Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
April 2015
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self Organization
Is self organization hard? Complexity studies would seem to indicate that it is easy, with just a few rules. Perhaps it is because we can't state the objective well enough? I am reminded of Holacracy, or social organization…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Copying Algorithms from the Brain
Followed the Numenta work from the beginning. Interesting, but never saw it close to being ready for real application. Now a deeper plunge. Not just using the inspiration of the brain, like in neural nets, but using theirAnd…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
How to prepare educators to teach coding/CS
As part of my role as the CSTA Board member for K-8, I have been working with an amazing team of computer science (CS) educators – the CSTA K-8 Task force to host Twitter chats every other Wednesday using the … Continue reading…
From Schneier on Security
Alternatives to the FBI's Manufacturing of Terrorists
John Mueller suggests an alternative to the FBI's practice of encouraging terrorists and then arresting them for something they would have never have planned on their own: The experience with another case can be taken to suggest…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality–the Future of Education?
Recently a friend of mine sent me a link to a YouTube video about an Augmented Reality Sandbox. It was pretty cool. Cool enough that it looks like a lot of people are making them. They all seem to use the Kinect sensor from Microsoft…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Positioning the Five V's of Big Data
Bernard Marr on the 5 V's of big data. A info visual that explains. Two many V's I believe, but the points made are interesting. All very useful considerations. But lets try to keep these things simple. Part of this is…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Archives On Line
A long time history buff, and student of how knowledge is stored and curated online. We tried to apply some of these ideas, like Wikis, in the enterprise. New, an online archive of the Lincoln assassination. Will take a look…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Michael Papka and Susan Coghlan on the 180 Petaflop Aurora Supercomputer
In this Tech Shift podcast, Michael Papka and Susan Coghlan from Argonne National Laboratory discuss the 180 Petaflop Aurora supercomputer scheduled for deployment in 2018.
The post Podcast: Michael Papka and Susan Coghlan oninsideHPC…From The Eponymous Pickle
Brains and Computers, Singularities
Technical Philosophy In the Edge:Death Is OptionalYuval Noah Harari and Daniel Kahneman: A Video Conversation"Once you really solve a problem like direct brain-computer interface ... when brains and computers can interact directly…
From insideHPC
Parallel Implementation of PK-PD Parameter Estimation on Intel Xeon Phi
"Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic(PD) parameters determine the develop-ability of a drug candidate and estimation of them are time consuming and there is an urgent need for time efficient approaches. In the present talk…
From insideHPC
HPC Helps Solve Challenges of Personalized Medicine
A number of challenges exist for both the wider adoption of technologies that can impede personalized medicine workflows and the implementation of such systems. Learn more on how companies like Dell and Intel are delivering complete…
From insideHPC
New OSC Supercomputer Named After Civil Rights Activist Ruby Dee
Today the Ohio Supercomputer Center unveiled their new 144 Teraflop Ruby supercomputer. Powered by Intel Xeon Phi, the 144 Teraflop HP system is named after Cleveland-born activist Ruby Dee.
The post New OSC Supercomputer Named…From Putting People First
We are citizens, not mere physical masses of data for harvesting
The deal we have struck with the information society over the extent to which our lives are shaped and our privacy invaded requires urgent renegotiation, argues law professor Julie E Cohen at the annual Law and Media and Communications…
From Schneier on Security
Pepper-Spray Drones
India has purchased pepper-spray drones....
From CERIAS Blog
CERIAS 2015 Symposium Now Online!
The 2015 CERIAS symposium — held March 24 & 25, 2015 — was wonderful! We had a great array of speakers and panels, and one of our largest audiences in years. The talks were fascinating, the panels provocative, and the student…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mashgin Checkout Does Well at Demo Day
In FastCompany:" ... He spent the next few hours showing off the self-checkout kiosk that his company Mashgin sells, and that Srivastava believes will revolutionize how we shop and pay for stuff at stores. Instead of scanning…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Membership Committee
The Membership Committee of the CSTA is responsible for cultivating membership. It seems like a straightforward enough job, but we set our goals pretty high. The CSTA is valuable precisely because of its member base. Being…
From insideHPC
A Closer Look at Intel’s Coral Supercomputers Coming to Argonne
This morning Intel and the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $200 million supercomputing investment coming to Argonne National Laboratory. As the third of three Coral supercomputer procurements, the deal will comprise anThe…
From insideHPC
Intel to Deliver Nation’s Most Powerful Supercomputer at Argonne
Today Intel announced that the company will deliver two next-generation supercomputers to Argonne National Laboratory. "The contract is part of the DOE’s multimillion dollar initiative to build state-of-the-art supercomputers…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Knowledge Graph Creation and Analytics
At today's Cognitive Systems Institute Group meeting a presentation by Costas Bekas of IBM Research: Knowledge Graph Creation and Analytics for Cognitive Systems. Slides here. Recording to follow here. An improved methodology…
From insideHPC
Phasing Barriers
In many large threaded applications, synchronizing all of the threads by use of barriers can results in significant wasted processing time. If the application lends itself, loosely synchronous barriers instead of strictly synchronous…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The National Academy of Science Forum on Cyber Resilience
The National Academies (NAS) Forum on Cyber Resilience held its inaugural meeting this week in Washington, DC. The Forum is focused on advancing the national dialogue about our cyber systems and their resilience and plans to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Maximizing Big Data Value
In Baseline Mag: A slideshow on how companies are maximizing big data value. A useful quick scan.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Echo as Smart Home Hub
Have been following the Amazon Echo work for some time. In particular its implication for other connections in the Smart Home. Our own brain stormed discussions quickly led to the point that it was meant to be much more than…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Started with Spark in Python
Another useful piece about the technical aspects of working with Big Data analytics. " ... Although far from a complete introduction to Spark, we hope that you have a better feel for what Spark is, and how to conduct fast,…
From insideHPC
Keeping Up with the Growth of Scientific Data
"Metadata, or data about data, lets scientists find the valuable data they are looking for. Metadata especially helps find value in data that’s been created by others, no matter when or where. Without rich metadata, scientists…
From Schneier on Security
Attacking Researchers Who Expose Voting Vulnerabilities
Researchers found voting-system flaws in New South Wales, and were attacked by voting officials and the company that made the machines....
From Computational Complexity
FCRC 2015
Every four years the Association for Computing Machinery organizes a Federated Computing Research Conference consisting of several co-located conferences and some joint events. This year's event will be held June 13-20 in Portland…
From insideHPC
Video: Fabrics – Why We Love Them and Why We Hate Them
In this video from the 2015 OFS Developer's Workshop, Dave Dunning from Intel presents: Fabrics - Why We Love Them and Why We Hate Them.
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Surprise and Simplicity in User Experience
Discussion in Retailwire: Good thoughts on the retail user experience. It should be about delighting the consumer I was always told, but the balance with simplicity is also important:. From the Lenati blog:" ... As customer…