Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2015
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Grows Center Store
Kroger keeps growth going in the center of the storeKroger continues to report growth in the center store, driven in part by the retailer's investments in its coffee selection, efforts to reorganize center-store sections to make…
From Schneier on Security
Animals vs. Drones
It's not just humans who dislike the small flying objects. YouTube has videos of drones being stared at quizzically by a moose, harassed by a raven, attacked by a hawk, butted by a ram, knocked out of the sky by a chimpanzee…
From insideHPC
AMD Forms Radeon Technologies Group for Graphics & Immersive Computing
Today AMD announced the promotion of Raja Koduri to senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, reporting to president and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. In his expanded role, Koduri is responsible for overseeing …
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF and Intel Partnership to Secure Internet of Things
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced a partnership with Intel Corporation on two new grants for $6 million to research security and privacy solutions of cyber-physical systems (CPS). Cyber-physical systems…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Journey Mapping in Retail
Good short overview piece in Retailwire. Common pitfalls. " .... While journey maps provide a view of customer experience that may not come naturally from within the walls of a corporation, companies can be led astray if…
From insideHPC
X-ISS Launches CloudHPC Service
Today X-ISS rolled out CloudHPC, a consulting service created to guide organizations through the complex process of moving their HPC systems into the cloud environment.
The post X-ISS Launches CloudHPC Service appeared firstinsideHPC…From insideHPC
Cray Scales Fluent to 129,000 Compute Cores
Today Cray announced a world record by scaling ANSYS Fluent to 129,000 compute cores. "Less than a year ago, ANSYS announced Fluent had scaled to 36,000 cores with the help of NCSA. While the nearly 4x increase over the previous…
From insideHPC
Intel HPC Developer Conference Coming to SC15
The first annual Intel HPC Developer Conference is coming to Austin Nov. 14-15 in conjunction with SC15. "The Intel® HPC Developer Conference will bring together developers from around the world to discuss code modernization …
From Schneier on Security
The Security Risks of Third-party Data
Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our emails weren't in the Ashley Madison database. But don't get too comfortable. Whatever secrets you have, even the ones you don't think of as secret, are more likely than you think…
From insideHPC
Best Practices for Maximizing GPU Resources in HPC Clusters
HPC developers want to write code and create new applications. The advanced nature of HPC often requires that this process be associated with specific hardware and software environment present on a given HPC resource. Developers…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeing Hololens VR in Space
In Tech Review: Have seen several demonstrations of space use of virtual reality applications. In one way it expands the ability to display data and interaction in limited space. This was once brought up for a maintenance…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Samsung Smart Things
In AdAge: Samsung to Roll Out Smart Home Product This Month .... Smart Things Will Compete With Google's Nest and Apple's Home Kit ... "
From insideHPC
How the QPACE 2 Supercomputer is Solving Quantum Physics with Intel Xeon Phi
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Tilo Wettig from the University of Regensburg in Germany describes the unusual design of a supercomputer dedicated to solving some of the most arcane issues in quantum…
From The Eponymous Pickle
IOT Central
New: IOT Central, from the folks that brought you Data Science Central (DSC)." .... We are very excited to announce the official launch of a brand new community: IoT Central! Internet of Things. (IoT) is a rapidly evolving…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Complicated Solutions To Simple Problems
I found this on the Internet today via Twitter.It works. Well more or less. I can imagine cases where it might not but they include other problems. It’s not very efficient. A simple bit of code like this should do the trick with…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CS Principles and Creativity
Students will likely need exposure to, and practice with the CS Principles big Idea “Creativity” many, many times before a “creative – innovative – mindset” is comfortable and natural. You may have to undo years of “non-creativity…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Value of Virtual Shopping Experiences
In Cisco Blog: Note the mention of collaborative experts in store, AKA a virtual assistant. Covered much recently here. Consider carving out the assistant based on potential experiences we are planning to use to achieve…
From insideHPC
Video: Scalable High Performance Systems
In this video, Alexandru Iosup from the TU Delft presents: Scalable High Performance Systems. "During this masterclass, Alexandru discussed several steps towards addressing interesting new challenges which emerge in the operation…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Cache or Scratchpad? Why choose?
The following is a special contribution to this blog by CCC Executive Council Member Mark D. Hill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Full disclosure: He had the pleasure of working with one of the authors of the discussed…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing and On Line Video at Zero Moment of Truth
In Think With Google: Stats and thoughts about using online video for marketing. Varies significantly with category, but clearly engaging and influential. Note the use of the 'moment of truth' meme, which we co developed…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Pentagon High Tech Venture: Embedded Sensors
In CIO Today. A direction that will create new floods of data.Dense Secretary Ash Carter [announced that] the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch andThe…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Preemptible VMs Lower Cost of Cancer Research at Broad Insitutue
In this podcast, Jason Stowe from Cycle Computing describes how the Broad Institute is mapping cancer genes with CycleCloud. According to Stowe, Cycle Computing recently ran a 50,000+ core workload for the Broad Institute with…
From The Eponymous Pickle
GoPro Now Selling 3D Rig
On the Verge: The idea is to capture a 3D video space with sixteen video cameras arranged in a ring. Could be used for commercial VR applications and 3D filmmaking. They say for pro applications only for now." ... The wild…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Job Creating Machines
Technology and People: The Great Job Creating Machine, Via Jim SpohrerWith discussion.A concise piece that provides a good introduction to basic interactions mechanisms between technology and jobs with clear examples:
From insideHPC
Reducing Your Data Center “Water Guilt”
Concerns over data center water usage have become topical both in the industry and even in the general press of late. This is not a bad thing as data center water usage is a legitimate concern. The reality is that the problem…
From insideHPC
How the XSEDE Scholars Program Fosters Career Opportunities
Over at XSEDE, Scott Gibson writes that Computational Scientist Paul Delgado Says the XSEDE Scholars Program helped him realize his dream of solving real-life problems.
The post How the XSEDE Scholars Program Fosters Career Opportunities…From Schneier on Security
TSA Master Keys
Someone recently noticed a Washington Post story on the TSA that originally contained a detailed photograph of all the TSA master keys. It's now blurred out of the Washington Post story, but the image is still floating around…
From insideHPC
Preview of Fall 2015 HPC Events
After spending a lovely six straight weeks at home, I find myself marveling at how many conferences are in the queue this Fall leading up to SC15 in Austin. Starting this week at the HPC User Forum, insideHPC will be on the road…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple to Increase Cognitive and Machine Learning Resources
Another move forward, with the potential of linking cognitive AI and Machine Learning / analytics. In SiliconAngle: Report: Apple is beefing up its AI and machine learning teams
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Retail Experience Center Opens
In CGT:Retail Experience Center for Walmart Opens By CGT Staff A Retail Experience Center for Walmart has opened in Bentonville, Arkansas. Tyco Retail Solutions' innovative showroom and simulated retail store offers Walmart executives…