Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
February 2024
From insideHPC
AI Governance Proposal: Control AI by Controlling Compute
To control compute – to squeeze or open the spigot of processing power – is to control AI. In doing so, AI can be steered toward beneficial results while avoiding, or punishing, bad ones. That’s the argument put forward in a
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From insideHPC
VIAVI Xgig Exerciser Approved for CXL 1.1 Compliance Testing
Chandler, Ariz., February 15, 2024 – VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV), a provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions, today announced that the VIAVI Xgig CXL Exerciser has been recognized as a CXL
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From insideHPC
NSF to Hold Feb. 21 Webinar on National AI Research Resource
Feb. 15, 2024 – The National Science Foundation will hold a webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 3-4 pm ET for researchers and educators to learn about the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR), the recently launched multi-agency…
From insideHPC
Lenovo and Anaconda Partner to Accelerate AI Development
February 15, 2024 – Today, Lenovo announced a partnership with Anaconda Inc., a provider of source code for artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science platform, to empower Lenovo’s data science workstations. The…
From insideHPC
Lambda Raises $320M to Build NVIDIA GPU Cloud for AI
SAN JOSE, Feb. 15, 2024 — Lambda, the GPU cloud company powered by NVIDIA GPUs, today announced it has raised a $320 million Series C led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology with participation from new investors B Capital…
From The Noisy Channel
Precision, Recall, and Desirability
Recent developments in AI have created opportunities across the search stack. But before building solutions, it is important to clearly identify the problems they can address. Broadly speaking, search applications focus on three…
From Computational Complexity
Focusing on the Outcomes
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Reveals Eos Supercomputer: 4,600 H100 GPUs for 18 AI Exaflops
NVIDIA Thursday released a video that offers the first public look at Eos (pictured here), a monster 18.4 exaflops FP8 AI supercomputer powered by 576 DGX H100 systems... NVIDIA said Eos would be ranked no. 9 on the TOP500 list…
From Schneier on Security
On the Insecurity of Software Bloat
Good essay on software bloat and the insecurities it causes.
The world ships too much code, most of it by third parties, sometimes unintended, most of it uninspected. Because of this, there is a huge attack surface full of mediocre…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Participation: Envisioning Computer Science Futures and Frontiers
The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) Grand Challenges task force is engaging in a new visioning activity to identify the next grand challenges that will shape the future of our field. We’re seeking visionary thinkers and…
From insideHPC
EuroHPC JU Issues Procurement Call for LUMI-Quantum
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for tender for the installation of LUMI-Q, a new EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Czechia and integrated into the EuroHPC supercomputer…
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
From insideHPC
IQM Quantum Announces Co-CEO
Espoo, Finland, 14th February 2024 – IQM Quantum Computers announced it is implementing a dual leadership structure, appointing two Co-CEOs. Former sole CEO and Co-founder Dr. Jan Goetz will lead external relations and fundraising…
From insideHPC
Quantum: PASQAL Announces New Chairman, Deputy CEO
PARIS – February 13, 2024 — PASQAL, a company focused on neutral atoms quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Wasiq Bokhari as chairman of its board of directors, the promotion of Loïc Henriet to Deputy CEO and…
From BLOG@CACM
Rare Circular Slide Rules
Slide rules: the longer the scale, the greater the accuracy of the instrument.
From Schneier on Security
Improving the Cryptanalysis of Lattice-Based Public-Key Algorithms
The winner of the Best Paper Award at Crypto this year was a significant improvement to lattice-based cryptanalysis.
This is important, because a bunch of NIST’s post-quantum options base their security on lattice problems.
I…From insideHPC
VAST Data and Run:ai Announce AI Solution with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing
NEW YORK – February 13, 2024 – VAST Data, the AI data platform company, today announced a partnership with Run:ai, a company focused on compute orchestration for AI workloads. This collaboration offers a full-stack AI solution…
From insideHPC
D-Wave Announces Availability of 1,200+ Qubit Advantage2 Prototype
PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., — February 12, 2024 — Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has announced that the 1,200+ qubit Advantage2 prototype is now available via the company’s Leap real-time quantum…
From insideHPC
DOE $36M Funding Opportunity: AI for Science
Feb. 13, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, is issuing a $36 million funding opportunity announcement for basic computer science and applied mathematics…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Watch CCC Sponsored Sessions at AAAS – February 15th – 17th
The 2024 AAAS Meeting is coming up later this week, beginning on Thursday, February 15th and ending on Saturday, February 17th in Denver, Colorado. This year, CCC is sponsoring three scientific sessions on various topics…
From Schneier on Security
Molly White Reviews Blockchain Book
Molly White—of “Web3 is Going Just Great” fame—reviews Chris Dixon’s blockchain solutions book: Read Write Own:
In fact, throughout the entire book, Dixon fails to identify a single blockchain project that has successfully provided…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
A visit to the Turing Machine: a short story
by Greg Michaelson Greg Michaelson is an Emeritus professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He is also a novelist and a short story writer. From the cs4fn archive. “Come on!” called Alice, taking the…
From insideHPC
HPC User Forum Announces Agenda for April 9-10 Event in Reston, Virginia
ST PAUL, Minn., February 12, 2024— The HPC User Forum, established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to user, has published an updated agenda spotlighting its list of…
From Schneier on Security
On Passkey Usability
Matt Burgess tries to only use passkeys. The results are mixed.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20240212: Honda Taps Cadence CFD Supercomputer, Chip Industry Gyrations, Yelick in ISC Spotlight
Good day-after-Super-Bowl morning to you! It was an interesting week in HPC-AI last week, here’s a quick (5:47) run through some of the latest goings on: Honda taps Cadence supercomputer for air taxi R&D, chip industry gyrations…
From Computational Complexity
Are there any REAL applications of Graph Isomorphism?
Lance's post on Babai's result on Graph Isomorphism (henceforth GI) inspired some random thoughts on GI. (Lance's post is here.)
From Putting People First
Applying AI in UX research
Practitioners praise some efficiency gains in process tasks, but are skeptical about the real value in analysis and insight gathering, despite the many marketing claims.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Stop Cheating—Again
More than just stopping carelessness Sholto David is featured in this past Tuesday’s New York Times Science section for his work on cheating in papers on medical research. The article is titled “Catching Too Many Errors by Sloppy…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: A Penguin Named “Squid”
Amusing story about a penguin named “Squid.”
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read my blog posting guidelines here.
From insideHPC
Trillions for Chips: A Roiled Semiconductor Industry Strains to Meet AI Demand
We’re seeing the chip industry’s version of the scientific aphorism: “nature hates a vacuum.” The vacuum is the short supply of – and vast demand for – AI chips, and it’s roiling the semiconductor industry. Chip foundry companies…