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 insideHPC
Optalysys Develops Prototype Optical Processing System
Today Optalysys announced that the company has successfully developed a demonstrable prototype that can process mathematical functions optically in a scaleable, lensless design. According to the company, Optalysys optical processing…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NITRD RFI- Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan
In response to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, federal agencies are developing a Federal cybersecurity research and development strategic plan. On behalf of the agencies, the NITRD Cybersecurity R&D Senior Steering…
From Schneier on Security
Remote Proctoring and Surveillance
Interesting article. There are a lot of surveillance and privacy issues at play here....
From insideHPC
NASA Triples Discover Supercomputer Capacity for Earth Science
The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) is boosting supercomputer capacity to over 3 Petaflops to meet the exploding demands of NASA’s Earth science modeling efforts.
The post NASA Triples Discover Supercomputer Capacity…From insideHPC
Memorial Service for William C. Blake Set for May 30
A memorial service for William C. Blake will be held on May 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 645 Main St. in Melrose, Massachusetts.
The post Memorial Service for William C. Blake Set for May 30insideHPC…From The Eponymous Pickle
Sainsbury Provides Streaming Services with Chromecast
A look at Sainsbury's providing entertainment services with Chromecast. " ... A quick look at the Sainsbury's Entertainment apps shows that the supermarket added the feature to its Android app earlier this month, with its iOS…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Clorox CIO Discusses Challenge of Big Data
Former colleague discusses Big Data value in the enterprise. And like any analytics application, Big data or not, it is about getting to a real business process solution. Insight needs to drive real action. Starting with…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ham Radio Returns in Disaster
In Ars Technica: Adaptation to Nepal earthquake disaster leads people back to older technologies. " .... An old tech shows its resilience, while new tech reveals its problems. ... " .
From The Eponymous Pickle
CrowdChat for Market Research
CrowdChat was brought to my attention. Could this be used in a focus group style interaction? Perhaps with exposure to images? Longitudinal? Other measures? They describe it as " ... New and innovative social chat platform…
From The Eponymous Pickle
RFID Reader Determines Speed, Direction
An RFID reader that can, for example, show the direction of a tagged item when it moves." ... Tyco Retail Solutions' Steerable Beam Antenna Brings Movement Data to Retailers ... The company's new IDA-3100 antenna is intended…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Did you hear?
At this time of year, you may be hearing this phrase just before some news about a colleague retiring, taking a new position, or deciding to stay home with the children. Spring is the season of applications and resumes for …Continue…
From Schneier on Security
Shaking Someone Down for His Password
A drug dealer claims that the police leaned him over an 18th floor balcony and threatened to kill him if he didn't give up his password. One of the policemen involved corroborates this story. This is what's known as "rubber-hose…
From insideHPC
Penguin Computing Goes Bright Box with Pica8’s Network OS
Today Penguin Computing announced that the company will offer the PicOS operating system as an option on the company's Arctica “bright box” top-of-rack switches.
The post Penguin Computing Goes Bright Box with Pica8’s Network…From The Eponymous Pickle
Driverless Platforms
I was pointed to this as a advertisement in IEEE Spectrum, and found it interesting. Especially dealing with the current and potential autonomy of such systems. Have worked with a number of advanced tracking systems in supply…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Buys most of Dunnhumby USA
In Cincinnati.com: It will be interesting to see how this changes how Kroger utilizes analytical methodologies. " .... The Kroger Co. said Monday it will buy much of dunnhumbyUSA from the United Kingdom-based analytics firm…
From insideHPC
Interview with Dr. David Rohr
Dr. David Rohr is a postdoctoral scholar at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS). He’s currently working on several projects related to high energy physics and high performance computing
The post Interview with…From insideHPC
Intel Launches First IPCC Parallel Computing Center in China
At the recent Intel Developers Forum, the company announced that the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Supercomputing Department will be the first Intel Parallel Computing Center in China. The new Intel PCC will work to modernize …
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Data Science Seminar with White House Data Scientist DJ Patil
The AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have organized another talk in their new seminar series on Data Science, Big Data, and Internet of Things. DJ Patil, the first White House…
From The Eponymous Pickle
How P&G and Google Approach New Markets
In the HBR: Excellent piece. " ... Leading companies such as Procter & Gamble and Google have realized that the more clearly you understand your customer or partner, and their context(s), the more likely you will be able…
From insideHPC
WestGrid Boosts Canadian Research Data
Network upgrades are enabling more data-intensive science in Canada, reports WestGrid, one of four regional organizations working in partnership with Compute Canada. In the past year, the regional organization has transferred…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Summit 2015: May 29
Analytics Summit 2015 Friday, May 29, 2015 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Eastern Time)Marriott Kingsgate at the University of Cincinnati(513) 487-3800151 Goodman Dr. Cincinnati, Ohio 45219Analytics Summit 2015 is the premiere analyticsJohn…
From Schneier on Security
Nice Essay on Security Snake Oil
This is good: Just as "data" is being sold as "intelligence", a lot of security technologies are being sold as "security solutions" rather than what they for the most part are, namely very narrow focused appliances that as a…
From insideHPC
SKA & AWS Seeking Proposals for AstroCompute in the Cloud
Today the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organization announced that it is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use cloud computing to explore ever-increasing amounts of astronomy data. To kick things off, they just issued…
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Tidal Models with the STORM Project at LSU
The Louisiana State University Center for Computation and Technology recently received a large grant from the National Science Foundation to begin updating the coastal modeling system known as Advanced Circulation, or ADCIRC.…
From CERIAS Blog
Time CriticalPurdue Day of Giving
Dear Friends of CERIAS
This Wednesday, April 29, will be the second annual Purdue Day of Giving. During this 24-hour online event, CERIAS will be raising awareness and funds for infosec research, security education, and student…From CERIAS Blog
Time Critical—Purdue Day of Giving
Dear Friends of CERIAS
This Wednesday, April 29, will be the second annual Purdue Day of Giving. During this 24-hour online event, CERIAS will be raising awareness and funds for infosec research, security education, and student…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Basic email skills
If there is one skill that is needed in a modern office is email. By email, I do not refer to the specific Internet protocol. I refer to the general process of exchanging electronic text online. We have had thousands of years…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification and Enterprise Engagement
Nicely done CW Piece: " ... Can gamification solve enterprises' engagement problem? Big data and other new technologies are fueling the use of gaming principles in the workplace .... Contrary to popular belief, gamification…
From The Eponymous Pickle
John Cleese has a Message for Geeks
Hardly a supporter of social media, but humorist John Cleese makes the case that the social is much harder than the technological. Video.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Mobile Search Update
From a number of sources. That Google is measuring mobile friendliness for sites and is using and acting on that as one measure for measuring search relevance. Is this an overreaction? Discussion." ... Google's big search…