Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
July 2023
From Computational Complexity
Paper Writing Before Overleaf
A twitter question from a young researcher.
Wait, how do paper writing collaborations work with LaTeX that doesn’t use overleaf? You need more than a .Tex file, right? Do you send the updates?Wait, how did collaborative paper…
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $33M to Advance Energy Research
July 26, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $33 million to support 14 clean-energy research projects as part of a program to ensure the Department’s research funding is reaching pockets of the country
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From insideHPC
Exxact Corporation Offers Liquid Cooled HPC and AI Development Platform
Fremont, CA, July 26, 2023 — Exxact Corporation, a provider of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and data center solutions, is now offering a dedicated liquid cooling AI development platform featuring…
From BLOG@CACM
The Dissemination Game: Incentives of In-Person vs Virtual Participation
Incentives are changing the effectiveness of computer science conferences, but perhaps better conference design can improve them.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) Webinar – August 4th, 1-2:30pm ET
On August 4th from 1-2:30pm ET, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold a webinar answering questions about the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL), Quantum Science and Technology Demonstrations (QSTD): I.…
From Schneier on Security
Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios
Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that…From insideHPC
Overcoming the Limitations of Classical HPC and Quantum: A New Computational Method
By Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO and Co-founder, LightSolver There’s a lot of excitement around exascale-class supercomputing and the possibilities of quantum computing, but there’s an emerging alternative advanced computing paradigm
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
Another area we examined for retail tech,
Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
By CBS News.July 21, 2023
Paying with palm recognition.
According to Amazon, palm payment is secure and cannot be replicated…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Dear Colleague Letter: Workshops to Identify Educational Requirements of the Future Ocean Technical Workforce
The following is a joint Dear Colleague Letter from four Assistant Directors at the National Science Foundation – Dr. James L. Moore, III (Directorate for STEM Education (EDU)), Dr. Susan S. Margulies (Directorate for Engineering…
From insideHPC
Quantum: Q-CTRL Adds Morpheus Ventures to Series B Funding with $54M Raised
LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2023 – Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, today announced the addition of Morpheus Ventures as a new investor in their record-setting Series B funding…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Getting off the beach, fast
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Paul goes on holiday and sees how a car park can work like a computer. Computers get faster and faster every year. How come? Because computer scientists and electronic engineers…
From insideHPC
HPC Colo atNorth Announces Shortlist Selection for the National Sustainability Awards
Reykjavík, Iceland – July 25th, 2023 – atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s National Sustainability Awards…
From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT Makes Probability-Based Computing a Bit Brighter
MIT Makes Probability-Based Computing a Bit Brighter The p-bit harnesses photonic randomness to explore a new computing frontier By EDD GENT MARGO ANDERSON
In a noisy and imprecise world, the definitive 0s and 1s of today…From The Eponymous Pickle
More than 1,300 Experts call AI a Force for good
More than 1,300 experts call AI a force for good
Published, 4 days ago By Chris Vallance, Technology reporter
An open letter signed by more than 1,300 experts says AI is a "force for good, not a threat to humanity".
It was organised…From Yoshua Bengio
My testimony in front of the U.S. Senate – The urgency to act against AI threats to democracy, society and national security
The capabilities of AI systems have steadily increased with deep learning advances for which I received a Turing Award alongside Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto)…
L’article My testimony in front of the U.S. Senate – The…From Schneier on Security
New York Using AI to Detect Subway Fare Evasion
The details are scant—the article is based on a “heavily redacted” contract—but the New York subway authority is using an “AI system” to detect people who don’t pay the subway fare.
Joana Flores, an MTA spokesperson, said the…From insideHPC
TD Cowen: Generative AI Driving Data Center Industry Boom
The generative AI phenomenon has spurred growth in many sectors of the tech industry (just ask NVIDIA), including and spectacularly the data center sector. According to a report released today by investment bank and analyst firm…
From insideHPC
PASQAL Announces €50,000 Hackathon for Quantum Sustainability Solutions
Paris, July 24, 2023 – Quantum computing company PASQAL today announced a hackathon dedicated to generating ideas for quantum-based solutions that can accelerate the sustainable energy transition: The Blaise Pascal [re]Generative…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback
Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback
By IEEE Spectrum, July 20, 2023
Hemodialysis is a vital procedure for people with kidney failure, but it requires multiple lengthy clinic visits every week.
A new biosensor provides real…From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and the its future of AI
IBM misses on revenue but sees AI leading a new round of growth
BY PAUL GILLIN
IBM Corp., which is typically the first major information technology company to report earnings each quarter, today beat profit expectations and narrowly…From The Eponymous Pickle
EU rules on AI must do more to protect human rights, NGOs warn
EU rules on AI must do more to protect human rights, NGOs warn
The group fears lobbyists might succeed in their efforts to water down the proposed AI Act
A group of 150 NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International,Between…From The Eponymous Pickle
Introducing OpenAI London
Good site provides intro.
https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai-london
Introducing OpenAI London
We are excited to announce OpenAI’s first international expansion with a new office in London, United Kingdom. ... '
From insideHPC
HPC4EI: DOE Announces Solicitation for Industry to Connect with National Laboratories on Energy Technologies
Washington, DC — The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new solicitation to connect industry partners with the high-performance computing (HPC) resources and expertise at DOE’s national laboratories to improve material…
From The Noisy Channel
What is Searcher Happiness?
As a search specialist, my main goal is to improve searcher happiness. Sure, companies pay me to improve business metrics like conversion rate and revenue, but I mostly accomplish this by helping searchers find what they areBut…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
[From the archives] “A mob for the Earth” – online communities supporting the real world, and businesses
A mob for the Earth by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London One Saturday afternoon last spring in San Francisco, a queue of people stretched down the pavement from a neighbourhood market. There was no shortage of other…
From Schneier on Security
Google Reportedly Disconnecting Employees from the Internet
Supposedly Google is starting a pilot program of disabling Internet connectivity from employee computers:
The company will disable internet access on the select desktops, with the exception of internal web-based tools and Google…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (July 23 2023)
People increasingly consume ultra processed foods. They include energy drinks, mass-produced packaged breads, margarines, cereal, energy bars, fruit yogurts, fruit drinks, vegan meat and cheese, infant formulas, pizza, chicken…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Competitive Zen
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just by thinking. Telekinesis is clearly impossible, but could technology…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Meta launches Llama 2 open-source LLM
The march continues.
Meta launches Llama 2 open-source LLM
About the AuthorBy Ryan Daws | July 19, 2023
Categories: Companies, Development, Machine Learning, Meta (Facebook),
Meta launches Llama 2 open-source LLMRyan is a seniorMeta…From The Eponymous Pickle
Considerable Bard Updates
Google Bard Updated With Text to Speech, 40 New Languages
Bard is getting more capable, but it's still not trustworthy.
By Ryan Whitwam July 14, 2023
Bard AI
Credit: Google
Google was caught off-guard earlier this year when Microsoft…