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
Practical Bayesianism
This was hotly debated in a stat course way back when. Latter part of this post is very technical, but the introduction is useful regardless. Practical view of the topic.
From insideHPC
SGI UV Helps Decode How Mutations Rewire Cancer Cells
Linding Lab at the University of Copenhagen used an SGI UV system to discover how genetic diseases such as cancer systematically attack the networks controlling human cells. By developing advanced algorithms to integrate data…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC Systems Administrator at BAE Systems
BAE Systems in Salt Lake City is seeking an HPC Administrator in our Job of the Week.
The post Job of the Week: HPC Systems Administrator at BAE Systems appeared first on insideHPC.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Product Lifecycle Management Industry Newsletter
I won't always pass these along, but just had to refer to the September PLM Industry Newsletter. Interesting topics are covered in an capability we used in the enterprise." ... CIMdata is the leading independent global strategic…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA K-12 CS Standards: We want your input!
On December 1, 2011, the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards were released. These standards have been instrumental in assisting many schools, school systems, and states in implementing and promoting computer science education…
From Schneier on Security
Drone Speedboat
It's a thing....
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Acquires Strongloop for Digital Transformations
What is unclear here is how closely the processes in the enterprise are being modeled as part of such an effort. Had always thought such modeling would be the ideal way to re-engineer an enterprise. The reaction to that was…
From insideHPC
Oak Ridge to Run ParallelWare on Titan
Today Oak Ridge announced approval of a project run ParallelWare from Appentra on the Titan Supercomputer. The project includes an allocation of 50,000 core hours on supercomputer. "ParallelWare is an source-to-source parallelizing…
From insideHPC
IBM Power Systems Speed Online’s Bare Metal Cloud Environment
Today IBM announced that Online, a leading managed service provider in France, has selected IBM Power Systems to extend its service capabilities for customers who want to increase the performance of their bare metal servers in…
From insideHPC
High Performance Cluster Computing Survey
Moving from a desktop oriented computing environment to a cluster based environment has it challenges for some organizations. However, a number of companies are aware of the benefits and are progressing in the move to a cluster…
From The Eponymous Pickle
CEO's Who Return. Seeking the Triumphant
In the New Yorker, featuring CEO A.G. Lafley of Procter & Gamble. A common discussion these days in former employee groups." ... How could someone who, according to Fortune, was known as “an all-time C.E.O. hero” end up being…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Store designed by Apple Designer
In Nextweb: First Apple retail store designed by Jony Ive shows a future retail direction. This looks a bit stark and colorless. Is this the future of physical retail? If anything most retail today tends to design very lush…
From insideHPC
Sign up to Mentor a Student at SC15
The SC15 conference has asked us to reach out to our readers and encourage you to sign up for this year's Mentor-Protégé Program. It's as easy as checking a box when you register for the conference.
The post Sign up to Mentor…From insideHPC
CoolIT Systems Named as one of Canada’s fastest-Growing Companies on the 2015 PROFIT 500
CoolIT Systems made the 2015 PROFIT 500 list with five-year revenue growth of 578% and ranked 20th overall in the Information Technology sector.
The post CoolIT Systems Named as one of Canada’s fastest-Growing Companies on the…From Schneier on Security
Smart Watch that Monitors Typing
Here's a watch that monitors the movements of your hand and can guess what you're typing. Using the watch's built-in motion sensors, more specifically data from the accelerometer and gyroscope, researchers were able to create…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Service Learning in AP CS A
Yet another interesting curriculum program. This one a pilot program by the College Board. Versions of a service oriented curriculum for six AP courses including Advanced Placement Computer Science A.
The College Board isWe…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapmaking Tool
Maps are a favorite obsession. A new way to make and play with them. You can start free. Mapbox is nicely described in Wired. " .... New web-based software from Mapbox aims to help. The DC and San Francisco-based company…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interruption Still Works
In Adage:Forget Disruption, Just Get Better at Interruption" ... 'Pull' advertising is fine and all, but if you want to actually sell something, get better at your 'push' game. ... It Might Not Be Trendy, but Old-Fashioned Advertising…
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Amazon Dash
Is Amazon Dash a part of the IOT? Just one small connection between ordering people and the system. A sensor to determine lack of a product. But consider also the data being connected.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Improvement Knowledge with Concept Maps
Colleague Brian Moon reports an update in Perigean Technologies capabilities statement. They use concept mapping among other methods, to accelerate improvement through ...." .... Knowledge Elicitation We help experts articulate…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Submit your proposal to NIH for a Hackathon related to Biomedical Big Data Science
The Big Data to Knowledge Coordination Center (BD2KCC) is announcing a call for hackathon event proposals related to biomedical big data science. The BD2KCC is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Big Data to Knowledge…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Policy Award Nominations Due November 30
ACM is accepting nominations for the inaugural ACM Policy Award to honor the contributions of an individual, or a small group, who has had a significant impact on the formation or execution of public policy related to computing…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NTIA to Host First Cybersecurity Multistakeholder Forum on Vulnerability Research Disclosure on September 29
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will hold the kickoff meeting for the new cybersecurity multistakeholder process on vulnerability research disclosure on September 29 at the University of…
From Schneier on Security
Two Security Companies Battling It Out over Disclosures
Okay, this is weird. FireEye has gone to court to prevent ERNW from disclosing vulnerabilities in FireEye products. FireEye should know better. Here's FireEye's statement, BTW....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smarter Roomba for the Home
We followed iRobot's work for years, since we were fundamentally interested in how consumers did housework, and if we could participate in that journey. Could we provide consumables? Say for the Roomba's Scooba brother? the…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
So Much Computer Science–So Little Time
I went into the other computer lab today to get some paper for my lab’s printer. The Advanced Placement Computer Science class was in there at the time. Most of the people there took my Honors Programming class last year. One…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning to Automate Clinical Pathways
Professor David Sontag from NYU, presented "Using Machine Learning to Automate Clinical Pathways." Very interesting and seemingly very practical effort. See their site here. Open source software. Talk slides here.Linkedin…
From insideHPC
Intel’s Diane Bryant Describes Pathways to Exascale
Last week, SC15 announced that Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group, has been selected as the HPC Matters plenary speaker. Recently named as one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women…
From insideHPC
LLNL & Rensselaer Polytechnic to Promote Industrial HPC
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will combine decades of expertise to help American industry and businesses expand use of high performance computing under a recently signed…
From insideHPC
TSUBAME2: How to Manage a Large GPU-Based Heterogeneous Supercomputer
Satoshi Matsuoka gave this talk at the PBS Works User Group this week. "The Tokyo Tech. TSUBAME2 supercomputer is one of the world’s leading supercomputer, ranked as high as #4 in the world on the Top500 and recognized as the…