Communications of the ACM
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December 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is Threat Intelligence
Considerable and mostly non technical look at the idea of 'Threat Intelligence'. Nicely done. From Recorded Future, a former collaborator to our enterprise.
Digital technologies lie at the heart“Threat…From The Eponymous Pickle
An Example of Drones Sensing Rare or Hidden Things
I like the hidden and rare sensing aspect of the problem. Other Applications?
Daredevil Drones Find Nearly Extinct Plants Hiding in Cliffs
Reuters, Daisy Chung; Gloria Dickie; Simon Scarr, December 10, 2022
Scientists at Hawaii's…From The Eponymous Pickle
Expect and Fear the Trading Bot
Be very careful ...
I, Trading Bot
Algorithms are being unleashed on the crypto markets.
By Nathan Thompson in CoinDesk
Opinion
Movies about stock traders and investors often depict Wall Street mercenaries with great hair or uber…From The Eponymous Pickle
New Quantum Computing Advance
New Advances? , Considerably technical ..
Advance Brings Quantum Computing One Step Closer to Implementation
University of Tokyo (Japan), October 24, 2022
Two ion-electronic hybrid systems able to cool and measure the motion of…From The Eponymous Pickle
Light-Analyzing 'Lab on a Chip' Opens Door to Portable Spectrometers
Light Sensors.
Light-Analyzing 'Lab on a Chip' Opens Door to Portable Spectrometers
Oregon State University News, Steve Lundeberg, October 20, 2022
An international team of scientists led by researchers at Finland's Aalto University…From Schneier on Security
Hacking Boston’s CharlieCard
Interesting discussion of vulnerabilities and exploits against Boston’s CharlieCard.
From BLOG@CACM
Statement Considered Harmful
Instructions are not statements.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Nominations Open
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with enabling the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. Established in 2006 through a cooperative agreement…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Can Code
Is AI the next step for useful and more secure coding?
DeepMind's AlphaCode Can Outcompete Human Coders
Gizmodo, Mack DeGeurin, December 8, 2022
DeepMind's AlphaCode model performed well against human coders in a programming competition…From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Players Ready for Meta Headset Offerings
Big Players and more Meta Reality Hype and Prep
Apple Is Now Calling Its AR/VR Headset Operating System ‘xrOS’
By Josh Norem on December 5, 2022 in ExtremeTech
Apple seems to be getting close to the launch of its much-hyped AR/VR…From The Eponymous Pickle
How AI-powered Market Research Helps Predict Success of Future Products and Advertising
Interesting Claims made.
How AI-powered market research helps predict success of future products and advertising
Sean Michael Kerner @TechJournalist, December 13, 2022 in Venturebeat
Market research is a business that has always…From The Eponymous Pickle
Balancing Robotic Cube
Uses in Space, Transportation?
Amazing Robotic Sculpture Balances Itself on One Corner Is it a sculpture? Is it a robot? The Balancing Cube is both By Erico Guizzo
Is it a sculpture? Is it a robot? The Balancing Cube is both.
…From The Eponymous Pickle
Colgate Advertising as a Space Hygiene Company
Spent a considerable amount of time working at Procter & Gamble, often a competitor to Colgate, so its interesting to see this product connection with arch competitor Colgate. How well will an increased link to NASA act to…
From Schneier on Security
Obligatory ChatGPT Post
Seems like absolutely everyone everywhere is playing with Chat GPT.
So I did, too….
Write an essay in the style of Bruce Schneier on how ChatGPT will affect cybersecurity.
As with any new technology, the development and deployment…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Europe: 10 Years and Counting
On December 10, 2022, ACM-W Europe held its 10th-anniversary celebration, “ACM-W Europe: 10 Years and Counting”. The virtual event, hosted by Araz Yusubov and Ada University, featured Ruth Lennon (ACM-W Chair), Rukiye Altin (ACM…
From CERIAS Blog
Spaf is interviewed about his new book
In the 100th episode of CISO Stories: Discussion with Gene Spafford on some of the common cybersecurity myths and how to better cope with the changing environment. Join here.
For those of you interested in more info on the book…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
A Call to All ACM-W Chapters! Now is the Time to Find Your Buddy
Are you an ACM-W Chapter in collaboration with another ACM/ACM-W/SIG chapter? We love to hear from you! And if you don’t have a collaborator, partner, a buddy, it’s time to have one! We are starting a new campaign and encouraging…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Earth's Poles Flipping?
The linked article below claims that NASA has detected an increase in the wandering of the earth's magnetic poles. Ultimately this can produce what is called a 'Laschamp Event' or flipping of the poles. This actually happened…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Above and Beyond Scholarship – Julita Inca Chiroque
Year of Scholarship and Conference Attendance: Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2012 Country of residence at the time of receiving the ACM-W Scholarship: Peru Julita Inca Chiroque is a High-Performance…
From BLOG@CACM
AI's Jurassic Park Moment
New systems like chatGPT are enormously entertaining, and even mind-boggling, but also unreliable, and potentially dangerous.
From insideHPC
Shakespeare Content Helps CATALOG Claim DNA-based Computing Milestone
DNA-based data storage and computation company Catalog Technologies reported today what it said is “a historic breakthrough in DNA computation by demonstrating the ability to search data stored in DNA in a massively parallel
…
From Geeking with Greg
Focus on the Long-term
One of my favorite papers of all time is "Focus on the Long-Term: It's better for Users and Business" from Google Research. This paper found that Google makes more money in the long-term -- when carefully and properly measured…
From BLOG@CACM
Will Free Open Access Publication Become a Mass Phenomenon?
In this blog post, I would like to go over the value of different publication platforms from the point of view of an ordinary scientific researcher.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What is the memory usage of a small array in C++?
In an earlier blog post, I reported that the memory usage of a small byte array in Java (e.g., an array containing 4 bytes) was about 24 bytes. In other words: allocating small blocks of memory has substantial overhead. WhatContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Fusion Energy Development from Lawrence Livermore
Have been hearing much that these advances are still net energy deficient. Seeking paper.
Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes
Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero…From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Will Use US Chips
Arizona made chips to be used ...
Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Use US-Made Chips From New Arizona Fab
By Adrianna Nine on December 7, 2022 in ExtremeTech
As if TSMC’s massive new Arizona fab wasn’t (literally) groundbreaking…From The Eponymous Pickle
Chip Makers, Once in High Demand, Confront Sudden Challenges
Supply Chains, Designs,Contexts
Chip Makers, Once in High Demand, Confront Sudden Challenges
By The New York Times, October 28, 2022
A few months ago, makers of computer chips seemed on top of the world.
Customers could not getU…From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtualizing Nuclear War?
Happy thoughts here, not sure talking or virtualizing does much. But consider all the war games that have been played, Including civilians. Serious stuff.
Nuclear War Simulator Creator Says Public Must Know Potential Destruction…From The Eponymous Pickle
ESnet Launches Next-Generation Network to Enhance Collaborative Science
Better Networks Built for Research.
ACM TECHNEWS
ESnet Launches Next-Generation Network to Enhance Collaborative Science
By Berkeley Lab News Center, October 18, 2022
“ESnet6 represents a transformational change in the way networks…From The Eponymous Pickle
A Wearable Reasoner
Reasonable thought, but how well does it work in varying contexts. Need to be wearable? Good demo included.
Wearable Reasoner: Towards Enhanced Human Rationality through a Wearable AI Assistant in Media.MIT
We present "Wearable…