Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2015
From Wild WebMink
On Equality
Extract from an imaginary equality policy: The only life experience any of us can truly know is ourself. We perceive others as objects outside ourselves, so it’s easy to forget that we are all different selves, that we each experience…
From insideHPC
Video: Parallel Algorithms Reconsidered
"Parallel algorithms have been a subject of intensive algorithmic research in the 1980s. This research almost died out in the mid 1990s. In this paper we argue that it is high time to reconsider this subject since a lot of things…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fraud Detection with Graph Analytics
In Analytic Bridge: A quick look at the value of graph analytics for fraud detection and analysis in retail.
From insideHPC
Announcing the SimScale for Startups Program
Entrepreneurs got a potential boost this week with the announcement of the SimScale for Startups Program. Described as a way for startup companies to develop their products better, faster and cheaper, the program provides an …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Feeling Virtual Reality
In TechDirt: An area we examined to communicate feelings like 'softness' to consumers. This is a Kickstarter thing, don't know how well it works, but worth an examination." ... True virtual reality — the kind we've been envisioning…
From CERIAS Blog
Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Attack on Encryption
Preface
by Spaf Chair, ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM)†
About 20 years ago, there was a heated debate in the US about giving the government mandatory access to encrypted content via mandatory key escrow. The FBI and other…From CERIAS Blog
Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Attack on Encryption
Preface
by Spaf Chair, ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM)
About 20 years ago, there was a heated debate in the US about giving the government mandatory access to encrypted content via mandatory key escrow. The FBI and other…From CERIAS Blog
Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Attack on Encryption
Preface
by Spaf Chair, ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM)†
About 20 years ago, there was a heated debate in the US about giving the government mandatory access to encrypted content via mandatory key escrow. The FBI and other…From CERIAS Blog
Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Attack on Encryption
Preface
by Spaf Chair, ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM)†
About 20 years ago, there was a heated debate in the US about giving the government mandatory access to encrypted content via mandatory key escrow. The FBI and other…From Putting People First
Europe’s White Working Class Communities: A Report on Six EU Cities
Europe’s White Working Class Communities, a research series published by the Open Society Foundations, documents the experiences of “white” communities in six cities across Europe. Each report focuses on a specific district or…
From The Eponymous Pickle
It's the Numbers and the Process
In the NYT times today. It's not just how many numbers you gather, it's making sure you gather the right numbers. All models include and exclude context measures. Which means, that you need to understand the process you are…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Machine Learning e-Books
Another set of online resources. Here free machine learning e books. The world continues to change in ready access to technical knowledge.
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC Systems Project Manager at LSU
Louisiana State University is seeking an HPC Systems Project Manager in our Job of the Week.
The post Job of the Week: HPC Systems Project Manager at LSU appeared first on insideHPC.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data Winning at the Casinos
In Forbes: Still think there is real connection between the analytics of casinos and retail. We explored. Simulation in particular is a direct application. We talked this to Harrah's. See the casino tag link below." ...…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Lore
Legends of giant squid go back centuries: In his book "The Search for the Giant Squid" marine biologist Richard Ellis notes that "There is probably no apparition more terrifying than a gigantic, saucer-eyed creature of the depths…
From The Eponymous Pickle
State of Self Checkout
In Progressive Grocer: It is a journey that has been progressing for more than 15 years. Still controversial the article says. Some retailers have removed the systems. Was an early look at how the average person interacted…
From Schneier on Security
US Identifies and Destroys ISIS Headquarters Because of "Selfie"
The news media is buzzing about how the US military identified the location of an ISIS HQ because someone there took a photo and posted it. Quoting Air Force General Hawk Carlisle, head of Air Combat Command: "The guys that were…
From insideHPC
Intelligent Light Scales CFD Code to 64,000 Cores
Today Intelligent Light announced breakthrough CFD scalability running the AVF-Leslie combustion simulation code on up to 64,000 cores on NERSC supercomputers.
The post Intelligent Light Scales CFD Code to 64,000 Cores appeared…From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes for Friday, June 5, 2015
While we're always on the lookout for HPC news, not everything makes it to the front page. In notable items from this week, MPI 3.1 is out, India launches a new weather forecasting supercomputer, and Baidu is banned from an image…
From insideHPC
Simulating Geomagnetic Storm Effects on Power Grids
"Using Blue Waters, we are for the first time running highly detailed, global simulations of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide under the effect of a geomagnetic storm. Disturbed ionospheric currents are modeled in a three-dimensional…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Myth of Jobless AI Future
In Forbes: Good piece with a look at the history of jobs and technology. This was similarly written about in the late 80s. Jobs will continue to evolve radically.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
And A Light Bulb Lights Up
Several people today linked to Tickle. Now I have heard about Tickle before. I even have it listed in my blog post about Programming With Blocks. But today I looked at it again and among the listed supported devices in the Philips…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thoughts about the Essence of Flow
In InfoQ: A concept we worked with in the world of supply chain, but now it is useful in many more domains. Well presented. It is summarized: " ... In this article I have talked about that all processes are constrained by…
From Schneier on Security
NSA Running a Massive IDS on the Internet Backbone
The latest story from the Snowden documents, co-published by The New York Times and ProPublica, shows that the NSA is operating a signature-based intrusion detection system on the Internet backbone: In mid-2012, Justice Department…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Computing MOOC
Via Jim Spohrer. Looks to cover considerable depth.Learn about Cognitive Computing in your spare timeIBM MOOC titled "Cognitive Computing -- Question Answering Technologies behind IBM Watson" We have designed a massive openThis…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Warehousing v. Big Data
Good points. By Martyn Jones. I heard a manager recently say they had switched from an emphasis on Data Warehousing to Big Data. But they are not the same thing. Warehousing is architecture and organizing for purpose. It…
From insideHPC
Video: David Keyes on the PASC15 Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing
In this video, Torsten Hoefler from ETH Zurich interviews David Keyes from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology about the PASC15 Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference. Keyes discusses his favorite…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopping Cart Invented Today
Have done lots of experimental work with the humble cart/buggy/trolley. Was also invented at the Piggly-Wiggly chain that claims to be the first modern process grocery store. (You walk around and make selections) Was invented…
From insideHPC
UK Hartree Center Partners with IBM on Big Data
Today the UK government announced a £313 million partnership with information technology leader IBM to boost Big Data research in the UK.
The post UK Hartree Center Partners with IBM on Big Data appeared first on insideHPC.
…From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailers and Gamification
A number of interesting Gamification examples in RetailWire. " ... As any adult who has downloaded Candy Crush or Angry Birds can attest, gaming isn't just for kids anymore. As many retailers can tell you, gamification strategies…