Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
March 2015
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Frontiers to Explore Exascale in Singapore, March 17-20
The inaugural Supercomputing Frontiers conference has announced its agenda and keynote speakers. The event will take place March 17 – 20, 2015 in Singapore.
From insideHPC
Cray XC40 Hornet Supercomputer Scales to 96K Cores on Scientific Applications
Today GCS in Germany announced that their new Hornet supercomputer at HLRS is ready for extreme-scale computing challenges. "To test its mettle, Hornet successfully completed six "XXL-projects" from computationally demanding …
From insideHPC
NICE DCV 2014 Does Remote 3D Applications in the Cloud
Today NICE in Italy released the latest version of their DCV remote visualization technology.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wallet is Marketing Platform of the Future
In Adage: Wallet as marketing platform. And as more interaction occurs in the aisle, it is likely the power of this will expand. " .... Last year, just 14% of marketers and digital business executives used mobile wallets…
From Schneier on Security
Tom Ridge Can Find Terrorists Anywhere
One of the problems with our current discourse about terrorism and terrorist policies is that the people entrusted with counterterrorism -- those whose job it is to surveil, study, or defend against terrorism -- become so consumed…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Can I Give You A Hint?
Last month I attended a workshop on CodeHunt at Microsoft Research. A talk there by Daniel Perelman on Hint generation in Code Hunt (you can watch a video of his talk here) really sparked some thinking on my part about how IPDF…
From Putting People First
UX for technology used by an ageing population
The trend of an ageing population is reflected across Europe. It is estimated that by 2035 nearly a quarter of the population in the United Kingdom will be over 65 years. Ageing is traditionally associated with a decrease in…
From Putting People First
EU draft privacy law is useless, say digital rights orgs
Activists have leaked the latest draft of Europe’s planned data protection law – which is supposed to safeguard Europeans’ personal information when in the hands of businesses and governments, reports The Register “The proposed…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Magazine features Internet of Things
The March/April issue of Analytics Magazine features articles on a wide range of topics, including: intuitive analytics, the Internet of things, healthcare analytics, and a survey of statistical analysis software. From Informs…
From My Biased Coin
Hate EasyChair
I just typed in a nice long review on EasyChair. Yes, I prefer doing this with the online form when I'm just sitting around and have time to do a review. Apparently I didn't hit one of the score buttons (although I'm pretty…
From Schneier on Security
Data and Goliath: Reviews and Excerpts
On the net right now, there are excerpts from the Introduction on Scientific American, Chapter 5 on the Atlantic, Chapter 6 on the Blaze, Chapter 8 on Ars Technica, Chapter 15 on Slate, and Chapter 16 on Motherboard. That might…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Your Phone as an IoT Hub
In GigaOM: The implications? " ... Broadcom’s new Wi-Fi chip turns your phone into an IoT hub ... While our phones can use Wi-Fi to connect directly to other devices such as wearables or home appliances, they can’t do so…
From Schneier on Security
Google Backs Away from Default Lollipop Encryption
Lillipop encryption by default is still in the future. No conspiracy here; it seems like they don't have the appropriate drivers yet. But while relaxing the requirement might make sense technically, it's not a good public relations…
From insideHPC
Video: HPC to Transform Grad Student Careers at SC15
In this video, Tanzima Islam from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory discusses how her experiences as a graduate student at the SC conference propelled her career in HPC.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delivering Bayesian Network Simulation Models
Bayesian network simulation was a favorite analytical method at our enterprise, they still maintain an active presence. Now in a new release BayesiaLab has a means to Web deliver Bayesian network models. Nice idea. Any simulation…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data and New Product Development
Here is an update on this talk, given on 1/29." ... What does it mean to embed the intelligence from Big Data into new product development?How will Big Data power consumer products and services in the era of Analytics 3.0?InRecording…
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Automating Data Scientists
Good piece in the Technology Review. A continued interest in the enterprise. How automated can this be? At minimum a means to extract potential patterns and pass them on to the decision scientists involved in the business…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Driven Business Innovation Models
Thinking of what it means to drive innovation from data." ... Latest Paper on Data-driven business models from the Cambridge Service AllianceNews - Cambridge Service Alliance cambridgeservicealliance.orgIn this monthly paperVia…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Live in Robotics
We would all like to live in a robot enabled world, with robots helping us substantially at home, still think it will be a while. In CACM, a view of the possibilities.
From insideHPC
Clusters For Dummies
Clusters FOR DUMMIES is an excellent read for both experienced and novice administrators, users, purchasing departments, and developers who are considering purchasing or specifying a cluster.
From insideHPC
HPC People on the Move: March Edition
Adaptive Computing has a new CEO. Get the scoop on who else is jumping ship and moving on up in high performance computing.
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC Polarizes Over Net Neutrality
In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team splits on the topic of Net Neutrality. The FCC will soon publish its new rules for ensuring an even playing field for Internet Bandwidth. "Dan doesn't like the idea one bit. Henry disagrees…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
It’s the Software Stupid
Computers are magic. Well to a few people they are. To others they are annoying and useless pieces of hardware. At least until you add software. I was reading Audrey Watters’ post on “How Steve Jobs Brought the Apple II to the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Center for Neural Decision Making
Was referred to this recently. I like the broader review of looking at decision making in general, not just that which can be detected by brain science."... The Center for Neural Decision Making at the Fox School of Business…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 2
March 3 Markup: The House Judiciary Committee will markup legislation, and H.R. 1147, The Legal Workforce Act, is scheduled for review. This bill covers the expansion of mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Administration Releases Discussion Draft for Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 27 the Obama Administration released its discussion draft for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The Administration released a framework for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights in 2012, calling on Congress to enact…
From Geeking with Greg
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam Resources
The Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam was a success! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and US Ignite initiative designed to advance the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies within a smart…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the State of Neuromarketing as Science
Via Forbes, by Roger Dooley. He examines the status of a long running ARF study, which he says includes both positive and negative results for neuromarketing. I have been part of neuromarketing tests, both inside a large enterprise…