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 Computational Complexity
Fall Jobs Post 2024
In the fall, I write a jobs post predicting the upcoming CS faculty job market and giving suggestions and links. In the spring I used to crowdsource a list of where everyone got jobs but have since outsourced the crowdsourceGrigory…
From Schneier on Security
Auto-Identification Smart Glasses
Two students have created a demo of a smart-glasses app that performs automatic facial recognition and then information lookups. Kind of obvious, but the sort of creepy demo that gets attention.
News article.
From insideHPC
Supermicro Introduces 3U Server for Edge AI
San Jose, October 8, 2024 – Supermicro announced a high-density infrastructure platform optimized for AI inferencing at the network edge. Supermicro’s system delivers up to 10 double-width GPUs in a single system capable of running…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of Deep Learning, wins Nobel Prize in Physics!
So… in 2024, the Physics Nobel prize was awarded to a Computer Scientist. Is Physics out of ideas? The Nobel Committee just gave a Physics award to a COMPUTER SCIENTIST! What does this say about the state of modern Physics? Though…
From Schneier on Security
China Possibly Hacking US “Lawful Access” Backdoor
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Chinese hackers (Salt Typhoon) penetrated the networks of US broadband providers, and might have accessed the backdoors that the federal government uses to execute court-authorized wiretap…
From insideHPC
Foxconn Orders Blackwell-Powered 90 AI Exaflops Supercomputer
Nvidia and Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn are building what the companies said is Taiwan’s largest supercomputer. The system, to be housed at the Hon Hai Kaohsiung Super Computing Center, will be powered by Nvidia…
From insideHPC
Nov. 14 Deadlinefor 2 DOE ASCR Scientific Computing Review Panels
Oct. 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has announced that Thursday, Nov. 14 is the deadline for two scientic computing review panels. Notice of Funding Opportunity
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From insideHPC
Nov. 11 Deadline: ASCR Announces 2025 Leadership Computing Challenge
Oct. 7 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) is an allocation program for projects of interest to DOE, with emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff scientific campaigns enabled via high-performance…
From Schneier on Security
Largest Recorded DDoS Attack is 3.8 Tbps
CLoudflare just blocked the current record DDoS attack: 3.8 terabits per second. (Lots of good information on the attack, and DDoS in general, at the link.)
News article.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Iterating through matched characters in modern C++: views::filter and coroutine
Consider the following problem. You want to iterate through the characters of a strings and find only those matching some criteria. For example, you might want scan an HTML string looking for the characters ‘<‘, ‘&’, ‘\0’, ‘\n…
From Computational Complexity
Emil Post Anticipated (more than anticipated) Godel and Turing
(Thanks to James De Santis for pointing the article that inspired this post on Post. The article is pointed to in this post.)
What is Emil Post known for? I know of him for the following:
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Byte Queens
by lenia Maietta and Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Women have made vital contributions to computer science ever since Ada Lovelace debugged the first algorithm for an actual computer (written by Charles Babbage)…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Map of All Colossal Squid Sightings
Interesting map, from this paper.
From insideHPC
HPC: Driving Cryptocurrency Growth and Changing Its Future
Behind the rapid expansion of cryptocurrencies in recent years are two often-overlooked technologies: blockchain and high-performance computing. Both play crucial roles in ensuring that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum…
From insideHPC
Amkor and TSMC Collaborate on Advanced Packaging in Arizona
TEMPE, Ariz. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. Oct. 4, 2024 – TAMC and Amkor Technology announced today a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advanced packaging and test capabilities in Arizona. Under the agreement, TSMC
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Weekly Computing News: A Deeper Dive into SkAI
In this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are looking deeper into the SkAI research center led by Northwestern University. This comes after a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)…
From insideHPC
Sandia: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Record Breakers Nominated for Gordon Bell Prize
Sandia National Laboratories announced today a new speed record in molecular dynamics simulation. A collaborative research team ran simulations using the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) processor and “raced past the maximum…
From insideHPC
Submer Secures $55.5M Round for Immersion Cooling
October 3, 2024 — Submer announced an investment round of $55.5 million USD, led by M&G, an investment company with £346.1 billion assets under management as of June 2024. The investment comes from its £5 billion purpose-led
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From insideHPC
Jabil Acquires Liquid Cooling Company Mikros Technologies
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Oct. 3, 2024 – Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) today announced the acquisition of Mikros Technologies LLC, an engineering and manufacturing company focused on of liquid cooling solutions for thermal management,
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From insideHPC
Eaton Announces AI-Ready Rack Enclosures for Data Centers
Oct. 3, 2024 — Power management company Eaton today announced the North American launch of its Eaton Heavy-Duty SmartRack enclosures, designed to help data center operators and IT managers accommodate the increasing physical
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From Schneier on Security
Weird Zimbra Vulnerability
Hackers can execute commands on a remote computer by sending malformed emails to a Zimbra mail server. It’s critical, but difficult to exploit.
In an email sent Wednesday afternoon, Proofpoint researcher Greg Lesnewich seemed…From insideHPC
HPC-AI Tech Secures $50M Series A Funding
SAN FRANCISCO — HPC-AI Tech, a AI startup specializing in AI software infrastructure and video generation, has secured a $50 million Series A funding round. Investors include Singtel Innov8, Sinovation Ventures, Capstone Capital…
From insideHPC
SimOps Launches Simulation Operations Automation Initiative
Sunnyvale, CA, September 27, 2024 – SimOps announced the launch of its Simulation Operations Automation initiative, a category the company said is poised to redefine how organizations manage and optimize their engineering simulations…
From insideHPC
DDN Expands AI Research Partnership with YTexas
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024 – Data intelligence platform DDN announced an expansion of its AI research and innovation efforts in Texas. This initiative is intended to power transformative advancements in sectors like healthcare…
From Computational Complexity
Favorite Theorems: Gradient Descent
Who thought the algorithm behind machine learning would have cool complexity implications?
John Fearnley, Paul Goldberg, Alexandros Hollender and Rahul Savani…From Schneier on Security
California AI Safety Bill Vetoed
Governor Newsom has vetoed the state’s AI safety bill.
I have mixed feelings about the bill. There’s a lot to like about it, and I want governments to regulate in this space. But, for now, it’s all EU.
(Related, the Council of…From Putting People First
Dutch Media Authority: “Government should force Big Tech to do news”
Research by the Dutch Media Authority shows that 78% of Dutch youth get their news mainly from social media, in particular Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, reports Wilfred Takken in the Dutch NRC newspaper today. The research…
From insideHPC
VAST Data Unveils InsightEngine with Nvidia
AI data platform company VAST Data today announced VAST InsightEngine with NVIDIA, which the company said is the first solution to securely ingest, process, and retrieve all types of enterprise data (files, objects, tables, and…
From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Announces AI in the Cloud Findings
ST. PAUL, MN, Oct. 1, 2024—HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the results of their recently completed AI in the Cloud study, entitled, Cloud-based AI Activity for HPC: Widespread but Primarily Exploratory…
From insideHPC
Optical I/O: The Key to Unlocking AI Infrastructure Profitability and Performance
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Scaling GenAI inference performance requires increasing the number of GPUs or accelerators working in parallel within the scale-up domain. In-package optical I/O offers a path forward by breaking the…