Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
July 2021
From Schneier on Security
REvil is Off-Line
This is an interesting development:
Just days after President Biden demanded that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shut down ransomware groups attacking American targets, the most aggressive of the groups suddenly went …From insideHPC
DOE Funds $28M for Scientific Supercomputing Research Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $28 million in funding for five research projects to develop software designed to better leverage DOE supercomputers in fields such as quantum information science and chemical…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Version of the Euro?
Complementing the existing monetary system. Considering security too.
ECB Starts Work on Digital Version of the Euro
CNBC,Silvia Amaro, July 14, 2021
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an initiative to produce a digital…From The Eponymous Pickle
Chatbot explains Apps
Intriguing idea. Could a similar means explain potential security issues with an App or system? Or its uses in context. I like the idea of explanatory analyses available for complex systems. Could have used them to deliver…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time to Prepare Retail for Post Pandemic
Below piece relates to the previous post in this blog, about technology shifts in the new era. Costs based on labor usage and consumer expectations, are driving new tech.
Time To Prepare Smart Retail For The Post-Pandemic Era …From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Tests Exclusively Self-Checkout Store
A reaction by Wal-Mart to getting fewer employees back post-pandemic? A natural thing to test in new contexts.
Not much detail here:
Walmart is testing a completely self-checkout store in Retailwire
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
A Walmart…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Notes on Day Three of #CSTA2021
No morning help desk duty for me today so I watches the whole “Morning Java” session. For those of you not at CSTA, Moring Java was an introduction to the day with our conference chairs and guests. Today.Michelle Lippoli, Senior…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CRA Launches Opportunity Board to Assist with Post Doc and Mentor Matching
The CRA is excited to announce the launch of an Opportunity Board to enable recent new PhD graduates and members of the community that are looking for postdocs to connect. This is a continuation of the Opportunity Board used…
From insideHPC
PPPL Picked for Public-private Fusion Partnerships
July 15, 2021 — Advanced capabilities ranging from the innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) to state-of-the-art computer codes have won the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)…
From insideHPC
DOE’s Office of Science Accepting Applications for Spring 2022 Undergraduate Internships
July 16, 2021 — Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2022 term of two undergraduate internship programs offered by the DOE Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program…
From insideHPC
Report: Intel Weighing Acquisition of GlobalFoundries
New Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s vow earlier this year to move the company into the foundry business – making chips not just for itself but also for others – may take the form of acquiring GlobalFoundries in a deal that could be…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Computing Coming. What Can it do?
Good overview in the HBR. Emerging investments. Emphasizes combinatorics, as has been seen since the beginning.
Quantum Computing Is Coming. What Can It Do? by Francesco Bova, Avi Goldfarb, and Roger Melko
Summary. Digital…From The Eponymous Pickle
Error Correction in Quantum Computers
Semi technical look at the question. If this works could be a major advance.
Google Demonstrates Vital Step towards Large-scale Quantum Computers By New Scientist
Google has shown that its Sycamore quantum computer can detect…From The Eponymous Pickle
Summer Reading from the Edge
Been a while since I have read things from 'The Edge'. Followed for years. Here that have provided 10+ articles from their archive. Starting notable with one about 'mirror neurons' and limitation earning.
Summer Reading…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Backed Aurora to go Public
Been some time since I had seen this updated
Amazon-backed autonomous vehicle startup Aurora to go public via SPAC merger BY MARIA DEUTSCHER
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation Inc. today announced plans to go public…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Notes on Day Two of #CSTA2021
Today started, for me, with help desk duty. While I was there no one needed any help which I suppose says good thi8ngs about the HopIn platform CSTA is using. The other committee member on duty, the amazing Myra Deister, andFirst…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Encrypts Doorbells
Long Awaited, we are just a bit more secure, deserves it.
Amazon rolls out encryption for Ring doorbells in ZDNet
Privacy advocates have been asking for Amazon to encrypt its popular Ring doorbells audio and video traffic, and…From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Experts Explore Tech’s Sustainability in Documentary
London – July 15, 2021– In a new documentary to be released later this month – Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future from The Quantum Daily – and developed in partnership with Oxford Instruments Nanoscience – quantum technology…
From insideHPC
D-Wave, Los Alamos Isolate Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Using Quantum-annealing Computer
Using a D-Wave quantum-annealing computer as a testbed, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that it is possible to isolate so-called emergent magnetic monopoles, a class of quasiparticles, creating a new approach…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Matterport and Facebook AI Collaborate on 3D Spaces
Impressive efforts, including mention of staging digital twin simulations with scanned 3D Data.
Matter and Facebook AI Collaborate on Worlds Largest Dataset of 3D Spaces
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Matterport, the spatial data company“Until…From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Inc. Lists Shares on Nasdaq Exchange
LEESBURG, Va., July 14, 2021 — Quantum Computing Inc. (the “company” or “QCI”) (OTCQB: QUBT) (Nasdaq: QUBT), focused on bridging classical HPC and quantum computing, has listed its shares to the Nasdaq Capital Market. With the…
From insideHPC
Registration Now Open for SC21
SC21 (November 14-19) has announced that registration (both on-site and online) is now open for this year’s conference, to be held for the first time in St. Louis. “We understand there may be unforeseeable events related to COVID…
From insideHPC
Digital Twin Consortium and Object Management Group to Discuss Space Mission IT Challenges at IEEE Conference
Boston – July 15, 2021 – Digital Twin Consortium and Object Management Group (OMG) announced they will present mini-workshops during the 8th IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology…
From insideHPC
DARPA Announces Teams Qualifying for Subterranean Challenge Virtual Competition Finals
Twelve teams have qualified for the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Virtual Competition Final Event, to be held September 21-24, where $1.5-million of prizes are at stake. Their algorithms will guide virtual versions of real…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Aims to Make Low-Code Easier
Been examining some of the evolving Low and No code options for delivering coded logic Here Microsoft's aims in the space.
Microsoft to make coding 'in plain English' easier with PowerFx and GPT-3 AI model
Microsoft's integration…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Day One–#CSTA2021
Today was the first day of the Computer Science Teachers Association conference. All online of course. It was a pretty cool day. I got myself set up with a two monitor system, headphones, and a notepad for notes. Being on the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI driven with Analogies
We Followed Melanie Mitchell's work, Especially with regard to Analogies. A Good direction, working with advertising we liked the idea of their use, but the approaches was not mature enough, in particular natural language methods…
From insideHPC
HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe
The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs for advanced chips are HPC topics in the news this week. Taking…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emergency and Crisis Software Development?
ACM writes about fast, even emergency software development. We had something like that at the start of the pandemic. How (and how well) was it done. How could it be done better. How could this be applied say to emergencies…
From insideHPC
Platform9 Unveils First Managed KubeVirt Solution to Unify Virtual Machines and Kubernetes Stacks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 13, 2021 — Platform9, maker of open-source, private, edge and hybrid cloud-native technologies that offers enterprises an SaaS management plane for Kubernetes, today announced the launch of Platform9…