Communications of the ACM
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September 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Study Highlights AI Shortcomings
Thoughtful piece and links ...
Study highlights how AI models take potentially dangerous 'shortcuts' in solving complex recognition tasks by York University
Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) don't see objects the way…From The Eponymous Pickle
NIST, Google to Create Chips for Researchers, Startups
Note NIST and Google collaboration
NIST, Google to Create Chips for Researchers, Startups
NIST News, September 13, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Google have signed an agreement to develop and…From The Eponymous Pickle
A Silicon Image Sensor That Computes
New approach for image analysis?
A Silicon Image Sensor That Computes
Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Leah Burrows, August 25, 2022
U.S. and South Korean researchers have developed in…From insideHPC
Meta in Launch of Energy Storage Solutions Consortium for Carbon Reduction
Meta has joined the Energy Storage Solutions Consortium, whose mission is to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions via adoption of electricity storage technologies — i.e., batteries. The goal is to create an open-source, third-party…
From The Eponymous Pickle
HP Robotic Layout Tool
Coul have used this in a number of complex re-design efforts.
HP's SitePrint robotic solution could revolutionize construction layout process
The company claims it will print layouts autonomously without an error.
By Nergis Firtina…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future of Shopping
Interesting piece.
The future of shopping in McKinsey, August 27, 2022 A confluence of trends, disruptions, and shifting behaviors is giving consumers growing power over retailers. Technology will continue to advance,the…From The Eponymous Pickle
China Discovers Fusion Fuel on Moon
How real are the claims here? This could lead to considerable Space mining efforts as fusion capabilities progress.
China Discovers Stunning Crystal on the Moon, Nuclear Fusion Fuel for Limitless Energy
The find makes ChinaBy…From Computational Complexity
Monarachy: A Problem with Definitions
As I am sure you know, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 recently. I am not a royal-watcher, but I am a royal-watcher-watcher. That is, the question of why people care about the lives of these people intrigues…
From insideHPC
BRV China-backed HPC-AI Tech Completes $6M Seed and Angel Round Financing
BEIJING, Sept. 14, 2022 — HPC-AI Tech, an artificial intelligence high-performance optimization platform, recently closed $6 million seed and angel rounds with BlueRun Ventures China (BRV China) acting as the lead investor for…
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D-Printed Surfaces Inspired by Nature
Interesting idea, biomimicry directly linked to 3D Printing, then back to human needs. How deep can this go?
3D-Printed Surfaces Inspired by Nature
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
Meike Drießen, September 12, 2022
Scientists…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ethereum Completes Merge and Rehaul of Blockchain, Stock Falls
Will this be enough?
Ethereum Merge Brings 'Sell-the-Fact' Price Move in Crypto Markets in CoinDesk
The price stability that prevailed after Ethereum's shift to a more energy-efficient "proof-of-stake" network suddenly evaporated…From The Eponymous Pickle
Truly Autonomous Cars May Be Impossible Without Helpful Human Touch
Interesting take, but I think they will ultimately be fully possible and used. We have too much desire for convenience and AI will fill in enough of that to ignore deficiencies.
Truly Autonomous Cars May Be Impossible Without…From The Eponymous Pickle
Learn from One Look
From the Google AI Blog, Fascinating, Requiring less data for recognition. intro is useful intro. Link to talk, ultimately technical.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Posted by Daniel Rebain, Student…From The Eponymous Pickle
On Metamaterials: RIS
RIS: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.
Metamaterials Could Solve One Of 6G’S Big Problems
There’s plenty of bandwidth available if we use reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
MARIOS POULAKIS in IEEE Spectrum
FOR ALL THE TUMULTUOUS…From The Eponymous Pickle
Visual Embedding Tool for Amazon Quicksight
AWS Announces New Visual Embedding Feature for Amazon QuickSight
By Jaime Hampton in Datanami.
AWS has announced a new feature called Fine-Grained Visual Embedding, powered by its cloud-based business intelligence service, Amazon…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Scholarships Chair – Apply by September 30
ACM-W is seeking applicants for the next ACM-W Scholarships Chair. Come join us and be part of an energetic team of leaders for an organization supporting, celebrating, and advocating for women in computing around the world.…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrations Chair – Apply by September 30
ACM-W is seeking applicants for the next ACM-W Celebrations Chair. Come join us and be part of an energetic team of leaders for an organization supporting, celebrating, and advocating for women in computing around the world.…
From Putting People First
[Book] Service Design for Urban Commons
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This book explores the application of service design to urban commons, focusing on the Reggio Emilia Ducal Palace in Italy.
From BLOG@CACM
Four Conversations About Human-Centric AI
I discuss the different conversations, their limits, and what we really need to be talking about.
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: AWS, Sun, eBay, Netflix (and Others) Vet Adrian Cockcroft Talks Cloud HPC-AI and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
In our converesation with Adrian Cockcroft, we start with Netflix's move to the cloud, a significant event that helped put cloud computing on the map. Then it's on to Environment, Sustainability, and Governance (ESG), Formula…
From The Eponymous Pickle
FarmTubers Are Out there
Brought to my attention, I was introduced to XTubing maybe a year ago, and am astounded at the width and depth of most everything being delivered. Teaching your customer efficiently?
I’m interested in everything…From BLOG@CACM
New Research Vindicates Fodor and Pylyshyn: No Explainable AI Without 'Structured Semantics'
In this short article, we generalize recent research results that clearly make the point that "there can be no explanation without semantics."
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can't be Evil NFT Licenses?
Admit I do not entirely understand, reconsidering:
The Can’t Be Evil NFT Licenses Formerly from A16xcryprom, Andreessen
by Miles Jennings and Chris Dixon, August 31, 2022
Two decades ago, the newly formed Creative Commons (CC)…From The Eponymous Pickle
Framework On the Power of Platforms
Considerable embedded links to supporting information.
A Framework for Understanding the Power of Platforms
By Irving Wladawsky by IWB / September 08, 2022 at 08:09AM ....
This past July, MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy…From The Eponymous Pickle
Building resilience: The history and future of US crisis management
Crisis managed?
Building resilience: The history and future of US crisis management
McKinsey, August 22, 2022 | Article
By Tony D’Emidio, Zoe Fox, Jon Spaner, and Ophelia Usher
The crisis management community has made great progress…From The Eponymous Pickle
Researchers Develop 3D-Printed Artificial Cornea
From insideHPC
Tattile Selects AI Chip Maker Hailo for Smart LPR Cameras for ITS
Mairano, Italy & Tel Aviv, Israel, September 14, 2022 – Italian automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) specialist, Tattile, part of TKH Group, announced today its technology partnership with leading edge AI chip maker Hailo…
From insideHPC
AI-Quantum Software Company SandboxAQ Acquires Cryptosense Security Solutions
Paris and Palo Alto, September 14, 2022 – SandboxAQ, an AI and quantum tech (AQ) enterprise SaaS company delivering combined , today announced it has acquired Cryptosense, a cybersecurity and encryption analysis software company…
From insideHPC
Aliro Quantum Adds Chief Marketing Officer
BOSTON , Sept. 14, 2022 — Quantum networking company Aliro Quantum today announced the appointment of its first Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Michael Wood. The company said that over the past 12 months, it has expanded engagements…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Escaping strings faster with AVX-512
When programming, we often have to ‘escape’ strings. A standard way to do it is to insert the backslash character (\) before some characters such as the double quote. For example, the string my title is "La vie" becomes my title…