Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
December 2015
From The Eponymous Pickle
Live Blogging from November Cognitive Colloquium
From Steve Hamm, IBM Storyteller. See also his book at link . A number of good examples. Good overview of work that is going on, with supporting video." ... Guruduth Banavar, Vice President of Cognitive Computing, IBM Research…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Are You Ready for Computer Science Education Week?
As I write this blog post, I am in the middle of planning for Computer Science Education Week. I have prepared my Eventbrite site (http://2015-hour-of-code-shhs.eventbrite.com) and have emailed the link to the principals of the…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NTIA to Host Next Cybersecurity Multistakeholder Forum on Vulnerability Research Disclosure on December 2
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will hold the next meeting of the cybersecurity multistakeholder process on vulnerability research disclosure on December 2 in Washington, D.C. The process…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fundamentals of Workplace Automation
For those of us that are examining what the meaning of AI/cognitive based automation will mean to jobs. Also, that even high end technical jobs will be redefined and replaced. Good evidence in examples like IBM Watson. Good…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Proposals: Creating Visions for Computing Research
The mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. CCC conducts activities that…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of December 1
Monday, November 30, 2015 House Floor: H.R. 3490 – Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act U.S. House of Representatives The bill would authorize the National Computer Forensics Institute to support information…
From insideHPC
PhD Forum Coming to ISC 2016
Today the ISC 2016 conference issued their Call for Proposals for their new PhD Forum, which will allow PhD students to present their research results in a setting that sparks the exchange of scientific knowledge and lively discussions…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
White House Seeks Public Comments on Revised Policy for Managing Federal IT
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is accepting public comments on proposed changes to the policy document for the planning and management of federal information services. The document was last updated 15 years…
From insideHPC
12 International Student Teams to Face Off at HPCAC-ISC 2016 Student Cluster Competition
Today the HPC Advisory Council announced that 12 university teams from around the world will compete in the HPCAC-ISC 2016 Student Cluster Competition at ISC 2016 conference next June in Frankfurt.
The post 12 International Student…From insideHPC
“Face-Melting Performance” with the Forte Hyperconverged NVMe Appliance from Scalable Informatics
"What we're showcasing this year is - what we're jokingly calling - face-melting performance. What we're trying to do is make extreme performance available at a very aggressive price point, and at a very aggressive space point…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Identifying Micro Moments
I like breaking down moments in a customer journey. Gives us hope for 'solving' the required interaction and knowledge and resources involved. A way to solve a related business process model? Or using a Cog to provide insight…
From insideHPC
Seagate and Newisys Demonstrate 1 TB/s Flash Architecture
Today Seagate and Newisys announced a new flash storage architecture capable or 1 Terabyte/sec performance. Designed for HPC applications, the "industry’s fastest flash storage design" comprises 21 Newisys NSS-2601 with dual …
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The mysterious aging of astronauts
When I took Physics courses in college, I learned about how astronauts should age a tiny bit slower than us. Of course, they would be exposed to a lot more radiation so they might develop more cancers. But all in all, I would…
From insideHPC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel and PSC: Driving Innovation in HPC
In this video from SC15, Bill Mannel from HPE, Charlie Wuischpard from Intel, and Nick Nystrom from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center discuss their collaboration for High Performance Computing. Early next year, Hewlett Packard…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikipedia Using AI
Curating knowledge is an important aspect of knowledge management. I had wondered that the informal enrollment of editors for the Wikipedia could result in mixed results. My few attempts led to quick discouragement. OnceIn…
From insideHPC
Altair to Open Source PBS Professional HPC Technology in 2016
Altair has announced that it will provide an open source licensing option of PBS Professional® (PBS Pro). PBS Pro will become available under two different licensing options for commercial installations and as an Open Source …
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Wants to Move Health Data to the Cloud
In FastCompany: My initial reaction is, who doesn't? It is just about the messy regulatory details of health data.
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Ethics of an Analytical Hammer
Related thoughts were brought up when we used analytics in HR. But I do not recall an instance where in an after action review it was decided that there were any ethical issues. So a caution rather than a strong risk. As…
From insideHPC
Genomics and HPC
Genome sequencing is a technology that can takes advantage of the growing capability of todays ‘ modern HPC systems. Dell is leading the charge in the area of personalized medicine by providing highly tuned systems to perform…
From Schneier on Security
Tracking Someone Using LifeLock
Someone opened a LifeLock account in his ex-wife's name, and used the service to track her bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial activities. The article is mostly about how appalling LifeLock was about this, but I'm…