Communications of the ACM
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January 2023
From Computational Complexity
Why does pi come up so often? I don't know either but ...
Here is how history DID unfold:
1) People noticed that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of ANY circle is always the same, it's a number between 3 and 4, roughly 3.14 or as my Dad would say, exactly 22/7 (see this…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST Releases Risk Management Framework Report
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0). The document aims to provide a set of guiding principles for the design, development…
From insideHPC
Bard College Professor of Computer Science Valerie Barr Elected 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— Valerie Barr, Bard College’s Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, has been elected as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Barr,…
From Geeking with Greg
How can enshittification happen?
Cory Doctorow has a great piece in Wired, "The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok. Or how, exactly, platforms die." It's about that we regularly see companies make their product worse and worse until it hits a tipping point, then the…
From insideHPC
Sandia, Los Alamos, Livermore, NNSA and AMD Collaborate on Stockpile Mission
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that funds research and development of advanced memory technologies expected…
From Geeking with Greg
Layoffs as a social contagion
Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote about the recent layoffs at tech companies, saying that it hurts the company in the long-term, but CEOs can't avoid the pressure to join in. [CEOs] know layoffs are harmful to company…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simplex Algorithm Still Key
Amazes me, was the first thing I learned in engineering analytics methodology to optimize systems Originally invented for military supply chains in WWII. Here a technical overview and good historical piece.
Why the Simplex…From The Eponymous Pickle
Small, Convenient Mosquito Repellent Device
A former school of mine does interesting work
Small, convenient mosquito repellent device passes test to protect military personnel by Karen Dooley, University of Florida
A device developed at the University of Florida for the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Travel Industry Megatrends
Travel for business business still not completely restored.
Steve King Writes in Small Biz Labs
Skift's Travel Industry Megatrends
Skift is a travel industry analyst firm and one of our favorite sources on travel trends. MuchWe…From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT Can't Be Credited As an Author, Academic Publisher Says
Good to see this being laidd out, but ultimately will be specifically regulated.
ChatGPT Can't Be Credited As an Author, Academic Publisher Says By The Verge, January 27, 2023 in ACM
Crediting ChatGPT as an author would be.…From insideHPC
Astera Labs Launches Cloud-Scale Interop Lab for CXL Solutions at Scale
SANTA CLARA, CA – January 31, 2022 – Astera Labs, maker of connectivity solutions, today announced the expansion of its Cloud-Scale Interop Lab designed to provide robust interoperability testing between its Leo Memory Connectivity…
From Schneier on Security
Ransomware Payments Are Down
Chainalysis reports that worldwide ransomware payments were down in 2022.
Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from $765.6 million the year before.
As always, we have to caveat these…From insideHPC
Nobel Prize Winner and Former DOE Secretary Prof. Steven Chu Joins ADIA Lab Advisory Board
Abu Dhabi, 30 January 2023 — ADIA Lab, the Abu-Dhabi-based institute dedicated to basic and applied research in data and computational sciences, has announced that Nobel Prize winner and former US Secretary of Energy Professor…
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS on New Analytics
Thoughtful intro to piece via SAS
4 ways you might not realize advanced analytics is changing the world
by LEXI REGALADO on JANUARY 24, 2023
The word innovation often draws to mind images of self-driving cars, new phones, and shiny…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
AAAI Announces Their Newly Elected Class of 2023 Fellows
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) juts announced their new class of 2023 Fellows. AAAI is a nonprofit that aims to advance and promote research in, and the responsible use of, artificial intelligence…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI / GPT Finding, Fixing Bugs in Code! Security Threats?
Something we saw predicted and then experimented with in the 80s. Have seen only hints at the possibility since then. Could be a real powerful plus, especially looking for openings for threats to security.
ACM TECHNEWS
ChatGPT…From The Eponymous Pickle
Israel Opens First 'Smart Operating Room' That Manages Inventory
I worked on simulating operating rooms for efficient use, takes the idea much further, so of interest.
Israel Opens First 'Smart Operating Room' That Manages Inventory
The Jerusalem Post (Israel), Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, January…From insideHPC
Silicon Mechanics Delivers 10x HPC Run Time Boost for Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
[SPONSORED CONTENT] In biomedical research it’s accelerate or perish. Drug discovery is a trial-and-error process driven by simulations – faster simulations, enabled by compute- and data-intensive technologies, mean more runs…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wi Fi Routers Detect People in a Room
Intriguing capability, unexpected.
Wi-Fi Routers Can Detect Human Locations, Poses Within a Room
Tom's Hardware, Mark Tyson, January 18, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have been testing a system that uses Wi-Fi signals…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Move or copy your strings? Possible performance impacts
You sometimes want to add a string to an existing data structure. For example, the C++17 template ‘std::optional’ may be used to represent a possible string value. You may copy it there, as this code would often do… std::string…
From insideHPC
CRN Recognizes Hammerspace as a Cloud 100 Company for 2023
SAN MATEO, Calif. – January 30, 2023 – Hammerspace, the pioneer of the global data environment, today announced that CRN magazine has named Hammerspace to its annual Cloud 100 list. This list honors the 100 Coolest Cloud Companies…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam
Interesting step forward, certainly will change approaches to teaching, testing.
AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, By MedPage Today, in ACM, January 27, 2023
One objection to the use of AI programs in research was…From The Eponymous Pickle
Two charged with attacks on four power substations
Related pieces:
Identifying People Using Cell Phone with Location Data by Bruce Schneier ...
Two charged with attacks on four power substations in Washington state By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
Published 2:20…From Schneier on Security
NIST Is Updating Its Cybersecurity Framework
NIST is planning a significant update of its Cybersecurity Framework. At this point, it’s asking for feedback and comments to its concept paper.
Do the proposed changes reflect the current cybersecurity landscape (standards…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Cognitive crash dummies
Mathematical, digital and physical models can help us design things better (and more safely!)
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nestle Digital Moves
Consumer goods continues to move to deeper digital
Veeral Shah Named 1st Chief E-comm & Digital Officer at Nestlé USA
Veeral Shah has been named chief e-commerce and digital officer for Nestlé USA, a new role for the company.
Shah…From The Eponymous Pickle
Beauty of Math
Quanta Magazine, 651K subscribers
"Students haven't been taught that math is discovery," says Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving. "Math is a creative discipline—you're creating castles in the…From The Eponymous Pickle
Some Smart Appliances Disconnect
Just bought a major appliance in this list. At first the idea of it being 'smart' attracted me, but I did think about having a major need depending on an external complex resource. Despite my background, decided not. Now…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Knowledge, GPT towards a Killer Use case?
Sounds like the 'expert systems' of days past, we wrote a number in various contexts. Results I have seen now are still shaky, often easy ridiculed, but still approaching real possibilities.
Right now there is no “killer” use…From The Eponymous Pickle
Spin Control and Billions of Qubits
A short time ago we were talking a handful of QuBits, now billions? Implications for 'unsolvable' problems?
Spin Control Method Brings Billion-Qubit Quantum Chips Closer
UNSW Sydney Newsroom (Australia) January 13, 2023
Engineers…