Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2017
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Managing Cyber Risk
Of interest:
Security Researcher at UpGuard, Roane Holman
The Executive's Guide to Managing Cyber Risk (Requires registration)
Regardless of what stage of digital transformation an enterprise finds itself at, the same risks and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Just How Smart are Smart Machines?
Very good piece from some of our communications with MT Sloan. Read the whole thing. May require some registration. Again, very non technical, management approach to the question.
Just How Smart Are Smart Machines?
Thomas…
From insideHPC
SC17 Invited Talk to Look at Computing with Physics
SC17 continues their series of Session Previews with discussion with Dr. Catherine Graves from HP Labs about her upcoming Invited Talk on “Computing with Physics: Analog Computation and Neural Network Classification with a Dot…
From insideHPC
Video: The Future of High Performance Interconnects
Ashrut Ambastha from Mellanox gave this talk at the HPC Advisory Council Australia conference. "Ashrut will review Co-Design collaborations with leaders in industry, academia, and manufacturing – and how they’re taking a holistic…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Output Visualization for Analytics
Good practical piece out of the latest Informs Analytics Magazine. They still prefer to call it analytics rather than data science. And its always been 'Machine Learning', though not called that. You have always learned…
From The Eponymous Pickle
This Blog on Twitter
From nearly the beginning, this blog has been connected to Twitter. You can follow it there from my handle @FranzD. I selectively mention many posts here. Some people find that simpler to follow. See: https://twitter.com…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wineries of the Future
Here a big proponent of digital makeovers, though I do wonder when basic physical process should be replaced by automation. Impressive attempt here I had not heard of. A control room that looks like a nuclear plant. Good…
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Pickle Index
Always liked the idea of a non-sequential novel. It has been tried many times, never successfully for my taste. Is it here now?
No relation. InWired:
The Pickle Index is a delightfully Weird, App-Driven Novel like no other.…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithmically Determining Justice
In the Alumni Mag, a considerable, but non technical piece that addresses the use of analytical methods to automate crime detection and apply penalties. Moving closer to the world of the minority report?
The Pennsylvania Gazette…
From insideHPC
Panel Looks at ARM’s Advance towards HPC
In this video from the ARM Research Summit, industry thought leaders discuss the challenges, opportunities, and technical hurdles for the ARM architecture to thrive in the HPC market. "The panel will focus on Arm in HPC, Software…
From updated sporadically at best
The Genius Fallacy
During our department's PhD Open House this past spring, a student asked what I thought made a PhD student successful. Upon reflection, I realized that my answer now is different than it would have been a few years ago.
My friend…
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Visualization Specialist at Pawsey Centre in Australia
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Australia is seeking a Visualization Specialist in our Job of the Week. "As a member of the Data and Visualization team at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, the Visualization Specialist will…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hive Robotics
Swarming robotics to perform tasks collaboratively is something we examined in warehouse applications. A different, but structurally similar problem came up recently and I did some searching for the state of the art. This example…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Considerations with Combining AI and Data
An interesting and lengthy piece in InfoQ on key issues with the construction and delivery of AI solutions. Use of data ontologies are mentioned, a good idea. Their key takeaways are instructive:
- Machine learning in turn
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Protecting Us
This reminds me of the many 'maintenance' type systems we worked with. Warnings can be very useful. Then add a recommendation tailored to the situation. And a dialog for the details of implementation.
Treating Cancer, Stopping…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Groups Lie More than Individuals
In Analytics Magazine:
" ... When organizations are exposed for large-scale deceptive or corrupt behavior, often it is not the actions of one or two employees, but a coordinated effort of many individuals, to include upper level…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Connections – September 2017
Letter from ACM-W chair. Upcoming ACM-W Celebrations Scholarship awardees of September womENcourage 2017 Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Summer is waning and a new academic year has begun. After a much deserved break, the volunteers…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Using Squid Ink to Detect Gum Disease
A new dental imagery method, using squid ink, light, and ultrasound. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Happy Birthday Ken
It was just Ken’s birthday Kenneth Regan’s birthday was just the other day. I believe I join all in wishing him a wonder unbirthday today. The idea of unbirthday is due to Lewis Carroll in his Through the Looking-Glass: and is…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Illustrating the Difference Between Bandwidth and Latency
Earlier this week my AP CS Principles classes were discussing the difference between latency and bandwidth. My curriculum resource (I’m using the curriculum from code.org) describes these two words like this:
Bandwidth - Transmission…From The Eponymous Pickle
Small Companies Competing with Watson
I am part of this ecosystem myself. Certainly the small company cannot afford a complete installation from IBM. But IBM has made open capabilities available via Watson Bluemix, so assembly work can be done by cheaper contractors…
From The Eponymous Pickle
First lets Replace all the Lawyers
From the O-Reilly Newsletter: (At the link there are lots of links for more detail)
DoNotPay steps into the Equifax breach
The Equifax data breach could expose about half of the US population to risk of identity theft, and—as
+…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Mapping DNA at Near-Atomic Resolution with Cryo-EM
In this podcast, Berkeley Lab’s Eva Nogales describes how her team is using a new imaging technology that is yielding remarkably detailed 3-D models of complex biomolecules critical to DNA function. Using cryo-electron microscopy…
From insideHPC
20 Future HPC Leaders Receive DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Today the Krell Institute announced that new class of 20 future HPC leaders enrolled at U.S. universities this fall with support from the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF). "Established…
From insideHPC
SC17 Invited Talk to Explore the History of the TOP500
SC17 continues their series of session previews with a look at an invited talk entitled “The TOP500 List – Past, Present and Future.” Published twice a year, the TOP500 list is a compilation of the world’s 500 largest installations…
From insideHPC
Machine & Deep Learning: Practical Deployments and Best Practices for the Next Two Years
Arno Kolster from Providentia Worldwide gave this talk at the HPC User Forum in Milwaukee. "Providentia Worldwide is a new venture in technology and solutions consulting which bridges the gap between High Performance Computing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Skills for the Amazon Show
Key will be how new skills integrate with the capabilities of the device, and innovations of marketing, looking forward to see the possibilities. Lots of video content out there, but how will this be different from
Marketers…
From Schneier on Security
Another iPhone Change to Frustrate the Police
I recently wrote about the new ability to disable the Touch ID login on iPhones. This is important because of a weirdness in current US law that protects people's passcodes from forced disclosure in ways it does not protect actions…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence for CX
Oracle is calling it adaptive intelligence, and is pushing it for better customer experience.
Oracle OpenWorld: Got Customers? Better Get AI For The Best Customer Experience Linda Currey Post , Oracle in Forbes.
Better customer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Job Losses and Automation
Basically, we don't know the numbers, the complexity of the system involved is large.
Statistics on job losses due to automation are sensationalist: Anthony Schofield, Deloitte By Prachi Verma