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
Beyond Just Sales Numbers
Brief example:In Shopperception: Shopper Analytics for the Retail Industry? .... Do Sales Numbers tell us all we need to know? .... Sales numbers tend to be considered the only relevant metric when evaluating in-store performance…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikipedia and Academics
In Nature: Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the web, has replaced many past sources of general accessible knowledge, but still has distrust from academia. For some good reasons. Are academics also fighting for…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Magazine, September 2015
Analytics Magazine September/October 2015 by Informs.Advances in customer intelligence, including cognitive computing for automating customer knowledge and real-time business intelligence as the impetus behind customer intelligence…
From insideHPC
Video: Looking to the Future of NNSA Supercomputing
In this video, Douglas P. Wade from NNSA describes the computational challenges the agency faces in the stewardship of the nation's nuclear stockpile. As the Acting Director of the NNSA Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing…
From insideHPC
Atos Deploys Petaflop Supercomputer in Brazil
Today Atos announced that the company has installed the first Petascale supercomputer in Brazil. Designed by Bull, the "Santos Dumont" system will be the largest supercomputer in Latin America. "We are very proud to equip Brazil…
From Schneier on Security
Glenn Greenwald Debates Keith Alexander
Interesting debate, surprisingly civil. Alexander seemed to have been okay with Snowden revealing surveillance based on Section 215: "If he had taken the one court document and said, 'This is what I'm going to do'... I think…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Insights into Human Productivity
New movements in using analytics for managing human resources. More on the acquisition of VoloMetrix by Microsoft. New kinds of human insights. This leads to the ability to understand and thus augment the system of jobs and…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 September 2015
Labor Day weekend in the US. A four day weekend and I am exhausted from it. Maybe I need to get back to school to rest up. OK not really but it has been a busy weekend. Lots to do around the house as well as some quality time…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intelligence of Algorithms
Emerging Technology in the EnterpriseBy Erika Morphy Maybe robots, A.I. and algorithms aren't as smart as we thinkWe are offloading more and more sophisticated knowledge work to smart technology. But the public won't be demanding…
From Computational Complexity
An Open(?) question about prime-producing-polynomials
Known Theorem: If f(x)∈ Z[x] is prime for all nat number inputs then f(x) is a constant. NOTE- Recall that if p is a prime then so is -p. Known Proof: Assume f(x) has degree d. f(1) IS prime. Let f(1)=p. Look at f(1+p)…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Streetview in Virtual Reality
Not available yet, but the idea is interesting, consider all of the potential Streetview data, A means to dive into maps virtually. And then add augmentation for a particular application. In VRFocus: " ... With the launch…
From insideHPC
AMD Demos World’s First Hardware-Based Virtualized GPU Solution
The AMD graphics cards are uniquely equipped with AMD Multiuser GPU technology embedded into the GPU delivering consistent and predictable performance," said Sean Burke, AMD corporate vice president and general manager, Professional…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trade Organization IAB Reacts to Ad Blocking
Prompted by Apple indicating it would start to block ads in Safari browser. In Adage: " ... IAB Explores Its Options to Fight Ad Blockers, Including Lawsuits ... Trade Org Has Held Two Summits This Summer to Map a Course of…
From insideHPC
Video: Debugging HPC Applications at Massive Scales
In this video, LLNL scientists discuss the challenges of debugging programs at scale on the Sequoia supercomputer, which has 1.6 million processors. "Bugs in parallel HPC applications are difficult to debug because errors propagate…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Luddite Revival
Note the use of O*Net data. What will this mean to workers and jobs?Anticipating a Luddite Revival by Stuart W. ElliottAdvances in information technology and robotics are already transforming the workplace, and even greaterEven…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hot Sauce and Taste
In the past I worked in the food part of CPG, and learned a little about taste trends and how they influence purchases. Also a devoted amateur chef. The considerable change in the acceptance of spiciness in US tastes is remarkable…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Security Guard
In Mashable: An App that acts as a virtual security guard accompanying you home. At this point no drone is involved. But I can see that also being added. This is also a kind of virtual assistant, that is using its own model…
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Ecommerce Case Study
In Conversioner:Case Study: Ecommerce Store Increases Purchases by 200%We oftentimes find that our clients haphazardly choose images for their websites; they don’t feel like putting too much energy into the process. For us, a…
From Putting People First
Gallup: quantitative customer experience metrics aren’t enough
Over the past decade, Gallup has observed a growing arms race among brands to implement bigger and better customer experience platforms. These systems — also called customer experience platforms, customer experience management…
From insideHPC
Video Retrospective: Ferranti Atlas – Britain’s First Supercomputer
This video celebrates the 50th anniversary of Britain's first supercomputer, the Ferranti Atlas. "When first switched on in December 1962, Atlas was the world's most powerful computer. Some of the software concepts it pioneered…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Assistants in an Age of Flex Labor
There will be fewer full time jobs, and many workers will become independent contractors, like myself. An implication is that advisory systems will be needed more than ever. How does a flex worker get up to speed on internal…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC Virtualization Specialist at Stanford University
Stanford University is seeking an HPC Virtualization Specialist in our Job of the Week.
The post Job of the Week: HPC Virtualization Specialist at Stanford University appeared first on insideHPC.
From Putting People First
Ezio Manzini talk at the RSA (London)
Excerpt (above) – full replay Abstract How do we nurture conditions in which a diffuse creativity can flourish and evolve through collaborative organisations and, in so doing, realise meaningful steps towards a more resilient…
From Putting People First
Prototypes capturing new user experiences for bicycles
Back in May 2015, the Urban Futures team of the Future Cities Catapult (based in London, UK) completed a design research project around cycling. This short project uses film to sketch out some possibilities of contemporary technologies…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Watson Cognitive AI Ads
In Adage, new Watson Ads shown at the US Tennis Open. Startups that are using Watson technologies. Would be useful to get a solid technical description of how each of these was developed, how Watson inspired it, the exact technical…
From Putting People First
[Book] Anthropologist observes the world of London bankers
Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers by Joris Luyendijk Guardian Faber Publishing September 2015 – 288 pages Joris Luyendijk, an investigative journalist and anthropologist, knew as much about banking…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Types of Innovation for the Enterprise
In the Cisco Blog: Reasonable classification. Thinking of categorizing it around four dimensions: Products, Processes, Position and Business Models. Good aspects to consider. " .... Not always disruptive, not always technology…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toyota Looks for AI to Empower Driving
An indication of where strong interest in AI is coming from. In Engadget. " ... Toyota teams up with MIT and Stanford for AI research. .... " .... . The carmaker will invest $50 million over the next five years in joint research…
From Schneier on Security
Understanding Squid Self-Healing Teeth
Using squid teeth as a model, researchers have created "the first material that heals itself in water." Paper from Nature. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Security and Privacy: Mobile Medical Applications presentation and webinar on September 8
There will be a special presentation and webinar on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 on Security and Privacy: Mobile Medical Applications by Dr. David Kotz, the Champion International Professor in the Department of Computer Science…