Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2022
From Apophenia
Crisis Text Line, from my perspective
Like everyone who cares about Crisis Text Line and the people we serve, I have spent the last few days reflecting on recent critiques about the organization’s practices. Having spent my career thinking about and grappling with…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Turning Physical Systems into Neural Nets
Replacing electronic processors with s purely physical system? Hmm ... considering the uses. Worth a look.
Physical Systems Perform ML Computations, By Cornell Chronicle, January 31, 2022
Cornell University researchers have…From insideHPC
TACC Using GRC Liquid Cooling in Lonestar6 Supercomputer
GRC (Green Revolution Cooling), a single-phase liquid immersion cooling company for data centers, today announced that it is providing the cooling infrastructure for the Lonestar6 supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Global Computing Community Divided?
In the ACM some very useful thoughts. How is global effort usefully shared?
Is the Global Computing Community Irrevocably Divided? By Andrew A. Chien
Communications of the ACM, January 2022, Vol. 65 No. 1, Page 5 10.1145/3502906…From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA plans to Use Drones to Monitor Active Volcanoes
Am a long time follower of NASA and Volcanism, so very interesting. The activity in Iceland this year and the use of drones for gathering data in Iceland this past year has made it evident of their value. This is already being…
From insideHPC
Infrastructure is Key to Realizing the Benefits of Government AI Programs
[SPONSORED POST] For more than 20+ years, DDN has worked with federal programs in the US and allied countries. The company's big data storage solutions provide data management speed and scale they need to thrive. The solution…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Effectively Organizing Information
A considerable claim to do this effectively. Out of USC ISI. Looking for more info.
‘Information Is Powerful, But Only If We Can Organize It Right’ — New AI Potential Boon to Businesses
Greg Hardesty | January 19, 2022 in USC…From Computational Complexity
Regan Lipton celebrates my 1000th blog post and random thoughts this inspires
Ken Regan emailed me recently asking if our software could tell how many blogs I had done (not how many Lance+Bill had done). We didn't know how to do that but he managed it anyway. Apparently he was more interested in this question…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Another Good Intro to Digital Twins
Well done, overview that is only minimally technical.
Virtual Duplicates, By Neil Savage, Communications of the ACM, February 2022, Vol. 65 No. 2, Pages 14-16 10.1145/3503798
Back in 1970 during the seventh crewed mission of…From The Eponymous Pickle
Creative Algorithms
University of Bern (Switzerland), November 10, 2021
An international team of scientists led by Switzerland's University of Bern has developed evolutionary algorithms that can learn creatively. Such…From The Eponymous Pickle
At Home COVID-19 Tests
At-home COVID-19 tests could be more affordable thanks to your smartphone
The SmaRT-LAMP system promises to be nearly as accurate as a PCR test.
In Engadget, Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic, January 30th, 2022
Ever since the omicron…From The Eponymous Pickle
Detecting Publishing Fraud
May be many components, like fraud, inaccuracy, etc. Knowing what kind might be most useful. Also a related analysis of the peer review?
Weird Computer-Generated Phrases Tip-Off Scientific Publishing Fraud
By Bulletin of the Atomic…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Bill Gasarch Also 1,000
Another theory of computing blogging milestone 2016 Gathering For Gardner lecture William Gasarch turned 1,000 earlier this month. Or in October, depending on how you count. That is, he has made 1,000 posts on a theory blog all…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is Google new Tracking replacing FLoC Beterr?
FLoC is gone, now is the Google 'Topics' better?
Google attacked over latest plan to replace tracking cookies
By Joel Khalili published about 5 hours ago in TechRadar
Google Topics does nothing to address core privacy concerns…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ghost Imaging
Complexity of advanced imaging of details.
Ghost Imaging Speeds Up X-Ray Fluorescence Chemical Mapping
SciTechDaily, January 13, 2022
Sharon Shwartz and colleagues at Israel's Bar Ilan University integrated computational ghost imaging…From The Eponymous Pickle
COVID-19: Implications for business
Lots, have been in particular following labor availability.
COVID-19: Implications for business
Our latest perspectives on the coronavirus outbreak, the twin threats to lives and livelihoods, and how organizations can preparefrom…From The Eponymous Pickle
IRS wants to Scan Your Face
More face scanning, government wants to be there, who can be?
The Washington Post, Drew Harwell, January 27, 2022
By this summer, Americans wanting to access their Internal Revenue Service records online…From insideHPC
Quantum Origin and Axiom Space: Cybersecurity for Commercial Space Station
Houston and Cambridge, UK — Axiom Space is constructing the core layer of infrastructure for low-earth orbit operations for the commercial successor to the International Space Station (ISS). Axiom has formed a partnership with…
From BLOG@CACM
Cryptocurs Don't Asportate
Cryptocurrency on a blockchain cannot be stolen -- it's true.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nuclear Radiation Use to Transmit Data
Most interesting, why more specifically? safety?
Nuclear Radiation Used to Transmit Digital Data Wirelessly
Lancaster University (U.K.)
November 10, 2021
Digitally encoded information has been transmitted wirelessly using nuclear…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ways AI and ML will improve cybersecurity in 2022
Good thoughts, its all about patterns in context.
Ways AI and ML will improve cybersecurity in 2022, By Louis Columbus, January 19, 2022 8:40 AM in Venturebeat
Cyberattacks are happening faster, targeting multiple threat surfaces…From The Eponymous Pickle
Eyelid Geatures for Motor Impairment
Always thought there would be value in the eyelid asa secondary communication at least. This is a considerable and technical article.
Eyelid Gestures for People with Motor Impairments
By Mingming Fan, Zhen Li, Franklin Mingzhe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Metalenz Unveils Very Small Sensors
Intrigued by very small sensors, and the ability to apply analytic and exploratory methods
Metalenz unveils PolarEyes sensors that are 1,000 times smaller than a human hair in VentureBeat
Metalenz unveiled a new kind of sensor…From The Eponymous Pickle
Graphene Speaks
Material, syntheses in new contexts.
When Graphene Speaks, Scientists Can Now Listen
Rice University News, Mike Williams, January 19, 2022
Brothers John and Victor Li, working in the laboratory of Rice University's James Tour,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesla Hacking Possible
Probably possible in many modern automobile applications, good to see the warning early.
Third-Party Software for Teslas Can Be Hacked, German Teen Says
Bloomberg, Katrina Nicholas; Jordan Robertson, January 12, 2022
German teenager…From insideHPC
DDN Names Meredyth Jensen CMO
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Jan. 27, 2022 – DDN, an artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions company, today announced that brand marketing and strategic communications leader, Meredyth Jensen, has joined…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Do Computer Science Teachers Need For Professional Development
Mike Zamansky had a great post called Trends In Professional Development in CS - it's not all good. We’re still at a very interesting place in the development of computer science education. The shortage of qualified CS teachers…
From insideHPC
PICMG Releases New COM-HPC Carrier Board Design Guide
Wakefield, MA, January 2022 – PICMG, a consortium for developing open embedded computing specifications, announces that the COM-HPC Carrier Board Design Guide is released and freely available on the PICMG website. The 160-page…
From insideHPC
Sandia ML Model Shows Diamond Melting at High Pressure
ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 26, 2022 — A Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulation model called SNAP that rapidly predicts the behavior of billions of interacting atoms has captured the melting of diamond when compressed by…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger and Meijer give out free N95 Masks
Though I am both a Kroger and Meijer shopper I had not noted this. Though have read that N95 are much better for the task, it is still unclear how much good they do in varying retail contexts. Still seems a good attractionKroger…