Communications of the ACM
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December 2021
From insideHPC
AI Chipmaker Hailo Partners with KAGA FEI America
SAN JOSE and TEL AVIV — December 6, 2021 – AI (Artificial Intelligence) chipmaker Hailo has partnered with KAGA FEI America, Inc. (KFAI), a global semiconductor distributor, to promote and support Hailo’s products in North America…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tales and Tests of the Faraday Bag
Most interesting look and test of a faraday 'bag', aka 'cage'. for security of devices in our growing world of things. Saw this quoted in Schneier , where he further evokes a considerable conversation. Including asking…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tool Predicts Where Coronavirus Binds to Human Proteins
Computational tool for predicting binding sites.
Tool Predicts Where Coronavirus Binds to Human Proteins
Cornell Chronicle, Krishna Ramanujan, November 29, 2021
Cornell University researchers have developed a computational toolhttps…From The Eponymous Pickle
Storing Data with DNA
Often brought up, as an interesting benchmark?
Scientists Claim Big Advance in Using DNA to Store Data
BBC News, Paul Rincon, December 1, 2021
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Institutehttps…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Week 2021
Well, its CS Ed Week again. Still no cards in the Hallmark store for it. I’ll get back to that in a moment. CS Ed Week has long been a time to introduce more students to computer science. When it started there were only small…
From insideHPC
The Atos Perspective for Exascale – A Race Beyond 10^18
In this sponsored post, Agnès Boudot, SVP, Head of HPC, AI & Quantum at Atos, discusses how exascale means more than 10^18 or exaflops performance. For Atos, Exascale signifies delivering reliable, accurate, federated, and secured…
From Computational Complexity
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause for Complexity Theorists, If you Only Believe
(Guest Post by Hunter Monroe) In this guest post and discussion paper, I present a remarkable set of structurally similar conjectures which, if you only believe them, conjure up a dream world for theorists by asserting…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mckinsey Most Recent Reports:
Most Recently from McKinsey & Company
Monthly Highlights, December 2021
While economic growth has been sluggish over the past two decades in advanced economies, balance sheets and net worth that have long tracked it have tripled…From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning and Disease Treatments
'Transformational' Approach to ML Could Accelerate Search for Disease Treatments
University of Cambridge (U.K.), in CACM.November 29, 2021
The transformational machine learning (TML) approach developed by U.K., Swedish, Indian…From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating 3D Maps with a Backpack
Intriguing LIDAR example here. Accuracy and use example? Could have used this for mapping retail interiors during sales analysis.
Creating 3D Maps with a Backpack
University of Twente (Netherlands), K.W. Wesselink, NovemberAt…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future is Big Graphs
Like the thought. But how do we define big here? Complete?
The Future Is Big Graphs: A Community View on Graph Processing Systems
By Sherif Sakr, Angela Bonifati, Hannes Voigt, Alexandru Iosup, Khaled Ammar, Renzo Angles, Walid…From The Eponymous Pickle
Laser Space Communications Sat to be Launched
New aims to improve solar system wide communications.
How NASA's new laser communications mission will work in space in Space.com
By Elizabeth Howell about 5 hours ago
The goal is to speed up solar system communications.
A "data…From The Eponymous Pickle
Simpler Quantum Computer Design
Simplicity is good.
Stanford Engineers Propose Simpler Design for Quantum Computers
Stanford News, McKenzie Prillaman, November 29, 2021
Stanford University engineers have proposed a simpler design for quantum computers by harnessing…From The Eponymous Pickle
Salt Grain Sized Camera
Quite an achievement
The ultracompact camera system relies on a technology called a metasurface, which is studded with 1.6 million cylindrical posts and can be produced much like a computer chip.
Researchers Shrink Camera to…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 4th 2021)
It used to be that all the exciting new processors came from Intel and AMD, and they were meant for your PC. The mobile revolution changed that: it lead to the production of fantastic processors that used little energy. We are…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
First - Understand the Problem
Things are different for me being retired. I don’t get the blogging inspiration the way I used to. Today a post by Mike Zamansky (Work through the example!!!!!) got me thinking. I used to talk to students about problem solving…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Contract Bug
Recall we looked at the concept of a 'smart contract'. Here a useful example of related bugs
Smart Contract Bug Results in $31 Million Loss in Schneier
A hacker stole $31 million from the blockchain company MonoX Finance , by…From The Eponymous Pickle
AWS Amplify Studio
Worth a look.
AWS launches Amplify Studio, a new low-code app development tool
Frederic Lardinois@fredericl / 12:45 PM EST•December 2, 2021 in TechCrunch
At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced Amplify Studio, a newAWS…From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printed Eyeball
First Example of Eyeball Printing
Man Becomes First 3D-Printed Eyeball Recipient
New York Post, Ben Cost, November 25, 2021
The U.K.'s Steve Verze became the world's first recipient of a three-dimensionally (3D)-printed eyeball…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Technology Leaders Create Endowed Professorship Fund at University of Washington in Honor of Former CRA and CCC Chair Ed Lazowska
Written by Shar Steed, originally posted on the The CRA Bulletin. The University of Washington (UW) Allen School recently shared the story behind the creation of a new professorship honoring Ed Lazowska in recognition of his…
From insideHPC
FTC to Sue Nvidia for ‘Illegal’ Arm Deal
Already facing worldwide regulatory challenges and delays, the planned acquisition by Nvidia of Arm Ltd. may have finally run into a roadblock too high. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced today it is suing to block
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From insideHPC
Sandia Labs Takes 7 R&D 100 Awards and 2 Specialty Honors
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs, inventions from Sandia National Laboratories captured seven R&D 100 Awards (one in conjunction with the National Renewable…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Reproducing
In what specific sense, we ask.
Living Robots Can Now Reproduce, Scientists Say
CNN, Katie Hunt, November 29, 2021
Researchers at the University of Vermont, Tufts University, and Harvard University discovered that the living…From The Eponymous Pickle
Autonomous Ships for the Supply Chain
Improving supply chains
Autonomous Electric Container Ship Completes First Trip
Interesting Engineering,Ameya Paleja, November 22, 2021
The world's first all-electric and emission-free container ship completed its 8.7-mile maiden…From insideHPC
Weka Extends Capabilities WekaFS Data Platform
CAMPBELL, Calif., December 2, 2021 – AI data platform vendor WekaIO (Weka) today announced the availability of its latest version of WekaFS, the fastest storage for data-intensive applications that provides users with enhanced…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Notes on Usage
“Crypto” Means “Cryptography,” not “Cryptocurrency” in Schneier
I have long been annoyed that the word “crypto” has been co-opted by the blockchain people, and no longer refers to “cryptography.” I’m not the only one. ...…From The Eponymous Pickle
Research Integrity Considered
Usefulness for internal research?
Want research integrity? Stop the blame game
Helping every scientist to improve is more effective than ferreting out a few frauds.
Malcolm Macleod
Most scientists reading this probably assume that…From insideHPC
insideHPC Guide to Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) Clusters
[SPONSORED POST] This technology guide, "insideHPC Guide to Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) Clusters," will show how the Silicon Mechanics Miranda CDI Cluster™ reference architecture can be a CDI solution blueprint…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The New Journal
Publish and be damned!—attributed to the Duke of Wellington after a blackmail over memoirs Seminar src Paul Beame is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. He is known…
From insideHPC
Honeywell Quantum and Cambridge Quantum Combine to Form Quantinuum
CAMBRIDGE, UK and BROOMFIELD, CO., Nov. 30, 2021 – Two companies in the quantum computing industry have combined to create Quantinuum, aimed at accelerating development of quantum computing and innovation of quantum technologies…