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 Schneier on Security
David Kahn
David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this field.
He will be missed.
From Schneier on Security
A Self-Enforcing Protocol to Solve Gerrymandering
In 2009, I wrote:
There are several ways two people can divide a piece of cake in half. One way is to find someone impartial to do it for them. This works, but it requires another person. Another way is for one person to divide…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Lego Computer Science: Turing Machines Part 1: the tape
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London It it possible to make a working computer out of lego and you do not even have to pay for an expensive robot Mindstorm kit…but only if you are willing to provide the power yourself…
From insideHPC
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing to Install Lenovo HPC Cluster
Lenovo announced it has won a contract for the joint construction of an AMD/NVIDIA-powered HPC cluster with the University of Paderborn in Germany. The system will include the Lenovo ThinkSystem SD665 V3 server with AMD EPYC
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Last Call for CCC Council Member Nominations
Thank you to everyone who has nominated a colleague or self-nominated for the opportunity to be a CCC Council member for the three-year term beginning July 1, 2024 and concluding June 30, 2027. As a reminder, Tomorrow, Friday…