Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
May 2015
From insideHPC
RCE Podcast Looks at Apache Spark
In this RCE podcast, Brock Palen and Jeff Squyres speak with Matei Zaharia about Apache Spark, a fast and general engine for large-scale data processing.
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…From Putting People First
Is technology making people less sociable?
A major social debate is going on on the effects of mobile technology and social media, online and off. The Wall Street Journal distills in a juxtaposition of the views of Larry Rosen and Keith N. Hampton. Larry Rosen, a professor…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 May 2015
Last week was special. Teacher Appreciation week at many schools. International Star Wars Day (May the Fourth). And of course the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam was taken by thousands of students around the US. I hear…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Badge Driven People Analytics
Intriguing approach. Looked at some related methods, but not with badges.‘People Analytics’ Through Super-Charged ID Badges
Humanyze helps companies make surprising connections about what makes employees effective. ... WhatThose…From The Eponymous Pickle
Winning Popular Games
In the WaPo: Mathematics of a number of popular games, and thus how to win them. Or at least increase your chances of winning. Quite a variety of board games and TV quiz shows. From Chess to Jeopardy. You have to buy…
From Michael Nielsen
Where will the key ideas shaping the future of scientific publishing come from?
Stefan Janusz from the Royal Society asked me to comment briefly on where I’d look for new ideas about the future of scientific publishing. Here’s my response, crossposted to the Royal Society’s blog about scientific publishing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nestle's Digital Acceleration Center
Via former Procter colleague Pete Blackshaw: Video about the Second Nestle Digital Acceleration Team (DAT). Very impressive work. Note emphasis on emerging markets. Now this is where we were headed at one time. Looking for…
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Quantum Mechanics
Supercomputers in the USA, Europe, and Japan have proved indispensable for research into the effects of quantum mechanics at hugely different length scales.
The post Supercomputing Quantum Mechanics appeared first on insideHPC…From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Data Clutter
Some good thoughts on clutter here. This is being pushed by Big Data promises. Gets back to my long and hard look at both agile integration of metadata and the related problem of data as assets. Good asset valuation can help…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Idea to Prototype in One Day
Fast Prototying: We spent some time constructing means to do fast prototyping, integrating methods like CAD Cam and virtualization methods to make that happen. Package design, testing and delivery was one example. Related is…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tiny Soft Keyboards
Tiny wearable keyboards for Wearables. In the CACM. You still use your finger to choose a key, but where you are pointing is shown magnified on part of the keyboard, Simple idea.
From insideHPC
Video: From Lab to Enterprise – Growing the Lustre Ecosystem
"Lustre's original feature set targeted the workflows of the leading DOE labs who funded and supported its development. As the Lustre ecosystem grows, the workflows Lustre must support are becoming increasingly diverse, demanding…
From Putting People First
Developing patient-centred care: an ethnographic study of patient perceptions and influence on quality improvement
Developing patient-centred care: an ethnographic study of patient perceptions and influence on quality improvement By Alicia Renedo and Cicely Marston BMC Health Services Research (2015) 15:122 DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0770-y Background…
From Putting People First
Ethnographic study on use of metrics in newsrooms
The Traffic Factories: Metrics at Chartbeat, Gawker Media, and The New York Times A report by Caitlin Petre Tow Center for Digital Journalism Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University Audience metrics have become ubiquitous…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Engineers of Addiction and Engagement
A vast amount of knowledge and data exists that has been gathered by casinos and the makers of casino games. How can this be used to further utilize game dynamics? In mobile games, but also in applications that will benefit…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mind Mapping for Projects
Via BiggerPlate. My question: How can mind/concept mapping be used to introduce more structure to early project meetings? Seems that would be very useful, if you can get everyone to agree to the mapping process, and useMind…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Digital Experience
In the Cisco Blog: How do you measure and thus improve digital experience? Some good detail in a longer article:" .... But, how to do you measure something as squishy and ephemeral as an “experience”? And, what experiences…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Function and Process
In the APQC Blog: Good piece about how they can work together. Had never thought of them at odds, but can see it as described. Thoughtful blog.
From insideHPC
Fastway Engineering Store Joins UberCloud Marketplace
The Fastway Store on the UberCloud Marketplace is designed to provide exclusive training classes specifically designed to teach participants how to use the latest Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software on the cloud for Designers…
From Putting People First
Modernizing the US immigration system with user-centered design
Vivian Graubard describes on WhiteHouse.gov how the U.S. Digital Service is working on modernizing the USA’s still largely paper based immigration service, pairing a better technical base with user-centered design. We traveled…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Science and Journalism
Good CACM overview of the increasing use of advanced data science in journalism" .. The key attributes journalists must have—the ability to separate fact from opinion, a willingness to find and develop strong sources, and the…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Research Manager for HPC at IDC
IDC is seeking a Research Manager for High Performance Computing in our Job of the Week.
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From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Technology and Computing Inventors to Be Inducted into U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame
Distinguished technology and computing inventors are among the 2015 Class of Inductees to the U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame. Inductees will be honored at the 43rd Annual Induction Ceremony to held at the Smithsonian on…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Tighter Grip on Circuit Depth
The polynomial hierarchy is infinite for a random oracle Benjamin Rossman, Rocco Servedio, and Li-Yang Tan have made a breakthrough in proving lower bounds on constant-depth circuits. It came from a bi-coastal collaboration of…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Chair
Squid chair. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Insight must Drive Big Data
In CIO-Today: Would not add the Big prefix, but all data analytics must link to some insight into business process, Pointer to a Forrester report I have not seen: " ....many enterprises are finding themselves drowning inThe…
From insideHPC
HPC News Roundup for Friday, May 8
It can be tough to keep up with all that's happening in HPC these days. Here are some notable items that may have not made it to the front page.
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From Schneier on Security
Cybersecurity Summer Camps
For high-school kids....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Beyond the Desktop
In February IEEE Computing Now:Visualization beyond the Desktop--the Next Big ThingToday, people interact with visual depictions through a mouse. Tomorrow, they'll be touching, swiping, grasping, feeling, hearing, smelling, and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Good Enough Computing
In the CACM: Thoughtful piece on 'Good enough' computing. Many think of computers as being very accurate entities. Based on the inevitability of 0 or 1. Things like measurements are always imprecise to some degree. Then…