Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2022
From BLOG@CACM
Where to Look: CS Ethics Research
A select range of publications, peer-reviewed or close, provide sources for student research.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A review of elementary data types : numbers and strings
Computer programming starts with the organization of the data into data structures. In almost all cases, we work with strings or numbers. It is critical to understand these building blocks to become an expert programmer. Words…
From insideHPC
IonQ Wins $13.4M Quantum Contract with U.S. Air Force Research Lab
Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced it has secured a $13.4 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) with access to its trapped ion systems for quantum computing hardware research…
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM builds the world's largest dilution refrigerator for quantum computers
Preparation for additional scaling.
IBM builds the world's largest dilution refrigerator for quantum computers
The super-fridge is known as project Goldeneye.
By Loukia Papadopoulos, Created: Sep 11, 2022 9:56 AM
INNOVATION
IBM's…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Reduces 100,000-Equation Quantum Physics Problem to Four Equations
The power of leveraging patterns in the right context
ACM NEWS
Uncovering Hidden Patterns: AI Reduces 100,000-Equation Quantum Physics Problem to Four Equations
By SciTechDaily, September 29, 2022
A daunting quantum problem thatFrom…From The Eponymous Pickle
Overloading the Grid with Car Charging
Sufficient infrastructure ready?
Too Many Electric Cars Charging at Night May Overload Electrical Grid
By New Scientist, September 29, 2022
The computer models showed that having more drivers charging during the day could reduce…From The Eponymous Pickle
Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers
Umpressive directions in agriculture automation ...
Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers
One side of the John Deere See & Spray Ultimate’s 120-foot sprayer boom, which features 36 cameras.
The Wall…From The Eponymous Pickle
Why No Self Driving Car Yet?
Depends on the specific definition , But Same Answer ....
ACM NEWS
Why Don't You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet?
By Forbes, September 29, 2022
People often ask, "Where's my self-driving car?" "Why don't I have one and when will it come…From Putting People First
[Book] OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes
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These are guidelines for any individual or organisation interested in designing, planning, and implementing a citizen participation process. The guidelines walk the reader through ten practical steps, and detail eight different…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Love your data
Some councils put up 'Ignore your sat nav' signs because drivers kept relying more on the wrong information from electronic directions instead of trusting their own eyes.
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Industry Analyst Steve Conway Ranges Across the Global HPC Scene
In this episode of @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug caught up with Steve Conway, former senior advisor at Hyperion Research and now head of his own consulting firm, Conway Communications. A well-known HPC executive and analyst who…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Lip Reading
Something I did not know. More privacy implications?
AI is already better at lip reading that we are
People, on average, can only guess around one word out of five correctly.
By Andrew Tarantola, September 29, 2022 2:30 PM in engadget…From insideHPC
At ISC 2022: Microsoft Talks HPC-AI and AMD Chips in the Azure Cloud
We visited with Microsoft Azure during ISC – here is our conversation with two HPC-AI specialists, Alex Jean and Dr. Lukasz Miroslaw, for an update on Azure’s line-up of new capabilities and services in support of advanced AI…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Setchain Application Multiplies Blockchain Transaction
Thinking the implications of this.
Setchain Application Multiplies Blockchain Transactions Per Block
IMDEA Software Institute News (Spain), September 26, 2022
Researchers at Spain's IMDEA project, Switzerland's Tezos Foundation…From The Eponymous Pickle
Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote
Saw a number of variants of this as I worked from home during COVID. Good thoughts
Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote, By Keith Kirkpatrick
Commissioned by CACM Staff, September 29, 2022
Permitting workers to split…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Announces New Awards to Fund the Prediction and Prevention of Pandemics
The National Science Foundation announced a series of grants as a part of their new Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) program. The quick onset, mass devastation, and unpredictability of new strands and waves…
From insideHPC
SPEC Forms International Standards Group for Data Center Energy Use
GAINESVILLE, Va., Sept. 27, 2022 – The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) announced the formation of the International Standards Group (ISG) to collaborate with international stakeholders to develop standardized server…
From Computational Complexity
Machine Learning and Complexity
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| Schloss Dagstuhl by Monet by Dall-E |
At Dagstuhl earlier this month, I hung out for a little bit with the participants of the other seminar, Knowledge Graphs and their Role in the Knowledge Engineering of the 21st Century.Perhaps…
From The Eponymous Pickle
NSF Announces $10-million Partnership with Intel
Watching the building of semiconductor resources, will ultimately be crucial.
NSF Announces $10-million Partnership with Intel
By Mirage News, September 8, 2022
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new program…From The Eponymous Pickle
Hints at Apple Mixed Reality Efforts
Apple has done innovation quite well, Look forward to their Mixed Reality efforts.
Apple Might Use ‘Reality’ Naming Convention for Its Mixed Reality Devices
By Josh Norem on August 30, 2022 at 12:15 pm in ExtremeTech
It’s been…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Far We Have Come With Programming Languages
Last night I had a dream during which someone suggested that COBOL would make a good first programming language. They tried to promote the data division and English language syntax as plusses. When I shared this on social media…
From insideHPC
Oxford Quantum Circuits to Offer Quantum Computing-as-a-Service at Cyxtera Colo Data Center
London and Miami – September 28, 2022 – Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and Cyxtera (NASDAQ: CYXT), a data center colocation and interconnection services company, announced today that customers will soon have access to quantum
…
From insideHPC
Amar Maletira Named CEO of Rackspace Technology
San Antonio – September 26, 2022 – Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT), a cloud technology solutions company, today announced the appointment of Amar Maletira as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Maletira, who has served as Rackspace…
From insideHPC
ISC 2023 Names LBNL’s John Shalf Program Chair
HAMBURG, Germany, September 28, 2022 – The organizers of ISC High Performance have announced that John Shalf, department head for Computer Science at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), will be the ISC 2023 Program
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From insideHPC
Aurora on (Revised) Schedule? Intel Says it’s Shipping Ponte Vecchio-Sapphire Rapids Blades to Argonne
The rumors had begun to cirulate – October is near, that kicks off the fourth quarter, 2023 isn’t far behind, all of which means Intel is coming up against a hard deadline to deliver its delayed Aurora exascale-class supercomputer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Comment on Hands-Free Driving
Received the below of interest, linking to Automotive hands-free, I will also link to Spiritcar, and pass along things I think are useful to my readers:
... My name is Alexis Walker, and I’m working with Spiritcar.com. I noticed…From The Eponymous Pickle
Chula Chatbot Career Coach
Interesting, especially regards to how much a coach it can be.
Chula Chatbot Serves As an Education and Career Coach
By Chulalongkorn University, September 26, 2022
A chatbot developed by lecturers at Chulalongkorn University is…From The Eponymous Pickle
Neural Networks Predict Forces in Jammed Granular Solids
Unexpected application for a neural network.
Neural Networks Predict Forces in Jammed Granular Solids By Göttingen University (Germany), September 8, 2022
A team of researchers from Germany's Göttingen University and Belgium's…From The Eponymous Pickle
On Weak IOT Security
Considerable piece. IOT has long been a susceptible ecosystems.
Security in the billions: Toward a multinational strategy to better secure the IoT ecosystem From AtlanticCouncil
By Patrick Mitchell, Liv Rowley, and Justin Sherman…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI, GPS Technology Could Save Lives in Wildfires, Floods, Disaster
Watching Hurricane activity in South Florida, getting further appreciation of linking many camera and sensor resources to make disaster, supply chain decisions.
AI, GPS Technology Could Save Lives in Wildfires, Floods, Disaster…