Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2019
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fornite Gaming Powers Business Technology
We examined examples of game engines for analytic applications early on. Now seeing the addition of VR and other immersion techniques. Management still needs some help understanding this. Best way is to start with currently…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Police Ask for Registration of Doorbell Cameras
Been intrigued by components of the smart home that can collaborate with a neighborhood for security. Been following the ring Doorbell capabilities in this space for several years. With an aim to create a 'smart neighborhood'…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use Your Phone as an ID
Make sense to use an encrypted means to identify oneself with a phone.
Germans can soon use their iPhones as virtual ID cards
iOS 13's expanded NFC support will make it possible.
By Jon Fingas, @jonfingas .... in Engadget
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Science Behind Top Machine Learning Tools
KDNuggets examines top data science machine learning tools. With considerable data visualizations at the link.
Tags: Anaconda, Apache Spark, Big Data Software, Deep Learning, Excel, Keras, Poll, Python, R, RapidMiner, scikit-learn…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Penser Analytics
Just saw some demonstrations from Penser Analytics. Nicely done. Now integrating AI capabilities. More to follow.
Penser Analytics
Sherlock is the only analytics platform that meets the needs of business and IT. It empowers
A…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Airbus Tests Hololens
An example of the use of Hololens and VR/Mixed Reality for advanced manufacturing systems. Most obvious space for this, which we tested .... integrating large quantities of background information such as blueprints and online…
From The Eponymous Pickle
In-Doors BluetoothTracking
I note that my bluetooth on IOS is now default on. Beacons are not new, just their broad use of data acquisition. You are being watched.
In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move
As you shop, “beacons” are watching…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 12 – CS Research and Government Affairs with Peter Harsha
A new episode of the Catalyzing Computing podcast is now available. In this episode, Khari Douglas continues his interview with Peter Harsha, the Director of Government Affairs for the Computing Research Association (CRA), to…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What should we do with “legacy” Java 8 applications?
Java is a mature programming language. It was improved over many successive versions. Mostly, new Java versions did not break your code. Thus Java was a great, reliable platform. For some reason, the Oracle engineers decidedContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Mind with AI
The most important direction is the ability to enhance our own capabilities. Discussion in The Edge.
How AI Technology Could Reshape the Human Mind and Create Alternate Synthetic Minds
A Conversation With Susan Schneider [1.28…
From insideHPC
Bright Computing Streamlines HPC Environment for NeSI and NIWA
Today Bright Computing announced that the company's cluster management software enables modernized HPC infrastructure for New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research…
From Schneier on Security
Data, Surveillance, and the AI Arms Race
According to foreign policy experts and the defense establishment, the United States is caught in an artificial intelligence arms race with China -- one with serious implications for national security. The conventional version…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Contraction and Explosion
Different ways of recursing on graphs Bletchley Park 2017 source William Tutte was a British combinatorialist and codebreaker. He worked in a different group at Bletchley Park from that of Alan Turing. He supplied several key…
From insideHPC
Video: Qumulo Steps Up with High Performance Parallel File System
In this slidecast, Molly Presley from Qumulo describes how the company's parallel file system delivers real time performance for a host of HPC and AI applications. "Qumulo’s solutions are available on its own branded storage
…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Radio Free HPC Runs Down the TOP500
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team reviews the new TOP500 list of most powerful supercomputers. "Not much changed in the TOP10 but a lot is changing further down the list. The overwhelming majority of the systems, 478 of…
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Brings CUDA to Arm for HPC
Today NVIDIA announced its support for Arm CPUs, providing the high performance computing industry a new path to build extremely energy-efficient, AI-enabled exascale supercomputers. "NVIDIA is making available to the Arm ecosystem…
From insideHPC
For the first time, all TOP500 Systems are Petaflop Machines
The latest TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers is out today, marking a major milestone in the 26-year history of the list. For the first time, all 500 systems deliver a petaflop or more on the Linpack benchmark.…
From insideHPC
ISC 2019 Opens Today with Keynote and Release of TOP500 List
ISC 2019 opens today in Frankfurt. A total of over 3,500 attendees are expected at this year’s show, now in its 34th year. "Running through Thursday this week, the conference kicks off at 9:00 am on Monday, June 17 with a keynote…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
In Honor of BASIC
I found an interesting article today New Hampshire installs first historical marker to honor computer programming The BASIC programming language was invented at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Today it gets a bad rap andThe…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Florida Allows Self-Driving Cars without Backups
Are we read for this yet?
Florida allows self-driving car tests without backup drivers
It's the latest state to court autonomous driving startups.
Jon Fingas, @jonfingas in Enagdget
Companies that want to test their self-driving
The…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple to Implement iPhone Crypto Wallet Payment, Blockchain?
Speculation it seems, but intriguing to get this into the broader consumer use space. Payment with Cryptocurrencies>
Apple may be prepping to turn your iPhone into a crypto wallet
Apple's CryptoKit is likely the first step in…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Implementing Manufacturing Analytics
Good thoughts to start with. Start simple and obvious. Does not have to be 'AI'. There is always fruit to be gathered.
Here’s How To Implement Manufacturing Analytics Today
Here's how to implement manufacturing analytics today…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Military Needs Explainable AI
Well we all need explainable methods, and this always means explainable in a context. Reminds me of the After Action Review .... AAR .... We used it to support our results and their outcome. And learning about the next…
From insideHPC
Video: Jack Wells from ORNL on his new role as VP of OpenACC.org
Today OpenACC.org announced a newly elected vice president reflecting increased user influence within the organization. Additionally, the organization announced its 2019 Annual Meeting will be hosted by RIKEN Center for Computational…
From insideHPC
Top 10 Things to Look Forward to at ISC 2019
In this special guest feature, Kim McMahon from Cloud Native Computing Foundation lists her favorite things coming up this week at ISC 2019 in Frankfurt. "For the third year, I am the chair of the Inclusivity Committee for the…
From insideHPC
Six Nines to Showcase AWS-Powered HPC at ISC 2019
AWS HPC partner Six Nines is showcasing its HPC solutions for AWS this week at ISC 2019 in Frankfurt. Based in Oakland, Six Nines offers a full range of expert-level cloud consulting services and solutions to accelerate cloud…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (June 15th 2019)
We know that naked mole rats are ageless mammals, in the sense that their mortality rate appear constant (not increasing with age). We believe that many sea creatures are similarly ageless. However, new research shows that sea…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning from Camera Feeds
Technically interesting. Learning by seeing, like we do.
Model-Based Reinforcement Learning from Pixels with Structured Latent Variable Models
By Marvin Zhang and Sharad Vikram in Bair
Imagine a robot trying to learn how to
…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Seeks to Redefine Itself
A somewhat mysterious report on the BBC, but what this new 'big' will mean is unclear. Breadth versus depth? Dangers of major regulatory push backs?
Amazon's next big thing may redefine big By Dave Lee in BBC Tech North
"I…
From The Eponymous Pickle
History and Current State of Teradata
Have encountered Teradata a number of times as it related to retail analyics. They turn 40 and encounter yet more competition. A considerable piece on their state and future.
Teradata Turns 40, Takes Off Gloves, Readies for…