Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
May 2018
From insideHPC
Video: Quantum Computing and Quantum Supremacy at Google
John Martinis from Google presents: Quantum Computing and Quantum Supremacy. "The goal of the Google Quantum AI lab is to build a quantum computer that can be used to solve real-world problems. Our strategy is to explore near…
From insideHPC
Unversity of Cambridge Receives £10 million in funding for new AI supercomputer
The UK’s fastest academic supercomputer, based at the University of Cambridge, will be made available to artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies from across the UK, in support of the government’s industrial strategy…
From The Noisy Channel
Question Answering
When we talk about search, we have traditionally thought in terms of search results being documents or products. Searchers, however, increasingly think of search engines as question answering engines.
Many searchers expect toWhat…From Schneier on Security
IoT Inspector Tool from Princeton
Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector, a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across the Internet. They've already used the tool to study a bunch…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cancer Algorithm and Game Theory
New heath care approaches.
Cancer algorithm uses game theory to Double Survival time
Using algorithms to monitor cancer evolution and apply game theory to their treatment has doubled the survival time of men with advanced prostate…