Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
July 2019
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Alexa to give NHS Advice in UK
Concern still exists about privacy.
Amazon Alexa will now be giving out health advice to UK citizens
The UK’s National Health Service hopes that its partnership with Amazon could help to reduce demand on its services.
The news:
In…
From Schneier on Security
Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks
Reuters has a long article on the Chinese government APT attack called Cloud Hopper. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as "Cloud Hopper," was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2019 Day 2
I’m always skeptical about celebrity keynotes at education conferences so my expectations for Natasha Singer from the New York Times.were not high. I was pleasantly surprised though. She gave me a lot to think about when teaching…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Parsing JSON using SIMD instructions on the Apple A12 processor
Most modern processors have “SIMD instructions“. These instructions operate over wide registers, doing many operations at once. For example, you can easy subtract 16 values from 16 other values in a single SIMD instruction. It…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blue Sky Ideas- AAAI-20 Senior Member Presentation Track Open
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is sponsoring a Blue Sky Ideas Track at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-20) in February 2020 in New York through their Senior Member Presentation Track…
From insideHPC
Call for Submissions: Deep Learning on Supercomputers Workshop at SC19
The Deep Learning (DL) on Supercomputers workshop has issued its Call for Submissions. Now in its third year, the workshop will be held with the SC19 conference in Denver on Nov 17. "This third workshop in the Deep Learning on…
From insideHPC
IQM Startup in Finland Developing Fault-tolerant Quantum Processor
A new startup called IQM in Finland aims to drive disruptive advancements in quantum computing. A spinout from Aalto University and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, IQM is developing high-speed quantum processors…
From The Eponymous Pickle
L'Oreal Digital Marketing
A view into what L'Oreal is doing at the link.
Marketing 3.0: How L’Oréal is embracing new marketing codes
De-siloing, in-sourcing, “mutual upskilling”: L’Oréal’s digital chief on how the beauty giant is reacting to market disruption…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uber Does Blockchain in Health Startup
Another indication that Blockchain is spreading to digital industry.
Uber Subsidiary Grants Ethereum Startup Access To Entire American Fleet
Michael del Castillo and Forbes Staff
Crypto & Blockchain in Forbes.
Ride-sharing giant…
From insideHPC
Argonne Team Breaks Record with 2.9 Petabytes Globus Data Transfer
Today the Globus research data management service announced the largest single file transfer in its history: a team led by Argonne National Laboratory scientists moved 2.9 petabytes of data as part of a research project involving…
From insideHPC
Modular Supercomputing Moves Forward in Europe
In this video from ISC 2019, Thomas Lippert from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre describes how modular supercomputing is paving the way forward for HPC in Europe. "The Modular Supercomputer Architecture (MSA) is an innovative…
From BLOG@CACM
Leonardo's Self-driving Car
Leonardo da Vinci, who died 500 years ago, had already designed a self-driving car.
From insideHPC
HPE to Build Bridges-2 Supercomputer at PSC
NSF is funding $10 Million for a new supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. We designed Bridges-2 to drive discoveries…
From The Noisy Channel
I discuss it a bit in this post: https://queryunderstanding.com/query-expansion-2d68d47cf9c8
I discuss it a bit in this post: https://queryunderstanding.com/query-expansion-2d68d47cf9c8
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pocket-able Drone Announced
Was struck by this Indiegogo prototype of AirPix, a mini drone that can be used for tracking, selfies, etc. Note that this is a funding site, with all of the usual cautions, that is, there is no guarantee it wil ever be
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Industrial Automation Dynamics
Capturing value in machinery and industrial automation as market dynamics change
Shifting growth patterns and digitization are reshaping the sector. A strategic response can help machinery and industrial automation companies
Sent…
From The Eponymous Pickle
RFID Paper Embeds several Types of Tags
Interesting, flexible application of RFID embedded paper.
In RFID Journal
RFID Paper Turns the Page on Label and Card Printing
ISBC's new standard paper, with embedded NFC, HF or UHF tags, can be designed, ordered and printed according…
From Schneier on Security
Cell Networks Hacked by (Probable) Nation-State Attackers
A sophisticated attacker has successfuly infiltrated cell providers to collect information on specific users: The hackers have systematically broken in to more than 10 cell networks around the world to date over the past seven…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bots to Change Dr Patient Relationship
Bots in medicine example:
How Bots Will Change the Doctor-Patient Relationship
David A. AschSean Nicholson, Marc L. Berger in HBR
It seems nearly everyone believes U.S. health care needs some transformative change to improve quality…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2019–Day 1
As planned I spent most of the morning helping at registration. And talking to a lot of people as they came in. After lunch the exhibit hall opened and I was in there early. A few highlights:
A virtual reality version of Alice…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Power and Limits of Deep Learning: Talk on July 11
Reminder of the below talk later this week. Appears to be very worth while, will be attending.
VIP Reminder: July 11 Talk on Deep Learning with 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Yann LeCun
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If you haven't done…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulating Molecular Motion with Neural Networks
Have now seen several examples of using neural nets to simulate complex systems by generating a model from data. Thought provoking example I am following up on.
Researchers Cast Neural Nets to Simulate Molecular Motion
Los
By…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Request for Public Input on Strategic Computing R&D Goals
In support of the Administration’s R&D priorities in strategic computing, National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) Fast-Track Action Committee (FTAC) on Strategic Computing (SC), Networking and Information Technology…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Top AI Breakthrough Highlights
From O'Reilly:
Top AI breakthroughs you need to know
Abigail Hing Wen discusses some of the most exciting recent breakthroughs in AI and robotics.
By Abigail Hing Wen
This is a keynote highlight from the O'Reilly Artificial Intelligence…
From Schneier on Security
Cardiac Biometric
MIT Technology Review is reporting about an infrared laser device that can identify people by their unique cardiac signature at a distance: A new device, developed for the Pentagon after US Special Forces requested it, can identify…
From insideHPC
Jülich Supercomputing Centre Announces Quantum Computing Research Partnership with Google
Today the Jülich Supercomputing Centre announced it is partnering with Google in the field of quantum computing research. The partnership will include joint research and expert trainings in the fields of quantum technologies
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2019 Day 0
Sunday was the start of CSTA 2019 with workshops and the Chapter Leadership Summit. I wasn’t part of the summit and I didn’t get to any workshops but I still had a good day. I did crash the reception Google hosted for the chapter…
From insideHPC
John West from TACC Elected Chair of SIGHPC
John West from TACC is the newly elected Chair of SIGHPC. SIGHPC is the first international group within a major professional society that is devoted exclusively to the needs of students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Changing Knowledge Work
Indeed, and this has happened in many domains that gather, process, share and deliver information. every day can be a challenge dealing with the details involved. Useful survey based information.
How AI is Changing the Game…
From insideHPC
Announcing the Student Cluster Competition Leadership List
The HPC-AI Advisory Council Dan Olds have just posted the first-ever Student Cluster Competition Leadership List. "The list is a ranking of every institution that has ever competed in a cluster competition. The teams are ranked…