Communications of the ACM
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March 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
On IoT Implementation
McKinsey research shows that adoption of IoT technologies has increased exponentially the past five years--but successful implementation still eludes some. Here’s how to get it right they say. Good thoughtful and useful piece…
From CERIAS Blog
Who Says You Can’t Predict the Future?
While preparing to introduce today’s keynote (Dr. David McGrew) at the 23rd CERIAS Symposium, I was reminded of an exercise in crystal ball gazing. Every December we have various people publish a list of their top predictions…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Converting integers to decimal strings faster with AVX-512
In most systems, integers are stored using a fixed binary representation. It is common to store integers using 32-bit or 64-bit words. You sometimes need to convert it to a string. For example, the integer 12345 might need to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Roboticized Insect Rescue
Interesting application, Will the small size work for typical applications? Note these are actual insects being used! So this is bio-augmentation rather then mimicry. A considerable result if it works practically An example…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automating Data Science?
Good to have consistent, easily understood efforts in a library of solutions.
By Tijl De Bie, Luc De Raedt, José Hernández-Orallo, Holger H. Hoos, Padhraic Smyth, Christopher K. I. Williams
Communications…From The Eponymous Pickle
Making Quantum Circuits more Robust
Less training and less error claimed.
Making Quantum Circuits More Robust By MIT News, March 25, 2022
A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a framework to make quantum circuits…From insideHPC
Oak Ridge: Frontier Exascale to Deliver ‘Full User Operations’ on Jan. 1, 2023; ‘Crusher’ Test System Now Running Code
“Crusher,” a partial form of the planned 100+-cabinet Frontier supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is now running principal scientific codes at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dyson on Science
Via Cliff Pickover @Pickover
“The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is…From The Eponymous Pickle
Security for Blockchains
Essential.
Security: The Lock and the Key to Blockchain's Future
March 8, 2022
Blockchain should be known for its powerful security and revolutionary potential, not for the small number of avoidable hacks and exploits that tarnish…From The Eponymous Pickle
Auditing Data for Studies
Interesting kind of reliability analysis study.
'Auditing' tool can improve reliability of studies that explore relationships between things
By EKATERINA PESHEVA March 2, 2022 Research
Harvard Medical School News & Research, Ekaterina…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fido Alliance to Replace Passwords
Seeking a secure Passwordless future, with ease of use? Like the idea.
A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good
in ACM By Wired, March 22, 2022
After years of tantalizing hints that a passwordless future is just around the corner…From The Eponymous Pickle
LPA VisiRule AutoAudit Announcement
Visirule is an interesting way to introduce process rules for integrated decisions into AI applications.
LPA announce VisiRule AutoAudit automated testing for its No-Code Low-Code visual rules tool
LPA announce a new automatedLONDON…From The Eponymous Pickle
Serious Cyber Attacks Imminent?
Given some of the strong language being used lately, we should be aware of possible attacks on our key infrastructure, including power, water, internet and beyond. There have seen some indications by Google and other players…
From The Eponymous Pickle
US Infrastructure Companies Must Report Hacking
Via Bruce Schneier who writes (and includes considerable comment at the link)
US Critical Infrastructure Companies Will Have to Report When They Are Hacked ...
Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Waiting For Self-Deriving Cars
Once you trust a self-driving car with your life, you pretty much will trust Artificial Intelligence with anything—Dave Waters. ITProToday src Keith Kirkpatrick is the author of an interesting CACM article on self-driving cars…
From Computational Complexity
I don't care about Ketanji Brown Jackson's LSAT scores and she does not care about my GRE scores
Tucker Carlson has asked to see Ketanji Brown Jacksons's LSATs.
When I applied to College they (not sure who they are) wanted to see my SAT scores. Putting aside the issue of whether the test means anything, they viewed the SATs…From The Eponymous Pickle
NFTs for Military Support?
Unexpected. What are the requirements for using NFTs for fundraising?
Ukraine is selling NFTs to support its military
The collection is meant to document the history of the war.
K. Bell @karissabe March 25th, 2022 in Engadget…From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarefare and need for vigilance, prep now and in the Future
Anonymous Claims it Hacked Russia's Central Bank By Daily Mail (U.K.) Reuters March 24, 2022
Earlier this week, Anonymous warned Western companies continuing to…From The Eponymous Pickle
Comparison of Biz Intelligence Tools
Via friend Walter Riker, useful.
Power BI vs. Tableau: Business intelligence tools comparison
by William J. Francis in Software in Techrepublic. on March 23, 2022, 3:07 PM PDT
Power BI and Tableau are business intelligence tools…From The Eponymous Pickle
Very Deep Neural Networks
Good piece in Linkedin
Very Deep Neural Networks Explained in 40 Seconds
Published on March 25, 2022, By Vincent Granville
Machine Learning Scientist | MachineLearningRecipes.com
Very deep neural networks (VDNN) illustrated with…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tiny Switches Give Solid-State LiDAR Record Resolution
Experimented with LiDar and asset analysis.
Tiny Switches Give Solid-State LiDAR Record Resolution
By Berkeley Engineering, March 11, 2022
A high-resolution light detection and ranging (LiDAR) chip developed by researchers at the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Using ML to Understand How Brain Cells Work
Using ML to Understand How Brain Cells Work
University of Wisconsin-Madison News
Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, February 17, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)'s Daifeng Wang and colleagues used machine learning (ML) and…From insideHPC
Report: In Wake of NVIDIA’s Failed Acquisition Bid, Goldman to Take Arm Public with $60B Valuation
In the end, Arm Ltd. may generate more cash by going public than it would have if the attempted NVIDIA acquisition had gone through. A report from the Reuters news service stated that SoftBank Group, the owner of Arm Lt., will…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF)
Open Source move at Robotics.
Happy 10th Birthday to the Open Source Robotics Foundation OSRF founders discuss changes they’ve seen over the last decade By EVAN ACKERMAN in IEEE Spectrum
Ten years ago this week (more or…From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Addressing Grid Failures
Important domain to cover.
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Tackles Power Grid Failures with AI in Datanami By Jaime Hampton
Next time your power stays on during a severe weather event, you may have a machine learning model to thank…From insideHPC
DOE: $84M Funding Opportunity for Urban Climate Research
March 25, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $84 million for new observational, modeling, and simulation studies to improve the accuracy of community-scale climate research and inform equitable…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Russian Energy Hacking Claimed
Energy being attacked?
US charges four Russians over hacking campaign on energy sector
By Gordon Corera, Security correspondent, in BBC News
The US has charged four Russians government employees with cyber-attacks on the global…From The Eponymous Pickle
Bitcoin Accepted in Russia
Bitcoin Accepted for Oil and Gas under Sanctions.
Russia considers accepting Bitcoin for oil and gas
By Annabelle Liang, Business reporter
Russia is considering accepting Bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas exports, according…From The Eponymous Pickle
Book: The Age of AI and Our Human Future: Drones as Early Interactions?
Finished the below book, excellent, useful read, especially in the later chapters as it relates to human future. Was written before the Ukraine conflict which would have been a good example. Note my recent posts on drone…
From insideHPC
Meta Selects Missouri For New $800M Hyperscale Renewable Energy Data Center
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 24, 2022 — Meta, formerly known as the Facebook company, is building its newest hyperscale data center in Kansas City, Missouri. The company made the announcement earlier today. The new data center is …