Communications of the ACM
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June 2023
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI's Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails
AI's Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails
The New York Times
Tiffany Hsu; Steven Lee Myers, June 25, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI)-generated political campaign materials designed to stoke anxiety have spurred…From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA Engineers Help Create Virtual World of Data
Virtual vs Actual
NASA Engineers Help Create Virtual World of Data
NASA
Andrew Wagner, June 23, 2023
Engineers at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the California Institute…From Schneier on Security
Stalkerware Vendor Hacked
The stalkerware company LetMeSpy has been hacked:
TechCrunch reviewed the leaked data, which included years of victims’ call logs and text messages dating back to 2013.
The database we reviewed contained current records on at…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Uses Fake Raspberry to Practice Picking Fruit
Robot Uses Fake Raspberry to Practice Picking Fruit
By Popular Science, June 26, 2023
Lab equipment with the raspberry mockup.
A growing number of farmers are interested in using robots for time-intensive tasks such as harvesting…From The Eponymous Pickle
Researchers From Max Plank Propose MIME: A Generative AI Model that Takes 3D Human Motion Capture and Generates Plausible 3D Scenes that are Consistent with the Motion
Researchers From Max Plank Propose MIME: A Generative AI Model that Takes 3D Human Motion Capture and Generates Plausible 3D Scenes that are Consistent with the Motion
By Aneesh Tickoo- June 20, 2023 Markettechpost
https:/…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Saying Good-Bye to Communications Co-Chair Bettina Bair
Our ACM-W Communications Co-chair, Bettina Bair is stepping down this month. Newsletter Editor, Taneea Agrawaal, interviewed her by email to hear about her experience and plans for the future. TA: Thank you for your service as…
From insideHPC
DOE and Sweden Sign Agreement to Increase Scientific Cooperation
June 27, 2023 — The Department of Energy (DOE) today signed an implementation agreement with Sweden to further promote and facilitate basic science research in energy and related fields. The agreement aims to foster joint research…
From Schneier on Security
Typing Incriminating Evidence in the Memo Field
Don’t do it:
Recently, the manager of the Harvard Med School morgue was accused of stealing and selling human body parts. Cedric Lodge and his wife Denise were among a half-dozen people arrested for some pretty grotesque crimes…From insideHPC
Expedera Opens Its First European Development Center
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 27, 2023 — Expedera Inc, a provider of scalable neural processing unit (NPU) semiconductor intellectual property, today announced the opening of its new European regional engineering development center…
From insideHPC
Women in HPC Opens Submissions to 16th Annual Workshop at SC23
Oxford, UK – June 28, 2023 – Women in HPC has announced the call for early career speakers to feature at WHPC’s SC23 Workshop. Taking place on November 13, 2023 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, this will be the 16th…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Scientists Make Breakthrough in Developing Powerful Quantum Computers
Computer scientists have been attempting to harness the power of quantum computing for over two decades. Traditional computers perform calculations sequentially, one at a time. In contrast, quantum computers leverage the unique…
From insideHPC
MLCommons: MLPerf Results Show AI Performance Gains
Today ML Commons announced new results from two industry-standard MLPerf benchmark suites: Training v3.0, which measures the performance of training machine learning models, and Tiny v1.1, which measures how quickly a trained…
From insideHPC
AMD Introduces FPGA-Based Adaptive SoC for Semiconductor Emulation and Prototyping
AMD today announced the AMD Versal Premium VP1902 adaptive system-on-chip (SoC), which the company said is the largest1 adaptive SoC. The processor is an emulation-class, chiplet-based device for streamlining the verification…
From insideHPC
Bluespec Launches MCUX RISC-V Processor
Framingham, Mass. – June 27, 2023 – Bluespec Inc. today announced its new MCUX RISC-V processor designed to ease implementation of custom instructions and the addition of accelerators to FPGAs and ASICs. The MCUX is an extension…
From The Eponymous Pickle
VR Services Competing
Relatively inexpensive service for trying out ideas. And for VR you need lots of try-outs. Games Mostly?
