Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2016
From insideHPC
Chris Johnson Presents: Big Data Visual Analysis
"We live in an era in which the creation of new data is growing exponentially such that every two days we create as much new data as we did from the beginning of mankind until the year 2003. One of the greatest scientific challenges…
From insideHPC
ISC 2016 Attendee Guide is a Great Resource for Frankfurt
Are you coming to ISC 2016? There's a new helpful Attendee Guide available that includes information on getting there, agenda planning tools, an attendee list, and most everything else you might need to get the most out of your…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities
Announcing - AI / Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities - at University of Madrid" .... I am pleased to announce the AI / Deep Learning Lab for Future Cities - at University of Madrid .... We welcome call for Papers - please email…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Buildings Generate Data
In Siliconangle: Every smart building should generate data. From its processes, systems and devices. That data should then be converted by analytic methods. Then communicate with the people and 'things' we need to work…
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Advanced Beginners Guide to R
Nicely done. So you’ve gone through the Computerworld Beginner’s Guide to R and want to take some next steps in your R journey? In this advanced beginner’s guide, you’ll learn data wrangling, best packages to use for different…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accenture AI Consulting by Amelia
Interesting that Accenture openly uses the term AI.Amelia Practice to Help Organizations Accelerate Adoption of Artificial IntelligenceAccenture and IPsoft Launch Accenture Amelia Practice to Help Organizations Accelerate Adoption…
From Phys.org Technology News
Math. Science. Recess. Minecraft? Twitch club brings gaming to school
Seventh-grader Brayden Foxhoven hurries to finish his chicken fingers. He has bases to capture. Gems to collect. Viewers to entertain.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Yesterday’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) co-sponsored public workshop on Artificial Intelligence…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Papers and Participation at Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2016)
We would like to bring your attention to a special session on Intelligent Cooperative Driving, and Autonomous Connected Vehicles (ICD & ACV 2016), as part of the 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and…
From Schneier on Security
Inherent Bias in Recidivism Algorithm
Really good investigative reporting on the automatic algorithms used to predict recidivism rates....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Based AI Skills
A look at some additional cloud based AI skills beyond Echo, Siri and Cortana Not all are available today, notably long expected Samsung's Otto home control and camera system. I was offered an early beta of that example,…
From Phys.org Technology News
Few insurers cut rates for new electronic safety devices
After hearing good things about the latest in crash-prevention technologies, you decided to add automatic emergency braking to your new car.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Conversational Advertising
More on conversational Advertising, today in AdAge. This could be the first time that ads truly become a 'conversation'. See my other posts on previous experience and findings in this space. How does this relate to BotsWhat…
From insideHPC
Marc Snir Presents: Exascale Computing and Beyond
"The US, like the EU and other countries, is engaged in a national initiative that aims to deploy exascale computing platforms early in the next decade. The outlines of such platforms are starting to emerge. We shall survey, …
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Inception Program Offers Tools for Deep Learning
Today NVIDIA unveiled a comprehensive global program to support the innovation and growth of startups that are driving new breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and data science. "The NVIDIA Inception Program provides unique…
From Phys.org Technology News
Dissertation finds more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes
A final-year student at the University of Dundee has used his dissertation to find more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes.
From insideHPC
Gartner Positions SGI in “Visionaries” Quadrant for Modular Servers
SGI has been positioned by Gartner in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the May 2016 Magic Quadrant for Modular Servers. "Visionaries have an ambitious vision of the future and are making significant investments in the development…
From Schneier on Security
Long Article on Snowden's Attempts to Raise His Concerns Inside the NSA
Lots of details that demonstrate that Snowden did try to raise his concerns internally before going public, and that the NSA lied about this....
From insideHPC
Call for Participation: Women in IT Networking at SC16
"The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program was developed as a means for addressing the prevalent gender gap that exists in Information Technology particularly in the fields of network engineering and high performance computing…
From insideHPC
Building Bridges to the Future
"The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center recently added Bridges to its lineup of world-class supercomputers. Bridges is designed for uniquely flexible, interoperating capabilities to empower research communities that previously …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Helping Drones Fly Indoors
From Augmented Pixels, a ompany I have had some conversations with, with a touch of space modeling? Another Tango?
From Schneier on Security
Another Side-Channel Attack on PC Encryption
New paper: "Physical Key Extraction Attacks on PCs," by Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman, Adi Shamir, and Eran Tromer. They recover keys acoustically, from the high-frequency "coil whine" from the circuits, from a…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Ads and the Retail Consumer
Some early comments in RetailWire with discussion about Watson Ads by retail oriented tech practitioners. See my previous link on this, will be closely watching progress.Will shoppers want to interact with AI ads?The Weather…
From insideHPC
SGI Sets New SPEC OMP World Record with Intel Xeon E7 V4
Over at SGI, Gabriel Broner writes that the company's big memory SGI UV 300 and SGI UV 30EX servers are now available with the Intel Xeon processor E7-8800 v4 and E7-4800 v4 product families. Using the new processors enabled …
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Trusting Robots
IEEE Special report on the topic of trusting robotics, or really any form of semi autonomous systems ..." .... In the not-so-distant future, we will begin entrusting to robotic systems such vital tasks as driving a car, performing…
From insideHPC
IDC to Host a Pair of Special Events at ISC 2016
IDC will hold a pair of simultaneous events on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30am - 10:00am at ISC 2016 in Frankfurt. "IDC cordially invites you and other HPC community members to attend our annual HPC market update breakfast briefing…
From insideHPC
Bright Cluster Manager Comes to GPUltima from One Stop Systems
Today One Stop Systems announced that its the GPUltima product line now employs Bright Computing's HPC Cluster Manager software. Bright Computing is a provider of comprehensive software solutions for provisioning and managing…
From insideHPC
See What’s New from Intel at ISC 2016
New HPC products and technologies. Compelling demos. Insights from top Intel HPC architects. More than 60 presentations from Intel and industry experts. Additional details about Intel® Scalable System Framework. Intel will have…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Buzz Analytics
In McKinsey: By capturing and analyzing social-media conversations, companies can improve their offerings and margins.
From insideHPC
Dell Builds 1 Petaflop Lengau Supercomputer for CHPC in South Africa
"Dell is proud to collaborate with South Africa’s CSIR on the delivery of the fastest HPC system in Africa. The Lengau system will provide access and open doors to help drive new research, new innovations and new national economic…