Communications of the ACM
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April 2020
From The Eponymous Pickle
Talk on the AI Revolution
Cable TV Future Talk: “The AI Revolution”
by Steve omohundro
On February 26, 2020 Steve Omohundro was interviewed by Marty Wasserman for the Palo Alto Cable TV program "Future Talk" about "The AI Revolution": Long time artificial…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Based Reactions to Natural Disasters
Basic idea is good, support the system with useful and readily available knowledge to support operations. Probably harder though to actually make decisions based on quality of data available.
Cloud-Based Electronic System May…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Engineers 3D Print Brain Implants
Considerably more at the link.
Engineers 3D-Print Soft, Rubbery Brain Implants
MIT News
Jennifer Chu
March 30, 2020
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing soft, flexible neural implants that can…
From insideHPC
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Resources Available for COVID-19 Research
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, has allotted computing time on its Bridges and Bridges-AI platforms for urgent COVID-19 computational…
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Speaks to the Role of Data in Marketing
Relatively short interview on the topic. I like to see that Procter is pulling thoughts together as to what digital means for marketing.
P&G’s brand chief on what he demands from digital platforms
P&G Chief Brand Officer Marc…
From insideHPC
ICHEC: Satellite Data Indicates Illegal Burning in Rural Areas of Ireland During COVID-19 Shutdown
Satellite Data analyzed by scientists from ICHEC (Irish Centre for High-End Computing) using European Space Agency Sentinel 5-P satellite data shows evidence of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions in a number of rural areas during…
From insideHPC
CXL and Gen-Z Consortiums to Collaborate
Today the Compute Express Link (CXL) Consortium and Gen-Z Consortium announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) describing a mutual plan for collaboration between the two organizations. The agreement shows the commitment each…
From Schneier on Security
Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom
Over the past few weeks, Zoom's use has exploded since it became the video conferencing platform of choice in today's COVID-19 world. (My own university, Harvard, uses it for all of its classes.) Over that same period, the company…
From insideHPC
HPC at Scale Enabled by DDN A3i and NVIDIA SuperPOD
William Beaudin from DDN gave this talk at GTC Digital. "Enabling high performance computing through the use of GPUs requires an incredible amount of IO to sustain application performance. We'll cover architectures that enable…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three Weeks of Teaching From Home
two of my international students have returned home to China. I spent some time talking to one of them after class today.It was interesting to talk to someone in quarantine. I’ve never done that personally with someone I know…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable Strain Sensor
Appears to be a new method, brought to my attention by a colleague looking at new sensors. Note implications beyond healthcare. Image at the link.
Wearable Strain Sensor Using Light Transmittance Helps Measure Physical Signals…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New in Alexa Skills
Understanding and leveraging the confidence of what you are hearing and presenting for a 'Skill' is important. As in human conversation it is often not perfect. Technical for skill developers.
Use the Intent Confidence Dashboard…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hands-on Look at Quantum Computing
A look at several kits from IBM and Microsoft that demonstrate the concepts for public access.
A hands-on look at quantum computing in InfoWorld
While we wait for the quantum cloud services, let’s explore the Microsoft QuantumBy…
From Schneier on Security
Bug Bounty Programs Are Being Used to Buy Silence
Investigative report on how commercial bug-bounty programs like HackerOne, Bugcrowd, and SynAck are being used to silence researchers: Used properly, bug bounty platforms connect security researchers with organizations wanting…
From Putting People First
Covid-19 storytelling platforms
Two new initiatives - one from the US and one from Utrecht (NL)
From insideHPC
Scientists Look to Exascale and Deep Learning for Developing Sustainable Fusion Energy
Scientists from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are leading an Aurora ESP project that will leverage AI, deep learning, and exascale computing power to advance fusion energy research. "With a suite of the world’s most powerful…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Researchers Respond to COVID-19: Running a Virtual Conference
In two weeks you are hosting 1,800 scientists, engineers, designers, and other experts at a five day conference but then the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suddenly encourages Americans to practice “social distancing…
From Computational Complexity
Let's Hear It for the Cloud
Since March 19th I have worked out of home. I've had virtual meetings, sometimes seven or eight a day, on Zoom, Bluejeans, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and Microsoft Teams. I take notes on my iPad…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheap Simple Monitor Camera for Indoor Use
Designed, it sees for smart home security applications. Are there other commercial office applications to track indoor devices, devices? Recall using something similar to track activity and stocking on a store shelf. Much…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Search Tool for Science Metadata
Interesting idea to connect public and private data in science databases. Have worked on this kind of application, and the key is having the right kind of data to support the goal.
Research Tool Creates Metadata for Scientific…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Please Blog About Your Emergency Remote Teaching
It seems like there are a large number of long Twitter treads where educators are reporting their experiences and how their school is handling this period of emergency online teaching. I love reading them but they are hard to…
From Schneier on Security
Marriott Was Hacked -- Again
Marriott announced another data breach, this one affecting 5.2 million people: At this point, we believe that the following information may have been involved, although not all of this information was present for every guest…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lets Eliminate Wastes of Time
Can we finally strictly identify messages and scrubb robocalls? Like the completion date.
FCC Tells U.S. Telcos to Implement Caller ID Authentication by June 30, 2021
ZDNet
Catalin Cimpanu in ZDNet via ACM
March 31, 2020
The U.S…
From insideHPC
Altair offers free training tools and software licensing in response to COVID-19
Over at the Altair Blog, CEO James Scapa writes that the company is offering free training tools and software licensing in response to COVID-19. "Altair can provide temporary software licenses for clients working from home without…
From insideHPC
BAnQ in Québec joins iRODS Consortium
BAnQ in Quebec is the newest member to join the iRODS Consortium. BAnQ is at once a national library and a national archives, the largest public library in the French-speaking world and a virtual library that is accessible worldwide…
From insideHPC
Inspur Storage System achieves record performance on SPC Benchmark 1
An Inspur storage system achieved world record performance and top two ranking in a recent SPC Benchmark 1 performance test. The SPC Benchmark 1 results are a valuable reference for the selection of storage systems for businesses…
From insideHPC
Interview: Under Secretary Paul Dabbar on the COVID-19 HPC Consortium
The DOE laboratory complex has many core capabilities that can be applied to addressing the threats posed by COVID-19. "This public-private partnership includes the biggest players in advanced computing from government, industry…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Taking a Look at HPC-as-a-Service
In this SpotlightON podcast, Robert Stober from Bright Computing is joined by Adnan Khaleel, Global Sales Strategist for HPC, AI and Deep Learning at Dell Technologies. Together, they discuss the subject of HPC as a service:
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Polinode System Adds Features
I see that the Polinode system, which I have followed for some time, has added some interesting new features. Much more at the link.
Five New Features Including an Integration with Office 365
By Andrew Pitts
A number of new features…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Role of Robotics in Public Health, Infectious Disease
Opinion piece about use of robotics in this area. Makes sense, but not enough about the specifics of how. Will introduce new ways to do better and consistent data gathering for ongoing and future efforts.
The Role of Robotics…