Meta: Facebook owner launches $7.99 a month virtual reality service
By Annabelle Liang, Business reporter in the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Accelerating Optical Communications with AI
Accelerating Optical Communications with AI By Chris Edwards
Communications of the ACM, July 2023, Vol. 66 No. 7, Pages 13-15 10.1145/3595957
Photonic computing has seen its share of research breakthroughs and deep research…From The Eponymous Pickle
New Source of Quantum Light
This seems quite exciting. On the list to know more..
Researchers Develop New Source of Quantum Light
By MIT News, June 26, 2023
A perovskite nanocrystal.
Using light instead of physical objects as basic qubit units would eliminate…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Helps Show How the Brain's Fluids Flow
Further analysis of how the brain works.
AI Helps Show How the Brain's Fluids Flow
By University of Rochester News Center
June 20, 2023
A team of scientists led by the University of Rochester's Douglas Kelley created new artificial…From insideHPC
Kao Data Partners with Zayo to Expand Lit and Dark Fibre Connectivity Options
London, June 26th 2023 – Kao Data, developer and operator of high-performance data centers for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has announced it has signed a partnership with Zayo, a global communications infrastructure provider…
From insideHPC
Generative AI: Databricks to Acquire MosaicML for $1.3B
San Francisco-based data and AI startup Databricks today announced a $1.3 billion deal to acquire generative AI platform MosaicML, whose large language models (MPT-7B and MPT-30B) have more than 3.3 million downloads. The goal…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
AI Ends It All
I was getting a lift with a friend—Greg Skau—just the other day. No not in his boat, but in his car. Our conversation turned to the topic of: “is AI a threat to all of us?” Indeed. See this: The year is 2050. The location is…
From Schneier on Security
Excel Data Forensics
In this detailed article about academic plagiarism are some interesting details about how to do data forensics on Excel files. It really needs the graphics to understand, so see the description at the link.
(And, yes, an author…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics
Good work, like the idea.
Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics with $20-Million Donation
By Associated Press, June 23, 2023
Pichai said the new initiative addresses both the rising number of cyberattacks—up 38% globally…From The Eponymous Pickle
Bill Gates Company to Mine Rare Earth Metals Using Machine Learning
Bill Gates to Mine Rare Earth Metals Using Machine Learning
Bill Gates’ venture firm, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma, just minted a $1 billion A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Free CS4FN magazine issue 29 arriving in schools now, on Diversity in Computing
Schoolteachers, school librarians and home educators who subscribe* to the FREE Computer Science For Fun magazine will be receiving their free print copies this week (some have already landed!). We are still sending a few out…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kinaxis Unveils New Supply Chain Innovations
Kinaxis Unveils New Supply Chain Innovations
Photo: iStock.com/Chainarong Prasertthai
June 20, 2023 SupplyChainBrain
Kinaxis unveiled several new product innovations spanning its end-to-end supply chain June 20, providing businesses…From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT Scientists Develop Flexible Metal-Free Electrode
MIT Scientists Develop Flexible Metal-Free Electrode
These Jell-O-like electrodes could eventually connect electronic implants with the human body.
By Ryan Whitwam June 20, 2023
The inexorable march of technological innovation continuously…From The Eponymous Pickle
Bain and AI
First I had heard of AI and Bain. Good to see it. June 2023
Ready for Launch: How Gen AI Is Already Transforming Marketing
For CMOs, the benefits of generative artificial intelligence (if done right) will outweighMarketing…From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT-based AI apps startup aims to block supply chain attacks with advanced cybersecurity
IT-based AI apps startup aims to block supply chain attacks with advanced cybersecurity
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More…From The Eponymous Pickle
This Origami-Like Heat Shield Could Lead to Reusable Satellites
This Origami-Like Heat Shield Could Lead to Reusable Satellites
Instead of flaking off as it heats up, the Pridwen shield uses its large surface area to radiate heat safely.
By Ryan Whitwam May 18, 2023
Bringing a spacecraft back…