Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
August 2022
From insideHPC
Accelerating the Modern Data Center – Gear Up for AI
Modern applications are transforming every business. From AI for better customer engagement, to data analytics for forecasting, to advanced visualization for product innovation, the need for accelerated computing is rapidly increasing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tufte Courses
Notable always liked Tufte's work. Attended a few courses in the big enterpsie.
ANALYZING/PRESENTING DATA/INFORMATION:
AN ONLINE VIDEO COURSE TAUGHT BY EDWARD TUFTE
EDWARD TUFTE COURSE REVIEWS + REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ET Books…From The Eponymous Pickle
Visibility Can Ease the Pain of Long Chassis Return Times
Made me think the process again.
How Visibility Can Ease the Pain of Long Chassis Return Times
August 26, 2022
By William Sandoval, SCB Contributor, in SupplyChainBrain
After a year of steady increases in freight prices, the U.S.…From The Eponymous Pickle
Electronic Brain Stimulation and Memory
New Look atbrain stimulation.
Electrical Brain Stimulation Boosts Memory in Seniors, Study Finds
By Adrianna Nine on August 23, 2022 in ExtremeTech
Memory lapse remains a major concern for those approaching their golden years. As…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Economics of YouTube
Have now followed former University Prof Adam Ragusea for a few months on YouTube. Mostly about food and cooking topics. All very nicely and informatively done. A good intro into the YouTube economy. He has moved his family…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Solving the AI Common Sense Problem
Not yet, when? What will it take? Some thoughts, but not enough.
The Common sense in Context problem
By TechTalks, August 9, 2022
Ronald Jay Brachman is director of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and…From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Activity Turned into Images
AI, Images, MRI
‘Mind-Reading’ Technology Can Turn Brain Activity Into Images By Adrianna Nine on August 26, 2022 at 8:37 am
Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have developed technology that can “read minds…From The Eponymous Pickle
Military Grade Cybersecurity Needed in Business
Good thoughts regards key issues.
ACM NEWS
Raising the Ramparts, By David Geer, Commissioned by CACM Staff, August 11, 2022
The global military cybersecurity market will grow from US$25,692.4 million in 2021 to US$ 43,675.2 million…From insideHPC
Seeking Piece of $50B CHIPS Act Funds? Commerce Department Launches ‘CHIPS.gov’
The U.S. Commerce Department announced yesterday the CHIPS.gov website that includes implementation information for the recently passed CHIPS and Science Act. The site is intended for organizations seeking funds from the $50
…
From The Eponymous Pickle
5G Networks Are Worryingly Hackable
Oops, first time I have seen this
5G Networks Are Worryingly Hackable
IEEE Spectrum
Edd Gent, August 24, 2022
German security researchers determined 5G networks can be hacked, having breached and hijacked live networks in a series…From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Platform for Chatbot Development
Just reviewing of this, some good thoughts. Data prep in particular
A Data Platform for Chatbot Development
Alex Woodie
One of the most compelling use cases for AI at the moment is developing chatbots and conversational agents…From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA's Space for Agriculture
In progress.
NASA'a Space for Agriculture Tele Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdY20NuhBE
I am Attending, and is being recorded, Available on UTube.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Dogs for Space Force
The obvious application of such robotics, will likely increase.
U.S. Space Force Tests Robot Dogs to Patrol Cape Canaveral
Space.com
Brett Tingley, August 8, 2022
The U.S. Space Force held a demonstration of dog-like quadruped unmanned…From insideHPC
Multiverse Computing Releases New Version of Singularity SDK for Portfolio Optimization with Quantum
SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN, August 26, 2022 – Quantum computing company Multiverse Computing today introduced the newest version of Singularity Portfolio Optimization (v 1.2). This release includes the Multiverse Hybrid Solver, designed…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking Causal AI
Good thoughts on the topic:
Use Causal AI to Go Beyond Correlation-Based Prediction
Gartner, By Leinar Ramos | August 10, 2022 Intro below
This is a short introduction to a research note we published recently on Causal AI, which…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Voice Jammer
Another security angle.
