Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
November 2018
From The Eponymous Pickle
GANs: Generative Adversarial Networks
Brought to my attention as useful
Computer Science > Machine Learning
NIPS 2016 Tutorial: Generative Adversarial Networks
Ian Goodfellow
This report summarizes the tutorial presented by the author at NIPS 2016 on generative adversarial…
From insideHPC
OSC to Deploy Pitzer Cluster built by Dell EMC
Today the Ohio Supercomputer Center announced plans to deploy the center’s newest, most efficient supercomputer system, the liquid-cooled, Dell EMC-built Pitzer Cluster. "Ohio continues to make significant investments in the
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Terrence Sejnowski Explains Deep Learning
We connected with Terrence Sejnowski during the last go around of artificial intelligence, he was known for some classic AI applications of the time, so thought it would be useful to see his view of the current state of thehis…
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project to go Front and Center at SC18
Over at the Exascale Computing Project, Scott Gibson has compiled an impressive list of sessions and meetups involving the ECP and all the goings on you can expect at SC18 in Dallas. "The Exascale Computing Project is accelerating…
From insideHPC
HPC and AI Convergence Take Center Stage for Intel at SC18
Intel has Big Plans at SC18 later this month, many of which are focused on HPC and AI convergence, and the intersections between these two sectors. "HPC is expanding beyond its traditional role of modeling and simulation to encompass…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interview with Irving Wladawsky-Berger on AI
Look forward to listening to this, we had a number of interactions with Irving Wladawsky-Berger when he was at IBM and respected his thoughts regarding AI.
Voices in AI – Episode 72: A Conversation with Irving Wladawsky-Berger…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Screens and Kids
How negative is the now omni presense of screens on phones, tablets and computing devices? Now integrated into every part of our lives.
A Dark Consensus About Screens
Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley By
The…
From Schneier on Security
Buying Used Voting Machines on eBay
This is not surprising: This year, I bought two more machines to see if security had improved. To my dismay, I discovered that the newer model machines -- those that were used in the 2016 election -- are running Windows CE and…
From Computational Complexity
P = NP Need Not Give a SAT Algorithm
In Bill's post earlier this week, he asks if there is a fixed algorithm such that if P = NP, this algorithm will correctly compute satisfiability on all inputs. While I believe this statement is true because P ≠ NP, I would like…