Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
February 2022
From insideHPC
GIGABYTE Partners with Canonical to Certify Servers for Ubuntu
February 15th 2022 – High performance server and workstation maker GIGABYTE Technology today announced a partnership with Canonical to certify servers for the Ubuntu Server operating system to enable systems to be “quickly and…
From insideHPC
DoD Picks DDN to Complement Penguin on HPCMP Supercomputing Upgrade
The Department of Defense will implement high performance storage company DDN‘s EXAScaler ES400X appliances in conjunction with Penguin Computing’s TrueHPC supercomputing platform for DoD’s High Performance Computing Modernization…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Security of Event Apps
For the current Olympics it has been pointed out that participants were required to install an event written and approved App on their phones to link to activities. But it has also been pointed to danger of security leaks…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chips Like the Brain
Chips and the Brain
Researchers Make Chip That Can Be Rewired Like the Human Brain
By Silicon Republic, February 11, 2022
The chip is made from perovskite nickelate, which is very sensitive to hydrogen. A multi-institutional research…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Chrome Vulverability
Google Chrome Admits Security Zero Day Vulnerability being Utilized
Google Chrome—Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion, By Forbes, February 15, 2022
Google has confirmed the latest in a growing list of emergency securityThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
NVIDIA Time Series Forecasting
And time series forecasting is a frequently useful need in anaytics. NVIDIA provides a means, have not examined closely to see how complete this is.
Time Series Forecasting with the NVIDIA Time Series Prediction Platform and…From The Eponymous Pickle
NFTs For Health Data
Health pattern recognition applied.
NFTs Offer Method to Control Personal Health Information
Baylor College of Medicine, Molly Chiu, February 3, 2022
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) could be re-engineered to help patients control access…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fully Woven Smart Display
Scientists Develop Fully Woven Smart Display
University of Cambridge (U.K.), February 10, 2022
An international team of researchers led by the U.K.'s University of Cambridge has fabricated a fully woven prototype smart textile…From insideHPC
Overland-Tandberg and PoINT Software & Systems Launch S3 Object Storage on Tape
February 15, 2022 — With their new partnership, Overland-Tandberg and PoINT Software & Systems say they offer a solution designed to be cost-efficient and scalable solution for storing object data on tape. The tape-based object…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fingerprinting the IOT
Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering News
Madison Brewer, February 9, 2022
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers strengthened the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices by making …From insideHPC
Argonne to Hold Feb. 17 ATPESC HPC Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing
On Thursday, Feb. 17, Ray Loy, director of the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, will hold a training session at 1 pm Central Time. Go here to register.…
From insideHPC
IBM Announces IBM Z As-A-Service for Modernizing Hybrid Cloud Applications
ARMONK, N.Y., February 14, 2022 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced developments to help clients accelerate transformation with capabilities designed to modernize applications across hybrid cloud environments. These include plans…
From BLOG@CACM
The Outlook for Conversational AI and Customer Experience Automation
Predictions for 2022 and beyond.
From Putting People First
Mind the gaps: how experience data can help fight climate change
A study by the World Economic Forum, Qualtrics and SAP suggests we are far from reaching a consensus about who is responsible for taking action on climate change and who is trusted to do so
Results suggest 81% of people say businesses…
From Putting People First
[Book] Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy
Provides a foundational understanding of technical and social aspects related to online privacy
Covers modern application areas as well as underexplored issues (e.g., privacy accessibility, cross-cultural privacy)
Includes a dedicated…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Fixing Quantum Errors
Patterns to correct errors/
AI Efficiently Fixes Mistakes in Error-Prone Quantum Computers
By New Scientist February 11, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) can eliminate errors from a group of quantum bits, thanks to Lorenzo Cardarelli…From BLOG@CACM
Promoting Economic Development through Technical Innovation
A wealth of information about the history of technology and industry.
From insideHPC
insideHPC Guide to NVIDIA EGX Platform: One Architecture for Every Workload – Part 2
[SPONSORED POST] This technology guide sponsored by PNY describes how the NVIDIA® EGX™ Platform provides a single architecture to meet every data center workload need. PNY aids in GPU selection and testing allowing partners to…
From Computational Complexity
Belated happy 80th, Allan Borodin!
Allan Borodin turned 80 in 2021. This post is to belatedly wish him a very happy 80th, and to give a short personal perspective.
Three things come to mind when I think of Allan:
His range of…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Inequalities on the Gridiron
Q: Why are Buffalo Bills unlike Dollar Bills? A: Dollar Bills are good for 4 quarters Reddit “outsmarting math” source Josh Allen is not appearing in today’s Super Bowl. He led the Buffalo Bills to not just one but two go-ahead…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Plausible Deniability
Fascinating thoughts on the subject by Bruce Schneier. with considerable comment and discussion, considering about how this would be useful in multiple contexts. And how it might be best tested in each. Below the intro, more…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Plastic Semiconductors
The challenge of plastics as brains for computation.
By Samuel Greengard, Commissioned by CACM Staff, February 10, 2022
Semiconductors have radically changed the world. Today, they serve as the brains…From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Work Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings
One of a number of good pieces
The Future of Work Part 4: Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings
Greg Dorai in the CISCO Blog
Part 4 of the 6-part Future of Work Networking Series: Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings
The Internet of Things…From The Eponymous Pickle
Stalking with Airtags
Letting you know they are there and you did not put them there or enable them. Apparently this problem had quickly come up after their introduction.
Apple Says It Will Make AirTags Easier to Find After Complaints of Stalking
By…From The Eponymous Pickle
Latest NVIDIA Developer Resources
Impressive look, just a sampler below.
Latest Releases and Resources: Feb. 3-10, NVIDIA By Michelle Horton
Tags: Automotive / Transportation, Computer Vision / Video Analytics, Conversational AI / NLP, CUDA, Data Science, Education…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Market Disruptions
Good overview, prediction piece on AI markets from MarketsandMarkets with lots of visuals.
DISRUPTION - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE OPENED US$ 50+ BILLION OPPORTUNITIES FOR AI COMPANIES, WHICH IS GOING TO BECOME US$ 300+ BILLION…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Business
AI’s Potential Boon to Businesses
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Greg Hardesty, January 19, 2022
E-commerce companies can more efficiently organize products and help customers find what they want with artificial intelligence…From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project Issues Application Development Report
February 11, 2022 — The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has issued a milestone report summarizes the status of all 30 ECP Application Development (AD) subprojects at the end of FY20. The 222-page report can be obtained from …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Retail Profits
Amazon and retail profits.
What is it about Amazon’s retail profitability that we just don’t get? By Steve Dennis in Retailwire plus expert comments.
Through a special arrangement, presented here for discussion, is a summaryIf…From The Eponymous Pickle
High Tech Lie Detection
Looking for patterns, so conceivable. With the usual cautions.
True Story? Lie Detection Systems Go High-Tech
By BBC News, February 2, 2022
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University…