Communications of the ACM
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August 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deaf See Conversations via Subtitles
The general idea fairly obvious, How well is important.
AR Glasses Allow Deaf People to 'See' Conversations by Turning Audio into Subtitles
EuroNews, Aisling Ní Chúláin, July 29, 2022
U.K. startup XRAI Glass has unveiled new…From The Eponymous Pickle
New Technique for Quantum Computing
New Error Correcting method.
New Technique Brings Quantum Computers Closer to Their Promise
By CNet, August 4, 2022
The achievement could eventually lead to developments that allow quantum computers to crack encryption, design…From The Eponymous Pickle
Baidu PaddlePaddle for China Industry
Baidu PaddlePaddle, new to me, Here is a quick look. Examining other potentials.
Baidu’s PaddlePaddle Spins AI up to Industrial Applications China’s ease with ubiquitous AI manifests at neural-net scales By CRAIG S. SMITH…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 7 2022)
Increase in computing performance explain up to 94% of the performance improvements in field such as weather prediction, protein folding, and oil exploration: information technology is a a driver of long-term performance improvement…
From Computational Complexity
The Held Prize for comb. opt. AND Disc Opt AND Alg AND Complexity theory AND related parts of CS.
Dan Spielman asked me to blog about the Held Prize. I first present what he send me, and then have some thoughts.
FROM DAN:
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Nominations…From The Eponymous Pickle
Who Owns Teslas Data?
The Ownership of data developed in process.
Who Actually Owns Tesla’s Data? The company, says the company—but other interpretations persist By MARK HARRIS in IEEE Spectrum
On 29 September 2020, a masked man entered a branch…From The Eponymous Pickle
Privd AI for Differential Privacy
Surveillance privacy from Cameras
Researchers from MIT CSAIL Introduce ‘Privid’: an AI Tool, Build on Differential Privacy, to Guarantee Privacy in Video Footage from Surveillance Cameras
By Annu Kumari -March 30, 2022 This research…From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Provides Truly Secure Communication
Still the case?
Quantum Encryption Could Support Truly Secure Communication
Silicon Republic, Leigh McGowran, July 27, 2022
A new form of quantum cryptography could eventually support truly secure communication by facilitating…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fiber-Optic Cables Could Be Used to Spy on People a Kilometer Away
Optical fiber speech sensor.
Fiber-Optic Cables Could Be Used to Spy on People a Kilometer Away
New Scientist
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, July 27, 2022
A device built by researchers at China's Tsinghua University can eavesdrop on…From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Illness
Disease Diagnosis by Chip
Am I Getting Sick?, By R. Colin Johnson
Commissioned by CACM Staff, July 14, 2022
A microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases, which uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by…From The Eponymous Pickle
Drones and Contraband
Remember being asked this question a while back ...
Drone Contraband Deliveries Are Rampant at US Prisons Wired, Jeff Link
Law enforcement officers face an air assault as drugs, weapons, and phones are flown in to prisoners…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Goes for iRobot
Quite the expected thing...
Amazon to Acquire iRobot For $1.7 Billion The deal will give the e-retail behemoth even more access to our homes EVAN ACKERMAN
This morning, Amazon and iRobot announced “a definitive merger agreement…From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategies – A How-to Guide for HPC Managers
While it's safe to assume that most senior managers in the HPC community are in favor of hiring and promoting more women and people of color within their organizations, many don’t know how to make it happen. At last week’s annual…
From insideHPC
Lenovo Brings a Decade of Liquid Cooling Experience to the Faster, Denser, Hotter HPC Systems of the Future
[SPONSORED CONTENT] HPC systems customers (and vendors) are in permanent pursuit of more compute power with equal or greater node density. But with that comes more power consumption, greater heat generation and rising cooling…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flexible Hand Grip
Safe?
Flexible Robot Hand with Precise Grip Lifts 1,000 Times Its Own Weight
By New Scientist, August 4, 2022
Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology have developed artificial muscles using a three-dimensional (3D) printer…From The Eponymous Pickle
Complexity of Personalized Bartending
The task of bartending has often been proposed as a classic automatable human interaction, here a new development of interest. Social aspects claim to be included. Could be instructive.
A bartending robot that can engage …From The Eponymous Pickle
Closing Malls?
Been watching the closing of local malls, repurposing of space, seems contrary to the following:
New stores are opening in malls, inflation or no by Matthew Stern in Retailwire ....
Some say a recession is on the way; others…From The Eponymous Pickle
Redesigning Streets with AI
Worked with civil engineers early in my career who worked with this kind of designing, fascinating approach
Think Your Street Needs a Redesign? Ask an AI
Bloomberg, Marie Patino, July 30, 2022
Brooklyn-based artist and former activist…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fan Robotics in Space
Fan Robotics in Space
NASA's Space Robots Hit Another Milestone
ZDNet, Liam Tung, July 26, 2022
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobee robots have concluded the first stage of a project to assess autonomous…From insideHPC
HPC Analyst Firm Hyperion Research Expands Survey Team
ST PAUL, Minn., August 2, 2022— HPC and AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the addition of Cary Sudan as the organization’s new principal survey specialist. “Hyperion Research continutes to expand our support…
From insideHPC
Quantinuum Says It’s Near Quantum Error Correction Break-even Point
Quantinuum, which joins Cambridge Quantum software with Honeywell Quantum trapped-ion hardware, today announced it is close to a "breakeven point in quantum error correction.
The post Quantinuum Says It’s Near Quantum Error Correction…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
Considerable piece. Process-technical. Instructive diagrams at link.
Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
By Manish Parashar, Amy Friedlander, Erwin Gianchandani, Margaret Martonosi
Communications of the ACM, August…From The Eponymous Pickle
Monte Carlo Simulation
Good intro piece to a method we used for many purposes in the enterprise. Even creating usable models for key processes that were used for decades. Consider its similarities to Digital Twins.
Darío…From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Password Done? Safely?
Is this finally the case? See:
Apple Just Killed the Password—for Real This Time
By Wired, June 8, 2022
Your passwords are terrible. Year after year, the most popular passwords leaked in data breaches are 123456, 123456789,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Six Ways Blockchain Is Bolstering Supply Chains
Useful piece to consider.
Six Ways Blockchain Is Bolstering Supply Chains
June 13, 2022, Rob Viglione, SCB Contributor in SupplyChain Brain
In today's digital world, companies are under pressure to be more transparent with their…From The Eponymous Pickle
Encryption Contender Cracked by Simpler Methods
Good to see this was detected early. Without Quantum Methods. Why was it so susceptible? Implications for future methods?
Post-Quantum Encryption Contender Taken Out by Single-Core PC in One Hour
By Ars Technica, August 3, 2022…From BLOG@CACM
On the Ethics of Writing With AIs
AI-generated text, even if accepted from an ethical standpoint, raises questions about the provenance of the generated text.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Surprising Way Crowd Size Affects Our Tendency to Cheat
Not unexpected, depending on further contexts, more implications here
The Surprising Way Crowd Size Affects Our Tendency to Cheat
Organizations would be wise to understand the psychology behind this phenomenon.
By Celia Chui, Maryam…From The Eponymous Pickle
Smell as Useful Sense
We spent much time examining the power of smell in retail. Worth a close look.
Virtual Reality Stinks Because It Does Not Smell
By Wired, August 2, 2022
Illustration shows person wearing virtual reality goggles and uses smoke…From The Eponymous Pickle
Chips Act Explained
Seems a weak and expensive move.
The CHIPS Act and Industrial Policy, Explained
By The Week, August 2, 2022
The United States is going to start making more of its own electronics, and taxpayers are going to pick up a good chunk…