Communications of the ACM
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September 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quality of Supply Chain Data
Brought to my attention for comment, good statement of issues:
It’s Time to Address the Poor Quality of Supply Chain Data in SupplyChainBrain
The reality of global supply chains in recent years has been a sorry affair, but there…From The Eponymous Pickle
Can Neural Networks Learn Better than Human Neurons
In the Opinion section of CACM:
Can Neural Networks Learn Better than Human Neurons?
By Mind Matters News, August 16, 2022
The modern neural network is a better learning algorithm than the brain. The brain neuron is limited by…From Putting People First
Perspectives on the value of ethnography in a future-focused world
In an uncertain world, the safe bet to futures is to explore, identify and invest in what will most likely not change.
From Putting People First
User research & Engineering: better together during discovery
Julia Tan and Carolina Aldas of Spotify provide some recommendations on how user research and Engineering can improve their collaboration during the Discovery Phase to come up with more feasible product solutions.
From insideHPC
NSF Center of Excellence in Cyberinfrastructure Awarded $7.5M
Sept. 6, 2022 — Since 2016, the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) has brought together software developers to improve access to essential resources and services with a “community center” approach. By offering development…
From insideHPC
Cogniteam Integrates Robotics AI Capabilities with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Edge Platform
Sept. 6, 2022 — Cogniteam, a robotics company and creator of the Nimbus low-code robot development operating system, has integrated the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin platform into its robot software packets. A preferred member of
…
From insideHPC
DOE: $35M for Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Partnership in Nuclear Physics
Sept. 6, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million for three joint projects in Nuclear Physics (NP) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) via a partnership program of Scientific Discovery…
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFTs on Your TV
Not understanding this fully either.
LG brings NFTs to its LED and OLED TVs
Okay, who asked for this?
By Igor Bonifacic in Engadget
Over its long history, LG has never been shy about jumping on some unusual bandwagons. So it should…From The Eponymous Pickle
Progammable Materials sense Their Location
Quite interesting
Programmable Materials Can Sense Their Own Movements and Interactions
MIT News, Adam Zewe, August 10, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have created three-dimensionally (3D)-printed materials…From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverse with Lifelike Chatbots
More indications of the drive to Metaverse?
Nvidia Sees a Metaverse Populated with Lifelike Chatbot Avatars
CNET
Stephen Shankland, August 9, 2022
Nvidia has launched the Avatar Cloud Engine, which combines three-dimensional (3D)…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ai Learning Patterns of Human Language
Trained and tested from Linguistic textbooks in languages. Some surprises in learning cross languages.
AI Can Learn the Patterns of Human Languages
In MIT News
Adam Zewe, August 30, 2022
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Challenges of IoT, TLS, and Random Number Generators in the Real World
Well put piece, technical .... introduction.
The Challenges of IoT, TLS, and Random Number Generators in the Real World
Bad random numbers are still with us and are proliferating in modern systems.
By James P. Hughes, Whitfield…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Legal Complexity
Formal logical methods may be needed to represent the Donald Trump documents case her page Monica Palmirani is a Professor of Computer Science and Law at the University of Bologna in Italy. She is one of the Program Chairs of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sensors and AI Improve Plant Environments
Via BBC, Claim to improved agriculture.
'We talk to plants - they tell us how happy they are'
Vertical farming - growing plants indoors, on stacked levels, in a highly controlled environment - allows higher yields.
And now, the…From The Eponymous Pickle
ESG: Environmental, Society and Governance
OK, I admit I had to look up the definition of ESG. Yes, all three things are important to manage carefully. We did in the enterprise. I was part of one aspect of that management, But all slapped together in one definition…
From The Noisy Channel
Content Moderation
Many platforms, particularly social media sites and ecommerce marketplaces, establish policies to determine what they consider acceptable content. These platforms implement such policies through content moderation systems.
Values…From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithmic Anxiety
Overblown.
The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety
By The New Yorker, July 29, 2022
It can feel as though every app is trying to guess what you want before your brain has time to come up with its own answer.
Social networks have always purported…From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Artificial Pneumatic Muscles
Robotic applications
3D Artificial Pneumatic Muscles for Future 'Makers'
IIT - Italian Institute of Technology, August 30, 2022
Researchers at Italy's Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (the Italian Institute of Technology, IIT) and…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Names Have Power – Names and Programming
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare.
There are cultures where people have a sort of public name and a secret or true name that is rarely shared because knowing ones true name gives people powerNaming…From The Eponymous Pickle
Hardware Offers Faster Computation for AI with Much Less Energy
Another dip into analog computing?
Hardware Offers Faster Computation for AI with Much Less Energy
MIT News, Adam Zewe, July 28, 2022
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an analog processor…From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Process Faster, More Precise Than Conventional Methods
Seems complex, but perhaps a game changer for 3D printing.
3D Printing Process Faster, More Precise Than Conventional Methods
Rutgers Today
Greg Bruno, August 1, 2022
The Multiplexed Fused Filament Fabrication (MF3) method developed…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Animal Translation
Can see how this could be done, to map to behavior, context, but how consistent?
The Animal Translators By The New York Times
The naked mole rat may not be much to look at, but it has much to say. The wrinkled, whiskered rodents…From The Eponymous Pickle
Cell Factory Modeling
Predicting how fast and efficiently enzymes work.
ACM TECHNEWS
Algorithm Uncovers Secrets of Cell Factories
By Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), September 1, 2022
An algorithm developed by researchers at Sweden's Chalmers…From The Eponymous Pickle
Highlights Risks of Quantum Simulation Technology
Tech Bulletin form ACM Policy Council (TPC)
ACM TechBrief Highlights Risks of Quantum Simulation Technology
ACM
August 2, 2022
A technical bulletin from ACM's Technology Policy Council (TPC) weighs the benefits and risks of quantum…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Helped Create a Vaccine
I Was There When: AI Helped Create a Vaccine
By In Machines We Trust in ACM Opinion
September 1, 2022
As soon as the first genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus was released, researchers began scrambling to find a vaccine. Scientists…From insideHPC
DOE: $23.9M for Data Management and Scientific Data Visualization Research
Sept. 1, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $23.9 million in funding for 10 projects in advanced scientific data management and visualization. The funding lasts up to three years, with $12.1 million in…
From BLOG@CACM
Not Your Grandmother's Textbook Exercise
Sarcasm, where you least expected it.
From insideHPC
HPC-AI Chips in the News: NVIDIA, AMD Ensnared in US-China Trade War; Arm Sues Qualcomm
NVIDIA and AMD, makers of advanced GPUs used in HPC-AI workloads, became embroiled this week in the deteriorating relations and ongoing trade war between the US and the People’s Republic of China. Yesterday, Nvidia said it has…
From BLOG@CACM
Lessons Learned Writing For BLOG@CACM
...and how to become a better technical writer In the process.
From BLOG@CACM
Opportunities of Data Science Education
Considering the six new and exciting opportunities that data science presents.