Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
December 2024
From insideHPC
Juniper Networks, Quantum Bridge and Eurofiber Partner on Quantum-Safe Infrastructure
Maarssen, Netherlands—December 17, 2024 — Eurofiber, a provider of open digital network infrastructure in Europe, today announced partnership with Quantum Bridge, a distributed symmetric key establishment (DSKE) technology company…
From insideHPC
Planckian Announces Architecture Addressing Quantum Wiring Problems
Pisa, Italy – December 17, 2024 – Quantum technology company Planckian today announced the release of a blueprint for a superconducting quantum chip designed to address the quantum wiring problems. The chip architecture employs…
From insideHPC
Synopsys and SiMa.ai in Collaboration to Develop Automotive Edge AI Solutions
Dec 17, 2024, SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Dec. 17, 2024 — Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) and SiMa.ai today announced a collaboration to deliver a solution for automotive companies to accelerate development of workload-specific silicon…
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Digital License Plates
Not everything needs to be digital and “smart.” License plates, for example:
Josep Rodriguez, a researcher at security firm IOActive, has revealed a technique to “jailbreak” digital license plates sold by Reviver, the leading…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI CCC Workshop Report Published
For many of us, it is hard to remember a time when finding information wasn’t ubiquitous with an internet search. With the rising popularity and influence of AI, what is next for the future of information retrieval? CCC addressed…
From insideHPC
NSF Launches 6 Quantum Pilot Projects
Dec. 16, 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched six pilot projects “to bridge scientific gaps between current quantum technological capabilities and those needed to fully harness quantum properties of energy…
From insideHPC
Castrol Announces New Direct-to-Chip Cooling Fluid for HPC and AI
PANGBOURNE, UK, 13 December 2024:Castrol has announced the launch of Castrol ON Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25, a propylene glycol-based cooling fluid designed for direct-to-chip cooling applications in high-performance data centres…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Accessing the attributes of a struct in C++ as array elements?
In C++, it might be reasonable to represent a URL using a class or a struct made of several strings, like so: struct basic { std::string protocol; std::string username; std::string password; std::string hostname; std::stringContinue…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Co-Chairs Joint End of Year Message and Holiday Greetings!
Celebrating Milestones and Gratitude: ACM-W’s Remarkable 2024 Journey As we say goodbye to 2024, we want to take this moment to reflect on the remarkable journey we’ve shared. We want to show our deep gratitude for the leadership…
From Computational Complexity
Random Thoughts on AI (Human Generated)
(I wrote this post without any AI help. OH- maybe not- I used spellcheck. Does that count? Lance claims he proofread it and found some typos to correct without any AI help.)
I saw a great talk on AI recently…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Eating at Quonk: a tough puzzle?
by Paul Curzon Queen Mary University of London, from the archive The puzzle is based on one devised by psychologists as part of research into whether we humans naturally think logically or not. A group of friends: 2 women (Alice…
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Events
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
I’m speaking at a joint meeting of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, January…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Welcoming the New ACM-W Asia-Pacific Committee
The ACM-W Global Leadership team is happy to announce the new ACM-W Asia Pacific Committee that will support a wide range of initiatives in the ACM-W Asia-Pacific region. The team includes the following roles and the associated…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Biology and Ecology of the Colossal Squid
Good survey paper.
From insideHPC
HPE to Build €250M Liquid Cooled HPC at Leibniz Supercomputing Center
The Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany has commissioned Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) to build an Nvidia-powered €250 million high-performance computer, “Blue Lion.” The system the HPE Slingshot a high-performance…
From insideHPC
Lambda Launches Inference API
Dec. 13, 2024 — AI company Lambda today announced its Inference API, which the company said enables access to LLMs through a serverless AI for “a fraction of a cent.” The company said Lambda Inference API offers low-cost, scalable…
From Schneier on Security
Ultralytics Supply-Chain Attack
Last week, we saw a supply-chain attack against the Ultralytics AI library on GitHub. A quick summary:
On December 4, a malicious version 8.3.41 of the popular AI library ultralytics —which has almost 60 million downloads—was…From insideHPC
IBM and State of Illinois Announce Quantum Initiative
Yorktown Heights, NY and Chicago — December 12, 2024 — Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a collaboration to establish the National Quantum Algorithm Center in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics…
From insideHPC
Iris.ai Services Announces Suite for AI and LLM Accuracy
Vancouver, December 12th – AI vendor Iris.ai has announced a suite of services designed to enhance AI accuracy for companies building LLM solutions for internal and external commercial use. The RSpace Infrastructure solutions…
From insideHPC
Univ. of Michigan, Los Alamos to Develop HPC and AI Research Facility
The University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory plan to develop a facility for high-performance computing and AI research designed to enhance the university’s research capabilities in science, energy and national…
From insideHPC
Call for Proposals for Open Compute Project EMEA Summit and Future Technologies Symposium, Feb. 10 Deadline
The call for proposals for the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit and Future Technologies Symposium is open. The submission period for both conference ends Monday, Feb. 10 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. When submitting your proposal, please make…
From insideHPC
Europe: HiPEAC Announces 2024 Technology Transfer Awards
Ghent, Belgium, 12 December 2024 – With compute demands growing to meet the insatiable appetite of AI applications, the 2024 cohort of HiPEAC Technology Transfer Award winners show how the HiPEAC (High Performance, Edge and Cloud…
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast Industry View: Penguin Solutions on Big HPC-AI Deployment Challenges and How to Overcome Them
In this “Industry View” episode of the @HPCpodcast, special guest Ryan Smith joins Shahin and Doug to discuss the vexing challenges of implementing HPC-class AI systems in a managed services model. We examine the landmines organizations…
From insideHPC
Synopsys Announces Ultra Ethernet and UALink IP Solutions to Connect AI Accelerator Clusters
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2024 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the industry’s first Ultra Ethernet IP and UALink IP solutions, including controllers, PHYs, and verification IP, to meet the demand for standards…
From insideHPC
Rapidus Collaborates with Cadence on 2nm Semiconductor Solutions for HPC-AI
TOKYO, SEMICON Japan, Dec. 10, 2024—Rapidus Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced logic semiconductors, today announced a collaboration with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. to provide co-optimized AI-driven reference design flows…
From insideHPC
Rapidus Collaborates with Synopsys on Semiconductor Design
TOKYO, SEMICON Japan, Dec. 10, 2024 – Rapidus Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced logic semiconductors, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Synopsys Inc., a provider of silicon to systems design solutions…
From insideHPC
Optical Interconnect: Ayar Labs Secures Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA in $155 Round
SAN JOSE – Dec. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, an optical interconnect company for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. This brings…
From Computational Complexity
It's Time to Stop Using Grades
We use grades to evaluate students and motivate them to learn. That works as long as grades remain a reasonably good measure of how well the student understands the material in a class. But Goodhart's law, "When a measure becomes…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
In Memory of Barbora Buhnova
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Barbora Buhnova, a valued member of our community. Her contributions to advancing women in computing have inspired us all, and her dedication will always be remembered. Bara Buhnova…
From Schneier on Security
Jailbreaking LLM-Controlled Robots
Surprising no one, it’s easy to trick an LLM-controlled robot into ignoring its safety instructions.