Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
November 2019
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Discipline Leader for HPC Services for DST Group in Australia
"As a critical member of the HPC Program leadership team, you will work collaboratively to provide secure HPC systems, systems support and related HPC technology required to meet researcher needs. In the first instance, you will…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Triassic Kraken
Research paper: "Triassic Kraken: The Berlin Ichthyosaur Death Assemblage Interpreted as a Giant Cephalopod Midden": Abstract: The Luning Formation at Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park, Nevada, hosts a puzzling assemblage of at least…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Alpha: Notebook Edition
Been a while since I used this in the enterprise, but here is a new release of interest. I would heartily recommend this as a teaching environment for math for any engaged student who is using a computer.
The Ease of Wolfram|Alpha…
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Passes Cryptography Law
This was predicted last month. The specifics will be interesting, especially the degree to which the public will be able to use 'absolute' cryptographic methods. Not clear below.
China Passes Cryptography Law
TechRadar
Anthony…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Navigation?
I am skeptical that a quantum computer is necessary for this kind of shortest route navigation. But interesting claim, and a real problem. Will examine further. Saw the D-Wave special kind of annealing application of quantum…
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Makes an Image Usefully Memorable?
Asked this question as early as the 80s, hoping to capture the value for advertisers. With very large Ad databases. But with very different methods. Not overly successful, but did provide some deeper thinking about measures…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Detecting Misinformation Intent
This gets closer to true intelligence in a machine. Determining likely intent with AI methods. But how well does it do, better than humans? How well do humans do?
Engineers develop new way to know liars' intent
in Tech Xplore…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Agent Based Mesa Models in Python
This is new to me. We actively used agent models for consumer interaction understanding. See agent tag for more.
Introduction to Mesa: Agent-based Modeling in Python
Ng Wai Foong
Python-based alternative to NetLogo, Repast,
Simulation…
From insideHPC
Progress and Challenges for the Use of Deep Learning to Improve Weather Forecasts
Peter Dueben from ECMWF gave this talk at the UK HPC Conference. "I will present recent studies that use deep learning to learn the equations of motion of the atmosphere, to emulate model components of weather forecast models…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Magic 8 Ball and Projects From Real Life
There has been a 12 inch tall Pez dispenser on my desk for a couple of years now. It’s a great visual aid for talking about stacks. Today I got a Magic 8 Ball as well. It turns out that a lot of my students were unfamiliar with…
From insideHPC
New Intel Xeon E-2200 Processors come to TYAN’s Entry Server Platforms
Today TYAN announced support for new Intel Xeon E-2200 processor-based server motherboards and systems to the market. TYAN’s Intel Xeon E-2200 processor-based product line continues to offer professional-grade performance, security…
From insideHPC
Atos to Deploy AMD-powered BullSequana X Supercomputer at UIB in Spain
Today Atos announced a contract to supply a BullSequana X supercomputer to the Institute of Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) in Spain. The new computational cluster will be used for Big Data analysis and
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From insideHPC
OpenIO Achieves Record 1 Tbps Write Speed
French startup OpenIO recently announced record performance with Criteo, the advertising platform for the open Internet. OpenIO demonstrated the performance and scalability of their object storage solution by deploying their…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards a Bio-Internet of Things?
Seems we are already part of that, if we like it or not, but here is some more
The scientists who are creating a bio-internet of things in Technology Review
The internet of things connects devices across the globe. Now researchers…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalizing Voice Skills
Now personalization is generally available, a small but useful aspect of voice interaction.
Personalize Your Alexa Experience with Voice Profiles (Generally Available)
By Mohit Mittal
We are excited to announce that the Alexa skill…
From Schneier on Security
Resources for Measuring Cybersecurity
Kathryn Waldron at R Street has collected all of the different resources and methodologies for measuring cybersecurity....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots, AI and Machine Learning Will be be Changing Your Jobs
All jobs will have their nature changed, not unlike how computing in general has changed many jobs. MIT and IBM are studying the changes and what they mean.
The Future of Work: How New Technologies Are Transforming Tasks- Artificial…