Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
February 2023
From insideHPC
Mona Introduces Automated Exploratory Data Analysis Tool
Atlanta and Tel Aviv — February 14, 2023 – Intelligent monitoring platform maker Mona has announced an automated exploratory data analysis tool to identify the root-cause of anomalies in multivariate data sets. “As organizations…
From Schneier on Security
What Will It Take?
What will it take for policy makers to take cybersecurity seriously? Not minimal-change seriously. Not here-and-there seriously. But really seriously. What will it take for policy makers to take cybersecurity seriously enough…
From insideHPC
QuEra Quantum: Encoding Advance Allows for Solving Wider Set of Applications
Boston, February 14, 2023 – QuEra Computing, maker of a neutral-atom quantum computer, called Aquila, today announced its research team has uncovered a method to perform a wider set of optimization calculations using neutral-atom…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Understanding matters of the heart – creating accurate computer models of human organs
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Ada Lovelace, the ‘first programmer’ thought the possibilities of computer science might cover a far wider breadth than anyone else of her time. For example, she mused that oneContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can an AI System Exhibit Commonsense Intelligence?
Irving Berger looks at this quest, links to lots of work in the area, below a quick intro, much more at the link.
Can an AI System Exhibit Commonsense Intelligence?
“One of the fundamental limitations of AI can be characterized…From The Eponymous Pickle
Better LIDAR for Driving
Compact system could be better connected to smaller devices ... like minidrones.
Compact, Non-Mechanical 3D LiDAR System Could Make Autonomous Driving Safer
Optica.org, February 9, 2023
Researchers at Japan's Kyoto UniversityFull…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Novel Proofs of the Infinitude of Primes
Can they inform computational complexity theory? Bill Gasarch and Christian Elsholtz both like primes and jokes and graphs and ways of sharing baked goods. Bill is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) just elected 106 new members and 18 international members. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Japan Rolls Out 'Humble, Lovable' Delivery Robots
Any videos out there of this to show them at a talk?
Japan Rolls Out 'Humble, Lovable' Delivery Robots
France24, February 8, 2023
Japanese robotics companies are testing autonomous delivery robots to address a shortage of delivery…From Schneier on Security
On Pig Butchering Scams
“Pig butchering” is the colorful name given to online cons that trick the victim into giving money to the scammer, thinking it is an investment opportunity. It’s a rapidly growing area of fraud, and getting more sophisticated…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chatbot Predict!
Oh Oh, will we start to get this kind of' 'prediction'? Will it, or how much of it will be believed compared to other market pundits? Lets get ahold of this.
ChatGPT predicts US dollar dominance will give way to a multipolar…From The Eponymous Pickle
A Hackers Mind Pubished
Just about to read, good direction, about to read by Bruce Schneier
A Hacker’s Mind Is Now Published by Bruce Schneier
Tuesday was the official publication date of A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society…From BLOG@CACM
What Google Should Really Be Worried About
How sewers of lies could spell the end of Web search.
From BLOG@CACM
What is an Author?
In a single-author text (such as this one), we can assume a lot about the process. In the multi-author case, all these assumptions start to break down.
From BLOG@CACM
Inside the Heart of ChatGPT's Darkness
A Nightmare on LLM Street.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Five Predictions for the Future of Learning in the Age of AI
Good, thoughtful piece ...
Five Predictions for the Future of Learning in the Age of AI by Anne Lee Skates in A16Z
AI, machine & deep learning education Education Generative AI
When OpenAI released its chatbot ChatGPT last…From Putting People First
Taking on design thinking and business consulting
Two articles in the last few days took on the world of consulting. Rebecca Ackermann in the MIT Technology Review wrote on how the shine of design thinking has worn off, while Henry Mance interviewed Mariana Mazzucato in the…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The Dark History of Algorithms
Zin Derfoufi, a Computer Science student at Queen Mary, delves into some of the dark secrets of algorithms past. Algorithms are used throughout modern life for the benefit of mankind whether as instructions in special programs…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using an Assistant Leads to more Buggy Code
Perhaps unexpected, but does depend on deeper understanding of the use context involved.
By Ryan Daws | December 21, 2022 | TechForge Media
Categories: Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Development…From The Eponymous Pickle
Duolingo and AI
How Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn
500+IEEE Spectrum by Burr Settles / February 05, 2023
It’s lunchtime when your phone pings you with a green owl who cheerily reminds you to “Keep Duo Happy!” It’s a nudge from Duolingo…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Students–Learn Your IDE
Eugene Wallingford had a great post on WHAT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED AS A CS STUDENT? It’s got a lot of good advice and I recommend it to students in high school or university. For now I want to focus on one or two pieces…
From Computational Complexity
When is a paper `Easily Available' ?
I was looking at the paper
PSPACE-Completeness of reversible deterministic systems
by Erik Demaine, Robert Hearn, Dylan Hendrickson, and Jayson Lynch (see here) and came across the following fascinating…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (February 12 2023)
Kenny finds that the returns due to education are declining. Rich countries are spending more on education, with comparatively weaker test results. It costs more than ever to train a PhD student, but it takes ever longer forContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bard Underwhelms in Debut
Still lots of Work to do for Human level performance, An Update for chatbots, expensive reaction.
Google's Bard AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares in the BBC
Google unveiled its new bot called Bard, By Natalie Sherman…From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Communications, Computing
From Quantum Computing to Quantum Communications
By Michael A. Cusumano
Communications of the ACM, January 2023, Vol. 66 No. 1, Pages 24-27, 10.1145/3571450
Quantum computing has been slowly progressing both as a technology andThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotizing the Living Room
Don't think I want this, just notable. Rent it for some rearrangement?
Warehouse Robots to Automate Your Living Room Kachaka’s warehouse-inspired mobile base can move your furniture around By Evan Ackerman
A couple decades…From The Eponymous Pickle
Malvertizing Search
Now reemerging, imagine Google is very concerned.
Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software
Over the past month, Google has been outgunned by malvertisers with new tricks.
Dan Goodin
Searching…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Powered Microsoft Bing
Tking a deeper look, Need to quantify the comparison.
ACM NEWS
Microsoft Unveils AI-Powered Bing, a New Challenge to Google Search
By CNet, February 7, 2023, by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
"All computer interaction is going to…From Putting People First
Life in a Climate-Impacted Future
The latest annual research from Ericsson ConsumerLab (January 2023) outlines consumers’ concerns, expectations and personal technology actions related to climate issues in 2030.
From Putting People First
Ericsson on AI ethics
This report by the IndustryLab of Ericsson, the Swedish multinational, aims to introduce the ethics of AI and explore how this fast-growing technology needs to align with humans’ moral and ethical principles if it is to be embraced…