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 Putting People First
Policy paper: Making Good our Future
Making Good our Future: Exploring the New Boundaries of Open & Social Innovation in Manufacturing Policy Paper prepared for the European Commission May 2015, 49 pages As part of the Social Innovation Europe initiative, the European…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updates from the Foresight Institute
Foremost public site for practical nanotechnology. It is still extending our understanding of a number ways we can work with material structure. And how we might be able to make practical molecular machines. This post…
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Growing Pains
Mosongo Moukwa, Director of Technology at PolyOne writes on the growing pains of 3D printing.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Reviews Media Buying, Planning
An opportunity for new kinds of analytics in media planning. In Adage: " .... P&G to Review Massive Media Planning and Buying Business Across North America In 2014, P&G Spent $2.7 Billion on U.S. Measured Media ... "
From The Eponymous Pickle
Very Cheap Computers
In FastCoexist: We looked at sponsoring examples like the '$100 laptop' for the third world. . What are the applications for the IOT?The World's First $9 Computer Does Everything That Your Expensive Model Can Do ... Chip is…
From insideHPC
Alternatives to x86: Future Processing Technologies
In the second article in his series on future hardware for HPC, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World looks at alternatives to the x86, including server on a chip and OpenPower.
The post Alternatives to x86: Future Processing…From insideHPC
Call for Papers: Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives
The 2nd Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives has issued its Call for Papers. The WACCPD Workshop takes place Nov. 16 in Austin in conjunction with SC15.
The post Call for Papers: Workshop on Accelerator Programming…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: NASA's Squid Rover
NASA is funding a study for a squid rover that could explore Europa's oceans. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From Computer Science Teachers Association
AccessCS10K: helping make high school computing courses more accessible and welcoming to students with disabilities
By: Richard E. Ladner University of Washington In 2010-2011, approximately 13 percent of K-12 students have a recognized disability according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This represents about 6.5 million…
From The Eponymous Pickle
R vs Python
Good infographic visual summary of the current state of the two languages for data science use. Not a how to, but a tabular comparison.
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes for May 15, 2015
While we're always on the lookout for HPC news, not everything makes it to the front page. Here are some notable items from this week.
The post HPC News Bytes for May 15, 2015 appeared first on insideHPC.
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on SocioPragmatic Text Models
Yesterday posted about the talk on SocioPragmatic text Modeling. More has been published in the Cognitive Systems Institute Linkedin Group, I quote some of my recent input below This is a new kind of text classification…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Satoshi Matsuoka on the Convergence of HPC and Big Data
"Rapid growth in the use cases and demands for extreme computing and huge data processing is leading to convergence of the two infrastructures. The trend towards convergence is not only strategic however but rather inevitable…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft and Cortana
Have been following voice driven systems, especially for smart home applications, but also for potential manufacturing-design-test applications. At the recent Hololens announcement, it was clear that MS planned to integrate…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Computational Scientist at Engility
Engility is seeking a Computational Scientist in our Job of the Week. This position can be based in the following locations: AFRL (Ohio) , ARL (Maryland) , NRL (Washington DC) , ERDC (Mississippi), and Reston, Virginia.
The post…From insideHPC
Achieving Near-Native GPU Performance in the Cloud
In this session we describe how GPUs can be used within virtual environments with near-native performance. We begin by showing GPU performance across four hypervisors: VMWare ESXi, KVM, Xen, and LXC. After showing that performance…
From insideHPC
Apply Now for SC15 Doctoral Showcase
SC15 is now accepting applications for their Doctoral Showcase. As part of the Technical Program, the Doctoral Showcase provides an important opportunity for students near the end of their Ph.D. to present a summary of their …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bots Now Outnumber Humans on Web
In CSO Online: At least the article mentions that most are still benign. But who defines that?
From Schneier on Security
Microbe Biometric
Interesting: Franzosa and colleagues used publicly available microbiome data produced through the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), which surveyed microbes in the stool, saliva, skin, and other body sites from up to 242 individuals…
From My Biased Coin
New Work on Equitability and MIC
A few years ago, working with a diverse group of scientists, I was looking at a problem related to big data analysis. The setting was data exploration, where you are working with a high-dimensional dataset, and you are seeking…
From Schneier on Security
Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists
On April 1, I announced the Eighth Movie Plot Threat Contest: demonstrate the evils of encryption. Not a whole lot of good submissions this year. Possibly this contest has run its course, and there's not a whole lot of interest…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Prime Undercuts Amazon
In Retailwire: Wal-Mart's delivery plan, at $50 yearly, to undercut Amazon Prime. Good discussion. Is this catch up? Does this match the style of the Wal-Mart online shopper?
From Schneier on Security
In Which I Collide with Admiral Rogers
Universe does not explode. Photo here....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unilever to Track Online, Offline Retail Gap
Unilever is investing $50,000 in startup Glimr as part of an effort to connect consumers' online and in-store shopping experiences. "We are hoping to bring an actual understating of who you are as an individual based on what"…
From Schneier on Security
Admiral Rogers Speaking at the Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit
Admiral Mike Rogers gave the keynote address at the Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit today at West Point. He started by explaining the four tenets of security that he thinks about. First: partnerships. This includes…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM BuildSys 2015 Call for Papers
The 2nd ACM International Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys 2015) invites original contributions in the area of intelligent Systems for the Built Environment targeted particularly…
From insideHPC
Video: Have Hard Disks Joined the Grateful Dead?
Have spinning disk drives joined the Grateful Dead? That is the contention here in this video, where industry analyst Mark Peters from ESG dons his tie-dyed shirt and declares that flash is the new storage of choice in the datacenter…
From insideHPC
Gather Scatter Operations
Gather and scatter operations are used in many domains. However, to use these types of functions on an SIMD architecture creates some programming challenges.
The post Gather Scatter Operations appeared first on insideHPC.
From The Eponymous Pickle
SocioPragmatic Models of Text Analysis
Mona Diab of GWU gave the CSI talk today:Towards Building Effective Computational Sociopragmatics Models of Human CognitionSlides. (Talk recording to follow)Though technical, the implications can be understood from the slides…
From insideHPC
ANSYS Powers Quantum Computing Engineering at D-Wave
D-Wave Systems reports that the company is designing and building the world's most advanced quantum computers with help from engineering simulation solutions from ANSYS. This next generation of supercomputers uses quantum mechanics…