickness of 20 micrometers and a diameter of 300 millimeters, in a high-scale…
From insideHPC
Intersect360 Research Issues Report on Issues Facing HPC-AI Industry
SUNNYVALE, CA—October 29, 2024— HPC-AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released a new report titled Issues Facing the HPC-AI Industry: Insights from the Advisory Committees of the HPC-AI Leadership Organization…
From Schneier on Security
Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users
The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay.
Hacker…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Members Discuss Upcoming SuperComputing Conference Panel
CCC is pleased to announce that last week council members Michela Taufer and Chandra Krintz published an article in Inside AI News to discuss their upcoming panel at the 2024 Supercomputing Conference. As members of the Task…
From Schneier on Security
Criminals Are Blowing up ATMs in Germany
It’s low tech, but effective.
Why Germany? It has more ATMs than other European countries, and—if I read the article right—they have more money in them.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20241028: US Chip Fabs Beat Taiwan, Tech and Danish Royalty Unveil AI Supercomputer, White Houe Initiative on AI National Security Risk
Good Halloween Week to you! From the always-active world of HPC-AI here's a quick (6:47) review of recent developments, including: TSMC upbeat news from Arizona, Danish and tech royalty unveil Eviden-Nvidia AI supercomputer,
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From insideHPC
TELUS and Photonic in Quantum Collaboration
Vancouver, BC, October 28, 2024 – TELUS announced a collaboration with Photonic Inc. intended to accelerate development of quantum communications in Canada. TELUS will provide Photonic dedicated access to its fibre-optic network…
From insideHPC
Report Issued on Quantum Sensors to Improve Navigation Device Accuracy
Arlington, Virginia, October 28, 2024 – A new report from the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) found that using quantum sensors could improve the accuracy and reliability of position, navigation, and timing (PNT)…
From Computational Complexity
Random Thoughts on the Election
Here are my random thoughts on the election:
1) Here is a list of things I DONT care about
a) Candidates Gender or Race. The people who say its about time we had a female president might not want to vote for a President Marjorie…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Found on Spanish Beach
A giant squid has washed up on a beach in Northern Spain.
From insideHPC
TSMC in Arizona Announces Higher Yields than Fabs in Taiwan
TSMC’s efforts to build a U.S.-based chip manufacturing operation has progressed unevenly since it was announced in 2020, there have been reports of a year-long construction delay, worker-management conflicts and a dearth of
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