Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
August 2017
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on the Jinan Project
China Set to Launch the World’s First Quantum Communication Network in Futurism.
China has successfully tested the Jinan Project, and is set to begin using the system by the end of August. This marks a world milestone in the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Advances in Quantum Computiing
Quantum computing followed here for years, before China was even mentioned in the space:
China has successfully tested the Jinan Project, and is set to begin using the system by the end of August. This marks a world milestone
By…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple and Augmented Reality
We have seen AR demonstrated on the phone for a long time, but it has not broken through to real value or common use. Is that about to change?
Apple Bets the Future of Augmented Reality will be on your Phone
THE AR REVOLUTION…
From The Eponymous Pickle
WorkFusion
Continue to look at means to automate the specific process of business. Making it better, faster, cheaper. And ultimately include intelligent and cognitive elements to streamline and have these systems adapt to context. I see…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Brittle Star Catches a Squid
Watch a brittle star catch a squid, and then lose it to another brittle star. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disruption is not the Measure
Sometimes all I hear is disruption, but it is not all there is, and itself is not a measure. We made money for many years on improvement alone. So look for disruption, but include hints to value along the way. By Deloitte
Disruption…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 18th, 2017)
We’d like, one day, to transplant pig organs into human beings. Sadly, this is currently very dangerous because, even though pigs are very similar to us, the small differences are cause for concern. Harvard’s George Church and…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Damore, Google: my thoughts
So an engineer called Damore wrote a memo that opposed Google’s diversity policies and he was fired. Here is a questions-and-answers with me. I am the interviewer and the interviewee. Did you read Damore’s memo? No. Not all of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stats on Privately Funded Drone Companies
CBInsights: A look at privately funded drone companies. " ... .While the US accounts for nearly two-thirds of all drone investment activity, there are at least 11 other countries making bets in the space .... Since 2012,
Three…
From Schneier on Security
More on My LinkedIn Account
I have successfully gotten the fake LinkedIn account in my name deleted. To prevent someone from doing this again, I signed up for LinkedIn. This is my first -- and only -- post on that account: My Only LinkedIn Post (Yes, Really)…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mixed Reality Partner Program
Received:
Introducing the Mixed Reality Partner Program
If your company is a digital agency, systems integrator, or solution provider, the Mixed Reality Partner Program can equip your company with the skills to successfully drive…
From The Noisy Channel
I agree with the judge about the balance of hardships, but that in itself wouldn’t have been…
I agree with the judge about the balance of hardships, but that in itself wouldn’t have been sufficient to grant the injunction. The judge also ruled that “hiQ has raised serious questions as to whether LinkedIn, in blocking…
From insideHPC
Researchers Use TACC, SDSC and NASA Supercomputers to Forecast Corona of the Sun
Predictive Sciences ran a large-scale simulation of the Sun’s surface in preparation for a prediction of what the solar corona will look like during the eclipse. "The Solar eclipse allows us to see levels of the solar corona
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From insideHPC
Video: Deep Learning on Azure with GPUs
In this video, you'll learn how to start submitting deep neural network (DNN) training jobs in Azure by using Azure Batch to schedule the jobs to your GPU compute clusters. "Previously, few people had access to the computing
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From insideHPC
RCE Podcast Looks at PBS Professional Job Scheduler
"Now available as Open Source, PBS Pro software optimizes job scheduling and workload management in high-performance computing environments – clusters, clouds, and supercomputers – improving system efficiency and people’s productivity…
From insideHPC
SC17 Panel Preview: How Serious Are We About the Convergence Between HPC and Big Data?
SC17 will feature a panel discussion entitled How Serious Are We About the Convergence Between HPC and Big Data? "The possible convergence between the third and fourth paradigms confronts the scientific community with both a
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From insideHPC
Dr. Ilkay Altintas to recieve ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award
Today SIGHPC announced that Ilkay Altintas is the inaugural winner of the ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award. "I am thrilled that Dr. Altintas has been selected to receive the inaugural SIGHPC Emerging…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Georgia Institute of Technology Robotarium
Been a while since I have been to Ga Tech's lab spaces, we visited while I ran tech in our company's innovation centers. Impressive then, and they continue to improve. Had seen the remote lab idea suggested before, but did…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fingerprint Analysis Scoring
Recall seeing this problem as a classic pattern recognition issue, closer to being solved. Note this addresses knowledge content in a pattern, where else might this be used? Anywhere you might want to prioritize an action.
Scientists…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Every Possible Song Has Some Non-Zero Streaming Value
When looking at the streaming concoctions of smart speakers. I quickly noticed the increase of so called 'mood' music playlists, aimed at providing backgrounds for sleeping, studying, working, concentrating, cooking, vanity,
One…
From Schneier on Security
Unfixable Automobile Computer Security Vulnerability
There is an unpatchable vulnerability that affects most modern cars. It's buried in the Controller Area Network (CAN): Researchers say this flaw is not a vulnerability in the classic meaning of the word. This is because the flaw…
From The Eponymous Pickle
1,600 Alexas put in Arizona State Engineering Dorm Rooms
This could be a very big deal, if loaded with the right software. And for prompting potential forward looking skill development. Think smarter. Will continue to follow what come out of that. Anyone from the AZ State project…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
On the Edge of Eclipses and P=NP
A topical look at Norbert Blum’s paper and wider thoughts. Thales of Miletus may—or may not—have accurately predicted one or more total solar eclipses in the years 585 through 581 BCE. Today we discuss the nature of science viewed…
From insideHPC
ORNL Readies Facility for 200 Petaflop Summit Supercomputer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is moving equipment into a new high-performance computing center this month which is anticipated to become one of the world’s premier resources for open science computing. "There were a lot considerations…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Respecting Absurd Ideas
Always liked the idea of exploring the edge of possibilities. Here a look at how to exploit absurd suggestions. Which break down into Respect the idea, and Play with it. I would add, always use the promoter of the idea
strategy…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
35 Innovators Under the Age of 35
Every year the MIT Technology Review publishes a list of 35 innovators under the age of 35. They recently published the list for 2017. Of the 35 innovators, 14 are working on problems related to computer science. This list includes…
From insideHPC
Nuñez-Corrales Awarded SIGHPC Computational Data and Science Fellowship
Santiago Nuñez-Corrales, a graduate researcher at NCSA and Ph.D. student in Informatics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was one of twelve recipients to be awarded the SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science…
From insideHPC
Video: HPC Powers Bioinformatics Research at Rockefeller University
In this video, researchers describe how the new HPC facility at Rockefeller University will power bioinformatics research and more. This is the first time that Rockefeller University has purpose-built a datacenter for high performance…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Classifications
We all like to classify things, its efficient. Mathematicians just like to classify more formally. And we use that in data science so we can make use of the results. It is learning. An article in Quanta Mag talks this:Why…
From Computational Complexity
The World is Not for Me
I wanted to address diversity after the Google memo controversy but that shouldn't come from an old white man. I asked my daughter Molly, a college student trying to set her course, to give her thoughts.
The world is not for…