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
Book on Myers-Briggs Personality Test
Though we used it a lot, were always warned it was only useful as a general view, and not to make decisions based on it.
Personality Puzzler: Is There Any Science Behind Myers-Briggs?
Author Merve Emre of Oxford University discusses…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Its all About Immediately
Its all about Immediately. First time I had heard the 'impatient consumer' mentioned so directly. But they have a good point there. We all are increasingly impatient. They make some good suggestions, but not enough about…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Initiates Associate BYOD
I recall Wal-Mart always had strict policies about foreign devices, to enforce security. Makes sense to enforce these in specific purpose Apps.
Will Walmart’s bring your own device policy work for it and its associates? by…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Locks Getting Smarter
Nothing unexpected, but one more piece to add to a smart home.
Schlage's new smart lock lets Amazon into your house
The Connect Smart Deadbolt will sell for $269 as part of the Amazon Key Smart Lock Kit.
By AJ Dellinger, @ajdell…
From insideHPC
Asetek to Showcase Liquid Cooling Technology for AI and HPC at SC18
Today Asetek announced plans to showcase its latest liquid cooling technologies at SC18 in Dallas next week. Also on display will be Intel Compute Modules that include Asetek direct-to-chip (D2C) liquid cooling technology, validated…
From insideHPC
Spectra Logic Unveils World’s Largest Data Storage Machine with 2 Exabytes Capacity
Today Spectra Logic announced the industry’s most advanced tape technology, the IBM TS1160, for use in Spectra’s enterprise-class tape libraries. Spectra’s TFinity ExaScale, T950, T950v and T380 Tape Libraries will support the…
From insideHPC
UberCloud Now Available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Today the UberCloud announced the availability of UberCloud consulting services in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Microsoft Azure. UberCloud customers can now take…
From insideHPC
Parabricks and SkyScale Raise the Performance Bar for Genomic Analysis
"In the modern world of genomics where analysis of 10’s of thousands of genomes is required for research, the cost per genome and the number of genomes per time are critical parameters. Parabricks adaption of the GATK4 Best Practice…
From insideHPC
ARM Powers Atos Supercomputer for CEA in France
Today Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces it will provide its BullSequana X1310, Atos’ first Arm-based supercomputer, to CEA in France. The machine will include the new Marvell ThunderX2 64-bit processors…
From Computational Complexity
The Data Transformation of Universities
With all the news about elections, caravans, shootings and attorney generals, maybe you missed the various stories about real transformations at our top universities.
On October 15 MIT announced the Stephen A. Schwarzman College…
From Schneier on Security
iOS 12.1 Vulnerability
This is really just to point out that computer security is really hard: Almost as soon as Apple released iOS 12.1 on Tuesday, a Spanish security researcher discovered a bug that exploits group Facetime calls to give anyone access…
From insideHPC
Beowulf Bash Returns to Dallas for SC18 with Live Cluster Build
The Beowulf community will be featured prominently in the SC 30th Anniversary Exhibit at SC18 in Dallas next week. Beowulf is a methodology that uses open software to connect a local cluster of commodity-grade hardware into a…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Google Launches “AI for Social Good” Program
Google has launched an “AI for Social Good” program to support artificial intelligence research and engineering with a focus on developing solutions for a range of global challenges. From an October 29th Google Blog post by Jeff…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bixby Developer Studio Tool from Samsung
Just saw the presentation on this. Impressive from what I saw, claims to be able to work intuitively with conversational interactions. Easy to build new 'skills', reasonable architecture, though it will take some work to
Samsung…
From insideHPC
R Systems Powers Parallel Works in the Cloud at NAFEMS Engineering Event
Today HPC Cloud provider R Systems announced plans to showcase its flexible High Performance Computing solutions at the annual NAFEMS (for engineering analysis & simulation in the automotive industry) conference Nov. 8, 2018
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From BLOG@CACM
Direct Instruction is Better than Discovery, but What Should We be Directly Instructing?
We should teach students directly, not expect them to discover for themselves. What should we be teaching directly?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Process Automation with RPA for Banking
Was just introduced to
Automation Innovation newsletter from IBM, See:https://www.ibm.com/automation
Here is an excerpt from a sample article on RPA in Banking:
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kinds of Data Scientist
I like the distinction, often useful. But would add a distinction by problem domain, which often adds a further understanding of data types, sources, resources and restrictions that can be essential. And a knowledge of ethics…
From insideHPC
GCS in Germany Grants 816 Million Core Hours to Science
Today the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing’s (GCS) in Germany awarded 816.3 million core hours as part of the organization’s 20th Call for Large-Scale Projects. The computing time grants support national research activities from…
From insideHPC
Bright Cluster Manager Prepares for Exascale at SC18
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Bright’s exascale-capable version of Bright Cluster Manager is designed to support 100,000+ nodes. The company began delivering enhancements towards exascale in 2016 with features such as dedicated provisioning nodes, and a…
From insideHPC
DOE to Showcase World-Class Computational Science at SC18
Researchers and staff from 15 National Labs will showcase DOE’s latest computing and networking innovations and accomplishments at SC18 in Dallas next week. "Several of the talks and demos will highlight achievements by DOE's…
From insideHPC
Video: The Separation of Concerns in Code Modernization
In this video, Larry Meadows from Intel describes why modern processors require modern coding techniques. With vectorization and threading for code modernization, you can enjoy the full potential of Intel Scalable Processors.…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gait Recognition in China
Also something we looked at in the lab, was quite accurate in our testing. Now in some use it appears.
China is now using gait recognition to identify people By Michael Grothaus in Fastcompany
The country already has an Orwellian…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Centricity Playbook
Mentioned this book by Peter Fader and Sarah Toms before, awaiting a copy. Good topic. Podcast and transcript. Now do we utilize this truth in engaging, marketing, servicing? See also my previous post on the book.
How to Find…
From Schneier on Security
Consumer Reports Reviews Wireless Home-Security Cameras
Consumer Reports is starting to evaluate the security of IoT devices. As part of that, it's reviewing wireless home-security cameras. It found significant security vulnerabilities in D-Link cameras: In contrast, D-Link doesn't…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Makes Kaizala Free for 365 Subscribers
Kaizala seems to provide a number of network architectures for people working together. Nice idea, how will it compare to the now popular Teams? Do most people know the architecture that is needed, and will that architecture…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Computer Science Teachers to Teach CS
My teaching style, especially in the first years, was greatly influenced by the man who taught me computer science. A wonderful man who really instilled a love for CS and a lot of knowledge. We didn’t know a lot about teaching…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Introduction to the Community Data License Agreement
CSIG (Cognitive Systems Institute Group) Talk — Nov 8, 2018 - 10:30-11am US Eastern
Talk Title: "Introduction to the Community Data License Agreement: An "Open Source" Agreement Specifically Designed for Data and Content Sharing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Health Monitor Systems via Nest
More health monitoring activity happening, now via Google.
Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis
Google-owned Nest has been secretly laying the groundwork for a
From The Eponymous Pickle
When GPS Won't Work for Drones
We noted this in navigating interior spaces, but GPS also has limitations outdoors
Autonomous drones perform search and rescue without the need for GPS
A new drone developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could
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