Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
August 2021
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can/Should a Machine Unlearn?
Important point. Remember my experience in maintenance of systems, always considered it a thing to be considered up front. Also, as is pointed out, there are other reasons to forget. For example forgotten data cannot be misused…
From The Eponymous Pickle
CPG Company Innovation Traps
Some useful thoughts in the space:
CPG companies can dodge three common innovation traps
Implementing proper checks and balances throughout the innovation process can help you create long-term growth. by Sharon Kao and Nicholas…From insideHPC
UK Regulator Announces Additional Concern with Nvidia-Arm Deal
Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of UK microprocessor designer Arm has run into more regulatory roadblocks with today’s announcement by a British regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, that it has “significant…
From The Eponymous Pickle
IEEE Spectrum on Skin Display
A means of convenient and changeable skin display. Feasible, but is it broadly acceptable?
SKIN DISPLAYS WILL GIVE WEARABLES THEIR INDEPENDENCE
When the display’s on your skin, you can leave your smartphone in your pocket
AnAs…From insideHPC
TACC’s Longhorn GPU Subsystem Helps Researchers Detect Potential COVID-19 Virus Vulnerability
Despite more than a year and a half of research, there are still many unknowns about how the virus that causes COVID-19 infects human cells. A deeper understanding could lead to new treatment approaches. Using supercomputer simulations…
From Computational Complexity
Trusting Scientists
A tweet that made me think.
If you think you don't trust scientists, you're mistaken. You trust scientists in a million different ways every time you step on a plane, or for that matter turn on your tap or open a can of beans…From Schneier on Security
More on Apple’s iPhone Backdoor
In this post, I’ll collect links on Apple’s iPhone backdoor for scanning CSAM images. Previous links are here and here.
Apple says that hash collisions in its CSAM detection system were expected, and not a concern. I’m not convinced…From The Eponymous Pickle
What is a Semi-Fungible Token?
All sort of levels of fungibility are now floating about. Trying to keep it straight.
What Is a ‘Semi-Fungible’ Crypto Token?
Concert tickets, gift vouchers and coupons are all examples of semi-fungible items.
By Anatol Antonovici…From insideHPC
$61M Awarded by DOE for Quantum Information Science Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $61 million in funding awarded to infrastructure and research projects to advance quantum information science (QIS). The selected projects include: Strengthening U.S. competitiveness…
From insideHPC
SUSE Announces Professional Services on AWS Marketplace
August 19, 2021 — Nuremberg, Germany — SUSE, an enterprise-grade open source solutions company, today announced the availability of SUSE Professional Services – including consulting, training and premium support services – in…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
RFI on Implementation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource- Deadline Updated to Oct 1st
In July, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation released a Request For Information (RFI) to gather public input on the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) implementation…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa Developer Highlights
Was unable to visit this live, but here they are. Continue to .fo things that are ground breaking in delivering intelligent assistance to consumer
Alexa Live 2021 Release Roundup
Below are all features we launched at Alexa Live…From The Eponymous Pickle
Advances in Quantum Error Correction
Always heard that error correction is the key challenge of quantum computing, here what appear to be advances by Google. Implications, some suggested here. For specific kinds of problems here.
Quantum Computing with Exponentially…From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalized Cancer Treatment
Is this the future?
Personalizing cancer treatment with quantum computing
Press Release / August 10, 2021
As a partner of the Fraunhofer Competence Network Quantum Computing, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is planning…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Surpasses Wal-Mart Sales
Continued online retailer expansion.
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June (New York Times)
New York Times:
Amazon…From insideHPC
Intel Architecture Day: Details Revealed on Sapphire Rapids and ‘Powered on’ Ponte Vecchio
Harried data center and HPC server market dominator Intel today unveiled what the company said is its biggest shifts in Intel architectures in a generation. The Architecture Day event included looks at the two chips that will…
From insideHPC
Baidu Announces Baidu Brain 7.0 and Production of 2nd Gen Kunlun AI Chip
BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2021 — Baidu today showcased its artificial intelligence technology with the launch of Baidu Brain 7.0, the start of mass production of its 2nd generation Kunlun AI chip, Kunlun II, and the demonstration of …
From Schneier on Security
T-Mobile Data Breach
It’s a big one:
As first reported by Motherboard on Sunday, someone on the dark web claims to have obtained the data of 100 million from T-Mobile’s servers and is selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Qualcomm Launches 5G and AI to Target Commercial Drones
Qualcomm 5G Drones using AI for Commercial Connectivity Platform
Smartphones in the sky: Qualcomm launches first 5G and AI platform targeting commercial drones
After supplying computer chips for NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter onBY…From insideHPC
DOE Funds $6M to 5 Labs for Science Applications over 5G Networks
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today said it will provide $6 million in funding for five research and development projects to advance 5G wireless networking for science applications. A list of awards is below. The national…
From insideHPC
HPE CTO Sreekanti to Retire as Neri Announces new GreenLake Teams
Changes are afoot in the management ranks at HPE – starting with the departure of CTO and Head of Software Kumar Sreekanti, whom President/CEO Antonio Neri said in a blog has announced his retirement from the company. Sreekanti…
From Schneier on Security
Apple’s NeuralHash Algorithm Has Been Reverse-Engineered
Apple’s NeuralHash algorithm — the one it’s using for client-side scanning on the iPhone — has been reverse-engineered.
Turns out it was already in iOS 14.3, and someone noticed:
Early tests show that it can tolerate image resizing…From The Eponymous Pickle
Combat Drones Catching Rides
Saw this demonstrated in simulated concept, expect to see more swarm and group applications.
DARPA's New Combat Drones Could Catch a Ride from Other Aircraft By Popular Science February 23, 2021
Imagine an unmanned aircraft…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Melanie Mitchell on the Importance of Training AI to Recognize Analogies
href=”https://melaniemitchell.me/”>Melanie Mitchell, Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, was recently featured in a Scientific American article, ‘The Computer Scientist…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Saving the Grape Crop with Robots and AI
AI linking with sensors for agricultural analysis.
Robots and AI Help Save Multibillion Dollar Grape Crop By Cornell University, August 18, 2021
Researchers at Cornell University are using robotics and AI technology to identify…From insideHPC
Clemson Will Put HPC Knowledge to the Test at SC21
With support from Dell Technologies, a Clemson University student team prepares for a high performance computing competition at SC21. The SC21 international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updating Google Mps
Impressive capabilities.
Three new ways anyone can update Google Maps
With all the change our world saw over the past year, people are relying more than ever on high-quality, updated information about the places around them —To…From The Eponymous Pickle
Building TimeSeries Databases
Spent much of our careers working with timeseries data in supply chain analysis...
Not enough metadata considered?
Always-on Time-Series Database: Keeping Up Where There's No Way to Catch Up By Theo Schlossnagle, Justin Sheehy…From BLOG@CACM
The Role of Computer Science in Elite Higher Education: Seeing the Expert Blind Spot
CS has an important role in preparing elite scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.
From insideHPC
9th Annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) to Meet Aug. 23-25
The 9th Annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) meeting will take place August 23-25, 2021 in Columbus, OH. The organizers said MUG meeting is an open forum for users, system administrators, researchers, engineers and students to share…