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 insideHPC
Heterogeneous MPI Application Optimization
"Two components of ITAC, the Intel Trace Collector and the Intel Trace Analyzer can be used to understand the performance and bottlenecks of a Monte Carlo simulation. When each of the strike prices are distributed to both the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cognitive Compass for Neurodiversity
Just had some conversations with Madelaine Sayko, of Cogntive Compass, who is exploring some of the same problems we did in the enterprise. Nice direction." .... We at Cognitive Compass believe in the value and potential of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A View of the Future via Cisco
What future do you see? by Rowan Trollope .... " ... I see a bright future where technology makes the world a better place, particularly when it comes to the way we communicate. Augmented reality, complete with deep learning…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithm Economy for Data Analytics
Interesting thoughts, At the end of the day an algorithm is a way to concisely encode a better decision process, it needs to come from some analytical method based on data and testing. As I have always said, Big Data methods…
From Schneier on Security
Self-Destructing Computer Chip
The chip is built on glass: Shattering the glass is straightforward. When the proper circuit is toggled, a small resistor within the substrate heats up until the glass shatters. According to Corning, it will continue shattering…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTc) Program Director Position Available
National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) James Kurose has issued the following letter to the community describing the Secure and Trustworthy…
From insideHPC
US Air Force Awards Pointwise $1.2 Million CFD Contract
Pointwise, a software company specializing in grid generation and pre-processing software for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), has been awarded a two-year, $1.2 million contract from the US Air Force Materiel Command, part…
From Computational Complexity
The Theorems Conference
All too often theoretical computer scientists get more obsessed by proofs than the theorems themselves. I suggest a theorems conference. Here's how it would work: Authors would submit two versions of a paper. One has the statement…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New York City–Computer Science for All
New York is embarking on what may be the most ambitious effort to bring computer science education to all the students in a district in the US today. The program is called Computer Science for All: Fundamentals for Our Future…
From insideHPC
IBM Platform Computing Solutions for Life Sciences
Massive amounts of computing power and data are needed for effective and efficient processing for many areas that are considered in the Life Science domain. From drug design to genomic sequencing and risk analysis , many workflows…
From insideHPC
Bill Dally from Nvidia Receives Funai Achievement Award
Today IPSJ, Japan's largest IT society honored Bill Dally from Nvidia with the Funai Achievement Award for his extraordinary achievements in the field of computer science and education. "Dally is the first non-Japanese scientist…
From Schneier on Security
Anonymous Browsing at the Library
A rural New Hampshire library decided to install Tor on their computers and allow anonymous Internet browsing. The Department of Homeland pressured them to stop: A special agent in a Boston DHS office forwarded the article to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trend of Embedding Beacons in Physical Architectures
Mention in O'Reilly conference today. That we are starting to see beacons embedded into building fixtures like lights and power sockets. Also in wearables. This could result in more easily implementing beacon proximity…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beacosystems: Beacons and their Architectures
Now in progress .... and will likely write about, interesting thoughts in the invite, thought I would pass along. Beacosystem? Not sure that term will prevail , but OK." ...... A tour of the Beacosystem: Proximity and the…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Pentagon Awards $75M to Develop Wearable Tech
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has awarded $75 million to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with sensors. The group will work to advance the development and manufacture…
From insideHPC
Univa Grid Engine Adds Docker Support
Today Univa announced the Univa Grid Engine Container Edition, which fully incorporates Docker containers into the Univa Grid Engine resource manager. The Container Edition features the unique ability to run containers at scale…
From insideHPC
Optalysys: Disruptive Optical Processing Technology for HPC
In this video from the Disruptive Technologies Session at the 2015 HPC User Forum, Nick New from Optalysis describes the company's optical processing technology. "Optalysys technology uses light, rather than electricity, to perform…
From insideHPC
Spectra Logic to Offer LTO-7 Technology
Today Spectra Logic announced it is now taking orders for Spectra tape libraries configured with Linear Tape-Open Generation 7 (LTO-7) technology. The combination of LTO-7, the industry-standard for tape technology, and Spectra…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Needs a Dislike Button?
Wired does a good job of looking at the topic. I wonder how the button will influence any resulting analytics, Will it get more people to react at all, within the context of how they use Facebook? I see this getting quite…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning from Emergent Markets
In HBR: At one level obvious, but useful cautions. Especially about regulatory warnings, and connected risk. " ... In a study we recently conducted of 150 North American and European-based companies with revenues over $1…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Framework to Manage Innovation
" .... ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series are Paul Mugge and Michelle L. Grainger from Center for Innovation Management Studies Poole College of Management; NC State University. They introduced CIMS and present “A…
From Schneier on Security
Child Arrested Because Adults Are Stupid
A Texas 9th-grader makes an electronic clock and brings it to school. Teachers immediately become stupid and call the police: The bell rang at least twice, he said, while the officers searched his belongings and questioned his…
From Blog@Ubiquity
Will the Flying Car Make a Comeback?
We're still waiting for flying cars to materialize as a mass-market product. Why? The answer lies in computer technology—or the lack thereof.
The post Will the Flying Car Make a Comeback? appeared first on BLOG@UBIQUITY.
From The Eponymous Pickle
NSF Service Systems Research
NSF funds smart, human-centered service systems researchSmart, human-centered service systems augment the abilities of people:NSF adds $10M more in funding - to spur research in this very complex, transdisciplinary area:" ...…
From insideHPC
Six Strategies for Maximizing GPU Clusters
In a perfect world, there would be one version of all compilers, libraries, and profilers. To make things even easier, hardware would never change. However, technology marches forward, and such a world does not exist. Software…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NTIA Drone Privacy Multistakeholder Forum to Convene on September 24
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will convene the second meeting of the multistakeholder process on drone privacy, transparency, and accountability on September 24. Stakeholders will continue…
From Schneier on Security
Obama and the Security of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
President Obama won't stay at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York because of security concerns. The hotel "was bought last year by Chinese investors with deep ties to Beijing's ruling elite..." Why can't they just erect the…
From insideHPC
Bright Computing Collaborates on OpenHPEC Accelerator Suite
Today Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that its Defense Solutions division is collaborating with leading High Performance Computing software vendor Bright Computing to bring its supercomputing software tools to the embedded…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2015 Faces of Computing Competition
As a member of the CSTA Equity Committee I am please to pass along the announcement of our annual Faces of Computing Competition.
In honor of CSEdWeek, CSTA will be hosting its annual video competition. This year's theme will…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Legal Definition of AI
A Legal definition of AI in Use? Never used a formal definition, Probably an evolving concept. Related concepts that did often come up were risk, liability and even public relations consequences of an AI driven decision.…