Communications of the ACM
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June 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable for Plants
Completely new to me, but have done some work in agri, seems a good directiion.
ACM TECHNEWS
Wearable Technology for Plants By American Chemical Society, May 12, 2022
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor for plant leaves…From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdfunding a War
ACM NEWS
Crowdfunding a War: How Online Appeals Are Bringing Weapons to Ukraine By The New York Times, May 11, 2022
A Ukrainian drone operator demonstrates a modified racing drone in a workshop in western Ukraine that is providing…From The Eponymous Pickle
Embracing a Day-One Machine Learning Mindset
Community
Embracing an ML-first mindset helps startups accelerate time-to-market and build long-term competitiveness
Allie K. Miller, AWS, @alliekmiller in Venturebeat
Of the many fascinating insights I get from working with successful…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Women In Theory
I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields—it’s very refreshing. There are lots of tools, and you don’t know which one would work—Maryam Mirzakhani. Shafi Goldwasser is the director of the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Street View Turns 15
Always been a big fan, a way to record the whole earth! And always expanding in new ways. And Free. Very impressive Google. I am also struck about how Google maps, with street view can be used to step back in time. 220…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Walmart Expands Drone-Delivery Service to Reach 4 Million Households
WalMart seems to be taking Drone Delivery Very Seriously
Walmart Expands Drone-Delivery Service to Reach 4 Million Households By CNBC
Walmart is expanding its partnership with DroneUp to make drone deliveries available in six…From The Eponymous Pickle
Trustworthy AI
Press Release
Fraunhofer at the Hannover Messe 2022
Artificial intelligence – but please be trustworthy!
Research News / May 02, 2022
To date, entrepreneurs have not put a lot of trust in artificial intelligence – many processesCompanies…From BLOG@CACM
Enterprise Metrics and Optimization
Metrics are critical; without them, you are flying blind. But be careful what you try to optimize, because you might just get it.
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey Acquires Caserta for Data Strategy
Good to have a strategy for data acquisition and use. Caserta was unknown to me,
McKinsey acquires Caserta, a pioneer in data architecture and engineering June 1, 2022
McKinsey’s acquisition of Caserta is our latest move to…From The Eponymous Pickle
An Evolution of Apps
Doe not cover the related technology well enough, but makes us think about it related ideas
The App-olution: How apps have evolved over the years and where we see them going
Ayesha Borker -May 8, 2022 in CustomerThink
A lot has…From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Computer Available
Advanced quantum computer made available to the public for first time
A computer capable of achieving quantum advantage – a demonstration of supremacy over conventional machines – is the first that anyone can use over the internet…From Putting People First
Qualitative humanities research is crucial to AI
“All research is qualitative; some is also quantitative”
Harvard Social Scientist and Statistician Gary King
From Putting People First
Global Happiness and Well-being Policy Report
In the three years since the last Global Happiness and Well-Being Policy Report, governments have faced a cascade of challenges to the well-being of their populations.
From Putting People First
The search engine for UX research
The people behind Research Bookmark, a vast online collection of UX research resources, have - after months of researching and experimenting - released a search engine built just for UX Researchers.
From insideHPC
AMD Expands HPC Fund to Aid Researchers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — June 1, 2022 — AMD today announced the expansion of its High Performance Compute (HPC) Fund with the addition of 7 petaflops of computing power to assist global researchers working to solve the most demanding…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Observability
Was un aware of the broad topic, but can see the value. Was also unaware of the company: Monte Carlo. Data Quality is something we always considered. Much more in the piece.
Monte Carlo Raises $135 Million to Grow Data Observability…From BLOG@CACM
The Other von Neumann
Was Klára Dán von Neumann the first person to write modern computer code?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tool Helps Spot Killer Asteroids
Quite interesting, ultimately this is a big issue, a very big one. The improvements on detection have been considerable in recent years. Stopping is a different thing.
Tool Helps Spot Killer Asteroids
The New York Times
Kenneth…From The Eponymous Pickle
Distinguish AI Hype from Reality
Very Useful thoughts, but is it enough?
Distinguishing AI Hype From Reality in SecOps
AI and ML are important SecOps tools, but human involvement is still required.
Nash Borges, VP of Engineering and Data Science, Secureworks,Artificial…From The Eponymous Pickle
On Client Over-Servicing
Remember seeing a few examples of this, which led to some changes in expectations that were counter-productive. Never heard this completely covered:
The Problem of Client Over-Servicing: What is it And How to Stop The Cycle
…From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Behavior on the Road with AI
Ultimately work in this direction will be very important in manging driverless.
Predicting Others' Behavior on the Road With Artificial Intelligence
By MIT News. May 9, 2022
Humans may be one of the biggest roadblocks to fullyIf…From BLOG@CACM
Turing's Influence on Computer Construction is Overestimated
How great was Turing's influence on early British automatic computers? Opinions differ considerably.
From BLOG@CACM
InnovateFPGA: Wrong Strategy Drives One of the Best FPGA Development Contests into Crisis
In my opinion, the main problem of the InnovateFPGA contest is the lack of a permanent team to lead.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Hybrid Right
Irving Wldawsky-Berger looks at return to the office trends and outcomes, as usual lots of links to studies done, the click through is worth it.
The 2022 Work Trend Index: How to Get Hybrid Right
“The people returning to the office…From The Eponymous Pickle
Clearview Facial Recognition for Schools
But they could be used to detect who is approaching/entering a school and flag potential threats. Current errors in their operation can be improved.
ACM TECHNEWS
Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming to Apps, Schools…From insideHPC
Quantum Delta NL Appoints Scientist Philippe Bouyer
June 1, 2022 — Quantum Delta NL announced today the appointment of French scientist Philippe Bouyer as coordinator of its Third Catalyst (KAT 3) programme: Quantum Sensing Applications. In it, the University of Amsterdam (UvA)…
From Putting People First
Peter Merholz speaking in Torino
Peter Merholz will be speaking in Torino (Turin, Italy) on Wednesday 8 June. The 9am morning talk will take place in the courtyard of the Circle of Design.