Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
March 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deception Environments
Recently experienced a phishing attack which made me think of something similar, but will it work? Will it work against those whose business is deception?
Lamboozling Attackers: A New Generation of Deception
Software engineering…From The Eponymous Pickle
HVAC Operation and Optimization
Been a customer and process maintainer of HVAC systems, so intriguing to me. Note the development of rules for appropriate operation.
ML Offers Shortcut to Optimal HVAC Operation
By Pennsylvania State University News, March 10…From BLOG@CACM
Anti-Sanctions: New Operating System for Mobile Devices
There comes a time not only of crisis, but also of great opportunities. And here, it is important to take advantage of these new opportunities.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Euro Automation and Jobs
More looks at the influence of robotics on Jobs
Automation Could Make 12 Million Jobs in Europe Redundant
in ZDNet, Owen Hughes, January 20, 2022
Automation could render up to 12 million jobs in Europe superfluous over the next…From insideHPC
DDN and Aspen Systems in HPC – AI Partnership to Help PNNL Study Environmental Impact on Coastal Regions
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Mar. 10, 2022 – DDN, maker of artificial intelligence (AI) and multicloud data management solutions, and Aspen Systems, manufacturer of HPC products, have partnered to deliver custom AI and HPC solutions …
From insideHPC
Purdue’s Anvil HPC System Now at Full Capacity
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 10, 2022 — Purdue University’s supercomputing power has leveled up in strength and speed with its new Anvil supercomputer. The new capacity will allow Purdue to contribute to the nation’s 21st- century…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding High-Mutating Viruses
Tool Helps to Better Understand High-Mutating Viruses, Including COVID-19
Los Alamos Reporter, March 8, 2022
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have developed FEVER, or Fast Evaluation…From insideHPC
Quantum Start-up Alice&Bob Raises Є27M; Claims Error Correction Breakthrough
PARIS, 10 March, 2022: — French quantum computing startup Alice&Bob today announced what it said is an advance towards the first marketable quantum computer. “In a major scientific breakthrough, Alice&Bob has eliminated one of…
From insideHPC
Exascale: Preparing PETSc/TAO Software for Scientific Applications
In this episode of the Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, produced by DOE’s Exascale Computing Project, the topic is PETSc—the Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation. It’s a suite of data structures and routines for…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Traceable Paper Money
Smart Paper Makes Traceable Money Possible RFID chips embedded in paper herald the future of trackable smart money JEREMY HSU02 MAY 2013 in Spectrum IEEE
A simple act of cash changing hands could become a lot less private. U.S…From insideHPC
Lenovo’s Carbon Offset Service: An End-to-End Program to Fight Greenhouse Gas Emissions
[SPONSORED CONTENT] There’s doing good and then there’s assessing how much good you’re doing. These are two distinct, yet closely related, things. When it comes to climate change, an ethical shift has come over the IT world within…
From insideHPC
Smithsonian Exhibit Recognizing Women in STEM, Honors ORNL’s Amy Elliott
March 8, 2022 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Amy Elliott was among women in STEM featured with a life-sized statue in a new exhibit, IfThenSheCan, at the Smithsonian to commemorate Women’s History Month. Credit: Amy Elliott…
From BLOG@CACM
Your Job Can Be Done Better By My Algorithm
In our rarefied world of university teaching and learning, which jobs can be replaced by algorithms?
From insideHPC
Astera Labs Announces Production Release Aries PCIe 5.0 and CXL 2.0 Smart Retimers for Cloud Connectivity
SANTA CLARA, Calif. March 9, 2022 — Astera Labs, a connectivity solutions for intelligent systems company, today announced that its Aries Smart Retimers for PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 and Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0 have entered…
From The Eponymous Pickle
EU Proposed Definition of AI Problematic?
Seems a strange definition, covering much more than AI, like analytics of most any kind, just not autonomous? I am concerned that this will regulated us out of many reasonable uses.
Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition…From insideHPC
Pusan National University: Research Sheds Light on Friction in Multi-layered Graphene
March 9, 2022 — According to research released by Pusan National University in South Korea, multi-layered graphene is a promising carbon-based nanomaterial for a variety of next-generation technologies, but the relationships…
From insideHPC
Atlan Raises $50M Series B to Build Collaboration Hub for Data Teams
NEW YORK, March 9, 2022 — Atlan announced that it has closed its $50M Series B round led by Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Sequoia Capital India. Several founders in the data space participated in the round including…
From insideHPC
AR Medtech Company MediView Raises $9.9M
CLEVELAND, March 9, 2022 — MediView XR, Inc., a Cleveland-based company, announced the closing of a $9.9 million round of SAFE financing syndicated by Inside View Investments, LLC, a private investment firm. MediView, a medtech…
From insideHPC
Quantum Brilliance Named Partner in $17.5M German Quantum Research Project
STUTTGART, Germany, March 9, 2022 —- Quantum Brilliance, a German-Australian manufacturer of innovative quantum computing hardware, today announced it is the commercialization partner in a $17.5 million research project funded…
From insideHPC
Canadian Start-Ups Receive US Air Force Grant to Investigate Platforms for Quantum Information
Montreal, March 10, 2022 – A recently awarded grant of $450,000 USD from the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s basic research office, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) will enable two Canadian start-ups, Ki3…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Employee Welless Programs Don't Work
Thoughtful piece and podcast. Considerable plan costs involved. Remedy?
Why Employee Wellness Programs Don’t Work in Knowledge@Wharton
Many companies have employee wellness programs with the goal of reducing the skyrocketing…From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTF Newsletter and more
Starting soon this blog will start to selectively share content, with my comments, from The Institute for the Future (IFTF) newsletters. They are a group we consulted with in the big enterprise since at least the 80s, and…
From insideHPC
Pasqal and ARAMCO Collaborate on Quantum Applications for Energy Industry
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — March 9, 2022 – Pasqal, a developer of neutral atom-based quantum technology, and ARAMCO announced the signing of an MoU to collaborate on quantum computing applications in the energy sector. Objectives…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Self-Care: A Candid Discussion with Women Technologists
When? Mar 16, 2022 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register Now Whether it is the stress and responsibilities of ordinary life, job-related pressures, or pandemic created conditions, numerous stressors challenge our…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self Learning Assistance forManufacturing
Similar to a proposed application we came up with for manufacturing process observation and improvement assistance for lines that needed to maximize their up-time.
A Smart Self-Learning Assistance System for the Manufactauring…From insideHPC
PNNL and Micron Partner to Push Memory Boundaries for HPC and AI
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Micron are are developing an advanced memory system to support AI for scientific computing. The work is designed to address AI’s insatiable demand for live data
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Book: Full Spectrum Thinking
Good thoughts by current and longtime colleague.
CURRENT BOOK: Full-Spectrum Thinking: How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical Future
Full-Spectrum Thinking: How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical Future By Bob Johansen…From The Eponymous Pickle
True Holograms in Person to Person Communications
Is it relevant? Of course you could have asked this of multi person visual conference calling a few decades ago and got a negative. Our needs are driven by possibilities too.
When Your Boss Becomes a Hologram
Bloomberg Businessweek…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Closing Some Physical Store Formats
From insideHPC
Atos Wins Contract with HMRC for Testing Services
London, 8 March 2022 – Atos UK and Ireland today announces that it has extended its relationship with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), signing a new contract for up to four years to provide application testing services. Atos, together…