Communications of the ACM
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May 2016
From insideHPC
Seagate Enterprise Performance 3.5 HDD Powers New Sugon TC4600T Server
Today Seagate Technology announced that Sugon will incorporate Seagate’s latest 4TB Enterprise Performance 3.5 HDD into its new TC4600T line of server products. "Seagate is committed to developing innovative products that enable…
From insideHPC
job of the Week: Network Engineer for HPC at ARL
ARL in Aberdeen is seeking a Network Engineer for HPC in our Job of the Week.
The post job of the Week: Network Engineer for HPC at ARL appeared first on insideHPC.
From Geeking with Greg
Code Monster from Crunchzilla is now open source
Code Monster from Crunchzilla is now open source, free to use and modify. Code Monster is a tutorial that has been used by hundreds of thousands of children around the world to learn a little about programming. It's a seriesTranslations…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Become a Marketing Detective: Induction to Deduction
More takes on the idea of 'Small Data' proposed by my former collaborator Martin Lindstrom in his recent book. Another way to look at this is as an 'inductive' approach, where you are selectively looking for especially valuable…
From The Eponymous Pickle
1843 Magazine Technology
I see that the Economist has started a new magazine. The 1843 Magazine, which has a technology component, which I have started to follow. Will pass along links as appropriate. No depth, well written, euro bias, sometimes interesting…
From updated sporadically at best
Networking Tips for Younger PhD Students
This post was a collaboration with Nadia Polikarpova and Shachar Itzhaky, done while we were supposed to be collaborating on other things.A younger student in the group where I did my PhD is going to his first conference next…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bob Johansen Books
I was reminded that Bob Johansen, former colleague, also at the Institute for the Future (IFTF) and frequent consultant to us, writes at Berrett Koehler Publishers, is in the process of writing a new book. " ... I’m writingLeaders…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Counterfeit Squid
Goya is facing a $5 million lawsuit; the plaintiff is claiming its canned octopus is really squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From Apophenia
Facebook Must Be Accountable to the Public
A pair of Gizmodo stories have prompted journalists to ask questions about Facebook’s power to manipulate political opinion in an already heated election year. If the claims are accurate, Facebook contractors have depressed some…
From Schneier on Security
Scam or Satire?
You decide....
From insideHPC
KISTI Deploys 100G Transoceanic Research Network
In an effort to accelerate research with international partners, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) is upgrading its 100G optical-transport network with bandwidth-on-demand solutions from Ciena.…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Bots
The O'Reilly Newsletter is on bots .... nicely done descriptions, mostly non-technical. Worth it as an introductory read, or passing on to executives with links to more detail. Also see my tab links to Bots, which cover a…
From insideHPC
Video: Quantum Computing and D-Wave
Bo Ewald from D-Wave Systems presented this talk at the HPC User Forum in Tucson. “D-Wave continues to advance the state-of-the-art of quantum computing at a rapid pace, with a number of impressive application results, and the…
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Innovation Needs Computer Science
On Wednesday, I gave a talk at an event called Ignite that brought together government and business folks to talk innovation. There were four lightning talks of about 5 minutes each, and mine was on computer science education…
From insideHPC
FLOW-3D User Conference Coming to Chicago
Today Flow Science announced that it will hold its 2016 FLOW-3D Americas Users Conference in Chicago, IL on September 22 at the Warwick Allerton. Anyone interested in the FLOW-3D product suite are invited to attend the conference…
From insideHPC
Cray User Group Focuses on Scalability for Weather Forecasting
Global efforts to bring about crucial improvements in supercomputing efficiency and energy usage were placed center stage this week as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) welcomed users and vendors …
From insideHPC
Radio Free HPC News Roundup for Friday the 13th
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the news highlights for the week leading up to Friday the 13th of May, 2016. Highlights include a 25 Petaflop Fujitsu supercomputer coming to Japan, an OpenPOWER Summit coming…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Half of Web Traffic is from Bots
In CWorld: I recall a statement like this before, and have also seen evidence of this when examining peaks in web analytics. The volume still amazes me. It must be very easy to do, and have real incentive. You do need to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Probabilistic Programming
Technical piece on the topic. have not seen this approach used directly:" ... Probabilistic programming allows for automatic Bayesian inference on user-defined probabilistic models. Recent advances in Markov chain Monte Carlo…
From Phys.org Technology News
Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams
Students at a medical college in Thailand have been caught using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams. They used wireless spycams in eyeglasses to capture exam questions, transmit them to associates elsewhere…
From Schneier on Security
More on the Going Dark Debate
Lawfare is turning out to be the go-to blog for policy wonks about various government debates on cybersecurity. There are two good posts this week on the Going Dark debate. The first is from those of us who wrote the "Keys Under…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beacons and Ad Timing
In Mediapost: Beacons Determine Best Time To Send Ads, ID When Shopper 'Due' For Store Visit by Chuck Martin Beacons were always good at being able to trigger a message or ad based on a consumer’s location, but now they’reAnd…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Models for the Internet of Things
Some good thoughts on making it work.The business of ThingsDeveloping a workable business model for the consumer IoT isn’t just important—it’s urgent.By Alasdair Allan May 12, 2016Alasdair Allan will talk more about the Internet…
From Computational Complexity
The Challenges of Smart Cities
Earlier this week I attended the CCC workshop Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs (video). The workshop covered a large collection of topics, highlighting challenges of big data, privacy, security…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Project Tango from Google for Consumers?
Sensor fitted phone coming? Rumors that this will be announced at IO meetings next week. It was often mentioned as a means to navigate inside physical retail. Or for advanced real estate interaction? Will this ultimatelySee…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disney Makes Objects Smart
Disney makes objects smart using RFID tags. In the Verge. Gets back to an old question, where should the smarts be? Simple tagging can place the smarts involved in the network, a hub, or in the cloud.
From insideHPC
June 1 Deadline for SC16 Student Volunteer Applications Fast Approaching
Applications to attend SC16 as a Student Volunteer are due Wednesday, June 1. "As part of the Students@SC program, Student Volunteers play a key role in supporting the overall conference and conference attendees. Undergraduate…
From insideHPC
Combating the Spread of Disease with HPC
In this special guest feature, Lance Farrell writes that, in this era of global air travel, NSF-funded researchers are using supercomputers to equip policy makers with the evidence needed to make fast, accurate choices in the…
From insideHPC
Western Digital Completes Acquisition of SanDisk
Today Western Digital announced it has completed the acquisition of SanDisk Corporation. The addition of SanDisk makes Western Digital Corporation a comprehensive storage solutions provider with global reach, and an extensive…
From insideHPC
Consolidating Storage for Scientific Computing
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Shailesh M Shenoy from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York discusses the challenges faced by large medical research organizations in the face of ever…