Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
November 2024
From insideHPC
CMG Targets Faster Reservoir Simulation with Nvidia
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 04, 2024 — Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (TSX: CMG) today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to further develop optimize CMG subsurface simulation solutions for increased speed, performance, and
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From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20241104: India Rising with AI, HBM an HPC-AI Bottleneck, Novel Accelerator Architectures, CHIPS Act for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
A happy first Monday of November to you! The world of HPC-AI was notably active last week, here’s a rapid (7:36) run through: India seen as a rising tech power, High Bandwidth Memory in short supply, news from the novel accelerator…
From insideHPC
Report: US Outpacing Europe for Data Center Clean Energy Procurement
Nov. 4, 2024: According to a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights, the rising energy demands of global data centers are driving shifts toward renewable power sourcing with US data centers accounting for half of total US
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From Schneier on Security
Sophos Versus the Chinese Hackers
Really interesting story of Sophos’s five-year war against Chinese hackers.
From Computational Complexity
A new Mersenne Prime Has Been Found. When will we find the next one?
(Lance posted on the search for Mersenne primes in 2006 after a new one was discovered. I will comment on his post later.)
A Mersenne Prime is a prime of the form \(2^n-1\) where n is a natural number. One can show that n must…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The illusion of good software design
By Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London When disasters involving technology occur, human error is often given as the reason, but even experts make mistakes using poor technology. Rather than blame the person, human error…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA New England Conference 2024–Exhibit Hall
Today I was able to attend the 2024 CSTA New England conference. There were 14 exhibits at the conference and I spent some time with several of them. One of the images below shows the list of conference sponsors. It was great…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Having fun with modern C++
Recent versions of the C++ language (C++20 and C++23) may allow you to change drastically how you program in C++. I want to provide some fun examples. Thanks to the integration of the features from the popular fmt library, it…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sculpture in Massachusetts Building
Great blow-up sculpture.
From insideHPC
QC Ware Announces Return of Q2B Conference
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2024 QC Ware, a quantum and quantum-inspired software and services company, announced the 8th edition of its flagship event, Q2B (Quantum to Business) Silicon Valley. Q2B will take place at the Santa…
From insideHPC
Object Management Group Announces AI Working Group
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 31, 2024 – Today, Object Management Group announced the cross-consortia Artificial Intelligence Joint Working Group, bringing together the collective intelligence of OMG’s consortia to advance AI integration…
From insideHPC
Haltia.AI: AI Is Revolutionizing Government Services
Dubai, UAE, November 1, 2024 – AI platform company Haltia.AI has announced an update on the adoption of artificial intelligence by government agencies, stating, “As governments worldwide grapple with increasing demands for efficiency…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Weekly Computing News: NSF Game Maker Awards for K-12
In this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are sharing the exciting news of the The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Game Maker Awards to celebrate the organization’s 75th anniversary. K-12 student competition…