Communications of the ACM
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May 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
A New Language Interface for Object Detection
A New Language Interface for Object Detection
Pix2Seq: A New Language Interface for Object Detection in the Google AI Blog
Friday, April 22, 2022
Posted by Ting Chen and David Fleet, Research Scientists, Google Research, Brain…From Putting People First
[Book] Behavioral Insights
![[Book] Behavioral Insights](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
The definitive introduction to the behavioral insights approach, which applies evidence about human behavior to practical problems.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simpler Desalinization for Disaster
Did a survey of desalinization methods in college. Likely best for disaster relief.
A PORTABLE DESALINATION SYSTEM MAKES WATER POTABLE—WITHOUT A FILTER
By Payal Dhar (Freelance Blogger)
MIT researchers have developed a prototype…From insideHPC
HPE to Build HPC and AI Systems Factory in Czech Republic
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced plans to build its first factory in Europe for high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The company said the dedicated HPC factory, the …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Has a Built-in System to Keep Unwanted Memories Out
Potential applications?
The Brain Has a Built-in System to Keep Unwanted Memories Out, Study Finds
By Shelly Fan in SiggularityHub
We all have memories we’d rather forget. Yet too often they bubble up into our consciousness. That…From BLOG@CACM
5 Often Overlooked Coding Mistakes New Web Developers Need to Avoid
Avoiding these common, easily preventable blunders will help you maximize success in your career journey.
From insideHPC
TSMC, Samsung to Hike Chip Prices
The HPC sector – in which systems utilize hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of chips – is chip-price sensitive. Now comes news that two of the world’s most advanced chip manufacturers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Poisoning in AI
Out of O'Reilly, had never heard of it, but can understand it happening:
O'Reilly Infrastructure and Ops Newsletter: "...The next cybersecurity crisis: Poisoned AI was inevitable that AI and cybersecurity would collide in ways…From The Eponymous Pickle
No Known Flaws in NIST Quantum Resistant Algorithms
Been re-involved in a quantum encryption effort, the below is from Schneier, has further comments, more at the link with some useful concerns about related flaws.
The NSA Says that There are No Known Flaws in NIST’s Quantum-Resistant…From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive T-slot Sensor concept
Thinking this .... Cognitive slot ....smart notch ... If you go, give us a report. I will report it
Cognitive T-slot sensor concept: Increasing forming machine efficiency with cognitive transformation of industrial processes
…From The Eponymous Pickle
Federated Learning and Privacy
Definitions of the terms and much more...
Federated Learning and Privacy
By Kallista Bonawitz, Peter Kairouz, Brendan Mcmahan, Daniel Ramage
Communications of the ACM, April 2022, Vol. 65 No. 4, Pages 90-97 10.1145/3500240
Machine…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon AWS Podcast
Following some useful information from Amazon:
Emily Freeman
Emily Freeman is a technologist and a storyteller who helps engineering teams improve their velocity. As the author of DevOps for Dummies and the co-curator of 97 Things…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Bartenders
Classic problem: the robot bartender
Robot Bartender Won't Flirt with Your Date, but You Still Have to Tip
By Hastings Tribune, May 16, 2022
Customers order their drinks on a tablet, customizing numbers of shots, levels of mixers…From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project’s Doug Kothe to Be Named Oak Ridge Associate Lab Director
Last month, we reported on management changes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP), including the upcoming retirement of Jeff Nichols, associate director of the lab
…
From insideHPC
EV Company REE Announces Progress Toward Commercial Robotic Production Capabilities
NUNEATON, UK, May 16, 2022 – REE Automotive Ltd. (NASDAQ: REE), an automotive technology company and provider of electric vehicle (EV) platforms, announced today progress towards commercial production, having proven its robotic…
From insideHPC
Classiq Announces Investment from HSBC, NTT Finance, Neva SGR (Intesa Sanpaolo Group)
TEL AVIV – May 16, 2022 – Quantum software company Classiq today announced the participation of three companies – HSBC, NTT Finance, and Intesa Sanpaolo – in the second closing of its Series B funding. This comes on the heels…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flute: Scalable Federated Learning Simulation
New to me, of interest. Considering use.
FLUTE: A scalable federated learning simulation platform From Microsoft Labs
Published May 16, 2022
By Dimitrios Dimitriadis , Principal Researcher Mirian Hipolito Garcia , ResearchFederated…From The Eponymous Pickle
How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
Useful thought about science progress, relate it to measurements
Physicists Pin Down How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
By Ben Brubaker Contributing Writer in Quante magazine
Throwing out data seems to make measurements…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ransomware Goes Deeper into Government
Ransomware Rampant
Ransomware gang threatens to overthrow Costa Rica government
Ransomware gang threatens to overthrow Costa Rica governmentA ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has upped…From insideHPC
DOE CSGF Names 33 Graduate Fellows
Ames, Iowa — May 16, 2022 — The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) will receive 33 new graduate students for 2022-23 — the program’s largest class on record. The new fellows will attend …
From insideHPC
Argonne to Host ‘Future of Computing’ May 18
May 16, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will host a panel to discuss new paradigms in computing Wednesday, May 18, 10-11:30 a.m. Central Time. Argonne said the event is expected to draw…
From insideHPC
WEKA’s Zvibel on Streamlining the Data Pipeline that Fuels AI/ML
This exclusive Q&A interview was conducted by Nages Sieslack of the ISC 2022 conference organization, with Liran Zvibel, co-founder and CEO of WEKA, which offers a data platform built for I/O-intensive workloads and latency-sensitive…
From BLOG@CACM
Can You Please Explain More Obscurely?
On the appropriate style for technical writing.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting the Next Big Company in Tech
Loosely involved in such a move, what can best drive to succeed? Here some thoughts
Predicting the next big company in tech in Venturebeat
The past 40 years in tech have been more dynamic and innovative than any other 40 years…From insideHPC
System Design Decisions to Achieve Faster Results in Drug Discovery
In this sponsored post, Silicon Mechanics discusses that when it comes to drug discovery, research is everything. The ability to accelerate research can make or break a business and, of course, save lives. However, key design…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Take Wing
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data—Sherlock Holmes Jeannette Wing is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. She was recently appointed Executive VP for Research across all of Columbia’s campuses…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boutique Search Again
Reminds me of the early days of search and things we set up for specialty use. Especially healthcare based, but could be related to any domain. Curated web and supporting search engines. Recall setting up a search engine…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
BINGO Inspired Projects
My son’s school, he’s principal of an elementary school, had a Bingo themed fundraiser yesterday. I can’t help but think about how things are done with any event like this. My first thought was about the Bingo cards themselves…
From Computational Complexity
Is Kamala Harris our first female PREZ? No. Do I have a theorem named after me. No. But in both cases...
On Nov 19, 2021 Joe Biden got a colonoscopy and hence the 25th amendment was used to make Kamala Harris the president temporarily (this source: here says 85 minutes, though I thought I heard a few hours from other sources).
Does…From The Eponymous Pickle
Its Not Eureka
Isaac Asimov once wrote; "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka'' (I found it!) but 'That's Funny' ... ' ". .... Understanding that quote is a real key to innovative…