Voice Jammer Stops Anyone from Recording Your Speech
New Scientist, Matthew Sparkes, July 29, 2022
Michigan State University's Qiben Yan and colleagues have developed an artificial intelligence voice jammer…From insideHPC
SC22: COVID-19 Vaccination No Longer Required for Attendance
The SC22 conference, scheduled for Nov. 13-18, announced that COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer required for attendance. The conference issued the following statement: “Planning a conference in a world of COVID-19 is challenging…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable Sensor to Analyze Human Sweat
More sensory input into healthcare.
Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat
By Caltech News, August 23, 2022
A wearable sensor developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology can detectThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Tesla Data Hoard Secure?
Secure data?
The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers’ journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets By MARK HARRIS in IEEE Spectrum
You won’t see a single Tesla cruising the glamorous…From insideHPC
HighPoint Expands NVMe Solution with Gen3 and Gen4 Host Connectivity Adapter Series
August 2022 – Fremont, CA — HighPoint Technologies, Inc. is now shipping high-performance NVMe25, HBA solutions for x86-64 Intel/AMD, Nvidia ARM PC and Mac Platforms. For nearly three decades, HighPoint has designed, manufactured…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ordinary computers can beat Google’s Quantum Computer
Algorithm vs Computer?
Ordinary computers can beat Google’s quantum computer after all
Superfast algorithm put crimp in 2019 claim that Google’s machine had achieved “quantum supremacy”
2 AUG 20225:05 PM BY ADRIAN CHO
If the quantum…From insideHPC
Improving AI Inference Performance with GPU Acceleration in Aerospace and Defense
The aerospace/defense industry is often required to solve mission-critical problems as they arise, while also planning and designing for the rigors of future workloads. Recent advancements in technology allow aerospace/defense…
From Computational Complexity
Computers and Intractability: A Guide to Algorithmic Lower Bounds. First draft available! Comments Welcome!
(This post is written by Erik Demaine, William Gasarch, and Mohammad Hajiaghayi)
In 1979 Garey and Johnson published the classic
Computers and Intractability: A Guide to NP-Completeness
There has been A LOT of work on lower…From insideHPC
Untether AI Unveils At-Memory Compute Architecture at Hot Chips
PALO ALTO — Untether AI, an at-memory computation company for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, today announced at the HOT CHIPS 2022 conference its next-generation architecture for accelerating AI inference workloads called…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wireless Tech Measures Soil Moisture at Multiple Depths
Useful Sensors for some planting, some early planting.
Wireless Tech Measures Soil Moisture at Multiple Depths
NC State University News
Matt Shipman, August 17, 2022
Scientists at North Carolina State University (NC State) developed…From The Eponymous Pickle
Reshaping into 3D?
Saw this kind of thing proposed for packaging, with an Origami template, could it work?
Your Next Wooden Chair Could Arrive Flat, Then Dry into a 3D Shape
American Chemical Society
August 23, 2022
Researchers at Israel's Hebrew…From The Eponymous Pickle
Inventors must be Human
Formerly covered here. Peal to Supreme court likely follows.
Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Court Rules in Blow to AI
By Bloomberg Law, August 10, 2022
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler was dealt a blow in his battle for artificial…From insideHPC
Ansys and AMD Team on Simulation of Large Structural Mechanical Models
PITTSBURGH — August 24, 2022 – Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) said today that Ansys Mechanical is one of the first commercial finite element analysis (FEA) programs supporting AMD Instinct accelerators, the newest data center GPUs from…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverse Interview
Strong believer that some of the most important aspects of the Metaverse are not new. Here an interview.
Matthew Ball on the metaverse: We've never seen a shift this enormous In Protocol
The leading metaverse theorist shares…From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Security
You have to measure effectiveness to determine success. Here a good overview of the topic
Technical Perspective: The Effectiveness of Security Measures
By Nicolas Christin, Communications of the ACM, September 2022, Vol. 65…