Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
May 2017
From insideHPC
Drilling Down into Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are rising in popularity as the needs of big data call for systems that exceed human capabilities. This article is part of a special insideHPC report that explores trends in machine…
From BLOG@CACM
The Mythical Brooks Law
Yes, you can make a project less late by adding manpower. If you are a good manager.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Most Powerful Quantum Computer
IBM unveils its most powerful quantum processor yet
And the company is seeking your algorithms and experiments to run on it. .. Andrew Dalton, @dolftown
From Schneier on Security
Extending the Airplane Laptop Ban
The Department of Homeland Security is rumored to be considering extending the current travel ban on large electronics for Middle Eastern flights to European ones as well. The likely reaction of airlines will be to implement…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whats Next in AI and Automation
Excellent overview, with useful detail:
What’s now and next in analytics, AI, and automation
Innovations in digitization, analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation are creating performance and productivity opportunities…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Examining the Drone Economy
Drones go to Work by Chris Anderson in the HBR. Excellent piece.
The disruptive economics of unmanned vehicles are taking hold. Here’s how to think about the drone economy and your place in it. .... "
Plus: Drone challenges…
From insideHPC
Storage-as-a-Service Demo Center Opens in Munich
Today Zadara Storage announced the opening of a new Storage-as-a-Service demo center near Munich, Germany, in collaboration with Intel Corporation. Customers and prospects are now able to experience the Zadara Storage-as-a-Service…
From insideHPC
Bridging Big – Small, Fast – Slow with Campaign Storage
Peter Braam gave this talk at the MSST 2017 Mass Storage Conference. "Campaign Storage offers radical revisions of old workflows and adapts to new technologies. But it also leverages widely available technologies and interfaces…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cortana as a Bot Channel
I like thinking of it in this way. Saw it demonstrated by MSFT using Cortana this week. Still means the architecture, operations, context and memory of the bot have to be developed and work well and seamlessly. Still a challenge…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon and Pharma
Discussion. In Retailwire.
Is the $400B prescription drug business ripe for an Amazon disruption?
by George Anderson
CNBC reported yesterday that Amazon.com is hiring an executive to lead its entry into the pharmacy business. Two…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flash Organizations
Useful idea, now link it to right data.
Stanford Researchers Develop Crowdsourcing Software to Convene Rapid, On-Demand 'Flash Organizations'
Researchers at Stanford University have developed software that integrates crowdsourcing's…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Looking for a long Chat
Interesting goal. Length of a chat implies some engagement, but not necessarily value to the human involved. If the goal is to get a useful answer I want it to be short and without error. Scripting should do this, but hasThe…
From insideHPC
How Intel FPGAs Power Azure Deep Learning
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich recently disclosed major advances in Microsoft’s hyperscale deployment of Intel field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). These advances have resulted in the industry’s fastest public cloud
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From insideHPC
An Update on MarFS in Production
David Bonnie from LANL presented this deck at the MSST 2017 Mass Storage Conference. MarFS is a Near-POSIX File System using cloud storage for data and many POSIX file systems for metadata. "With MarFS in production at LANL since…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interview with Vint Cerf
Non technical view of the history and future of the Internet. I should note that this piece contradicts another piece quoting him regarding AI I recently posted. You have to always be wary of the context of these pieces. He…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Text Mining Memes Online
Interesting progress in text mining that includes repeated memes and context. Technical.
A system for extracting and comparing memes in online forums
Héctor Beck-Fernandeza, , David F. Nettletonb, , , Lorena Recaldeb, , Diego…
From BLOG@CACM
Will Machine Learning Prevent S From Achieving the Goals of Teaching Computing to Everyone?
At TURC, ACM leaders consider the future of AI, and I ask about the implications for computing education
From The Eponymous Pickle
Basic Attention Token
The BAT, just brought to my attention, the basic attention token, quite an interesting play, with a browser and a blockchain. Makes sense, but what will the advertisers think? Rollout soon. They describe, more at the link…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Caught Off the Coast of Ireland
It's rare: Fishermen caught a 19-foot-long giant squid off the coast of Ireland on Monday, only the fifth to be seen there since 1673. Also the first in 22 years. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Podcast: Amazon v Traditional Retail
Podcast from Knowledge@Wharton:
Why Amazon Is Leaving Legacy Retailers in the Dust?
Wharton's Barbara Kahn and Columbia's Mark A. Cohen discuss what's behind Amazon's continuing success.
What is the secret to the unparalleled success…
From Schneier on Security
NSA Abandons "About" Searches
Earlier this month, the NSA said that it would no longer conduct "about" searches of bulk communications data. This was the practice of collecting the communications of Americans based on keywords and phrases in the contents…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (May 18th, 2017)
Google has announced at its annual conference (I/O 2017) that it has computing pods capable of 11.5 petaflops. They are made of 64 customized TPU (processors specialized for deep learning/AI), each generate 180 teraflops. ItContinue…
From insideHPC
A Recap of the 2017 OpenFabrics Workshop
The 13th Annual OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Workshop wrapped at the end of March with a look toward the future. The annual gathering, held this year in Austin, Texas, was devoted to advancing cutting edge networking technology…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Senior Scientific App Engineer at Ohio State
The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) seeks a Senior Scientific Applications Engineer to support the overall mission of the group and in particular to contribute to the overall mission of the Center with a focus on application
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From insideHPC
ISC 2017 Workshop Preview: Optimizing Linux Containers for HPC & Big Data Workloads
Christian Kniep is hosting a half-day Linux Container Workshop on Optimizing IT Infrastructure and High-Performance Workloads on June 23 in Frankfurt. "Docker as the dominant flavor of Linux Container continues to gain momentum…
From insideHPC
Announcing the Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award
The new ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing award will be presented every two years, with the first presentation in November during SC17. "The obvious benefit is the recognition and exposure that can come
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From insideHPC
Liqid Showcases Composable Infrastructure for GPUs at GTC 2017
In this video from GTC 2017, from Liqid describe the company's innovative composable infrastructure technology for servers and GPUs. "The Liqid Composable Infrastructure (CI) Platform is the first solution to support GPUs as
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From Schneier on Security
WannaCry Ransomware
Criminals go where the money is, and cybercriminals are no exception. And right now, the money is in ransomware. ' It's a simple scam. Encrypt the victim's hard drive, then extract a fee to decrypt it. The scammers can't charge…
From insideHPC
A Seat at the Table – The Value of Women in High-Performance Computing
It’s fair to say that women continue to be underrepresented in STEM, but the question is whether there is a systemic bias making it difficult for women to join and succeed in tech industries, or has the tech industry failed to…
From Schneier on Security
Human Rights Watch Needs an Information Security Director
I'm sure it pays less than the industry average, and the stakes are much higher than the average. But if you want to be a Director of Information Security that makes a difference, Human Rights Watch is hiring....