Communications of the ACM
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June 2018
From insideHPC
GridGain In-Memory Computing Platform Delivers Speed and Scalability
The GridGain In-Memory computing platform works to deliver speed and scalability for your large data needs. The platform is built on the Apache Ignite open source project. Download the new white paper today, "Introducing the
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Wireless System Can Power Devices inside the Body
With personal applications:
Wireless system can power devices inside the body
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
MIT researchers,
The…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Computing Approaching
Was involved in scoping early uses, are we now approaching next phase? Good thoughts on this:
Why Quantum Computing Should Be on Your Radar Now By Lisa Morgan, in InformationWeek
Boston Computer Group and Forrester are advising…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Upcoming CSIG Talk: Predictor for Architecture Searches
June 7, 2018 10:30 AM EDT
TAPAS: Train-less accuracy predictor for architecture searches
Zoom meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/7371462221
Slides and Recording will be placed here: http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly…
From Schneier on Security
E-Mail Vulnerabilities and Disclosure
Last week, researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in a large number of encrypted email clients: specifically, those that use OpenPGP and S/MIME, including Thunderbird and AppleMail. These are serious vulnerabilities: An attacker…
From The Eponymous Pickle
DNA Data Privacy Implications
Recent solution of crimes using cached DNA samples and analyses and storage brings up the security and privacy issues in giving away this 'data'. Especially as new analysis and ancestry linkage methods emerge. This article is…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Bill Magro on Intel Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling
In this Chip Chat Podcast, Dr. Bill Magro describes Intel Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling. "In this interview, Dr. Magro discusses the evolution of HPC and how HPC's scope has grown to incorporate workloads like AI…
From insideHPC
Inside the Volta GPU Architecture and CUDA 9
"This presentation will give an overview about the new NVIDIA Volta GPU architecture and the latest CUDA 9 release. The NVIDIA Volta architecture powers the worlds most advanced data center GPU for AI, HPC, and Graphics. Volta…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Everyday Products
In MIT News, some interesting directions, good view of whats happening in academia linked to practical applications.
Revolutionizing everyday products with artificial intelligence
Mechanical engineering researchers are using AI…
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Outflank the Competition with Analytics
Brought to my attention:
How to Outflank the Competition with Analytics from iiAnalytics Blog By Thomas H. Davenport
CIOs can help drive business value by following the lead of high-performing companies that use advanced analytical…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Homekit Adds a Button
Been pointing out that buttons are being added to smart home applications. With some similarities to the Dash Button that I have had in my smart home since its beginning. Now Apple Homekit has this kind of ability as well.…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (June 2nd, 2018)
Human hearts do not regenerate. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in occident. Japanese doctors will graft sheets of tissue derived from reprogrammed stem cells in the hope of healing diseased human hearts…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Combines Texting, Shopping with Jetblack
Note the interesting inclusion of AI to develop intelligence about what to recommend. The resulting knowledge base could provide a starting point to better understand consumer shopping patterns and trends. Journeys as well…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hands Free Coding Assistance
Like examples where hands-free produces a new and better channel towards a result. What are they in business? Does this work in this case?
Amazon's Virtual Assistant Becomes a Personal Assistant to Software Developers University…
From insideHPC
Video: NVMe Takes It All, SCSI Has To Fall
Alexander Ruebensaal from ABC Systems AG gave this talk at the Swiss HPC Conference in Lugano. "NVMe has beome the main focus of storage developments when it comes to latency, bandwidth, IOPS. There is already a broad range of…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Research Engineer – Systems Architecture Lab at HPE
HPE is seeking a Research Engineer for their Systems Architecture Lab in our Job of the Week. "The System Architecture Laboratory at Hewlett Packard Labs has an immediate opening for a Research Scientist position with a background…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Effective Location Awareness
Location task is distributed here.
Researchers Devise More Effective Location Awareness for the Internet-of-(many)-Things By Tufts Now
Tufts University researchers have developed an enhanced algorithm for localizing and tracking…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mckinsey: AI, Automation, Future of Work
AI, automation, and the future of work: Ten things to solve for in McKinsey Insights
As machines increasingly complement human labor in the workplace, we will all need to adjust to reap the benefits. .... "
" ... As machines increasingly…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa Discovers Relevant Skills
An interesting claim, that Alexa will discover the right needed skill for you. And you will not need to use Alexa-Speak. Ultimately an essence of conversations, convert them into relevant context to get results. Also an aspect…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning vs Statistical Modeling
Good thoughts here, its not always best to follow the hype. Fairly technical, useful.
Road Map for Choosing Between Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning by FHarrell
It is often good to let the data speak. But you must
Whether…
From Apophenia
The case for quarantining extremist ideas
(Joan Donovan and I wrote the following op-ed for The Guardian.) When confronted with white supremacists, newspaper editors should consider ‘strategic silence’ ‘The KKK of the 1920s considered media coverage their most effective…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Berners-Lee on Past and Future of the Web
Agree, if only for the construction of the Wikipedia, it would have been worth inventing and Building the Web. When we experimented with early hypertext knowledge storage ideas we started to see the value emerge, but had no…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Do Cephalopods Contain Alien DNA?
Maybe not DNA, but biological somethings. "Cause of Cambrian explosion -- Terrestrial or Cosmic?": Abstract: We review the salient evidence consistent with or predicted by the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe (H-W) thesis of Cometary (Cosmic)…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Almost Fermat Primes
A possible source of interesting primes Study.com source Pierre de Fermat was fluent in six languages. Yes I thought we would talk about Fermat today. Something I did not know about him is: he was fluent in French, Latin, Greek…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Learning Webinar- Socially Assistive Robotics
Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Maja Matarić, Chaired Professor and Vice Dean for Research at the University of Southern California will be giving the next free ACM Learning Webinar on “Socially Assistive…
From Computational Complexity
BQP not in the Polynomial-Time Hierarchy in Relativized Worlds
The quantum complexity world is a rocking with the paper released yesterday by Ran Raz and Avishay Tal, Oracle Separation of BQP and PH, resolving a question open since quantum complexity got its start over two decades ago. Scott…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advances in Footstep Recognition
Not new, but the accuracy is better defined. Likely can be linked with other biometrics.
AI Footstep Recognition System Could Be Used for Airport Security By University of Manchester
The University of Manchester in the U.K.
The…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa will Now Remember Things
Every conversation assumes we can remember some context, both from the current conversation and previous ones. And the context of domain knowledge. So remembering is fundamentally a good idea, especially if later this remembered…
From Schneier on Security
Damaging Hard Drives with an Ultrasonic Attack
Playing a sound over the speakers can cause computers to crash and possibly even physically damage the hard drive. Academic paper....
From insideHPC
Opin Kerfi and UberCloud team up for Engineering Software as a Service
Today Opin Kerfi in Iceland announced a partnership with The Ubercloud to enable customers to gain instant access to world-leading engineering simulation capabilities through Software as a Service. "This partnership and portfolio…