Communications of the ACM
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October 2022
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By Ryan Daws | October 26, 2022 | TechForge Media
Categories: Applications…From The Eponymous Pickle
Diesel Shortages Loom
Watching the supply chain:
US diesel supplier warns companies to prepare for shortages, higher prices for consumers
Alexandra RossOctober 31, 2022
Josh Yoder, owner of Yoder Farms, says he spends $1,500 a day on a tractor while…From insideHPC
Aviatrix Launches CostIQ for Cloud Cost Monitoring
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 — Aviatrix, maker of Intelligent Cloud Networking, today announced CostIQ, which leverages distributed telemetry built into its cloud network to measure usage of shared cloud network resources…
From insideHPC
Zadara and KINX Enter Partnership to Power Korean Multi-Cloud Environments
IRVINE, Calif. October 31, 2022 – Edge cloud services company Zadara today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with KINX Inc., an internet infrastructure service company, to provide its zStorage, storage…
From insideHPC
Ansys Announces Ansys Gateway on AWS
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31, 2022 — Today Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) announced the availability of Ansys Gateway powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which allows customers to use Ansys products in one workspace on AWS – designed to simplify…
From insideHPC
Finite State and RKVST Announce IoT Software Supply Chain Security Partnership
COLUMBUS, Ohio, and Santa Clara, Calif., — October 31, 2022 — Supply chain security company Finite State and RKVST have announced a partnership to bring together Finite State’s product security automation with RKVST’s zero trust…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson as an IP and Patent Advisor
Could have used this in the enterprise and with US Government work some time ago ... talked this and Watson Discovery with IBM, seemed to lay fallow for some time. Demos?
IBMAnnounces Demonstration Project with U.S. Patent and…From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Internet Alliance
Continuing to connect to and better understand this effort. More to follow.
JOINING FORCES
For the future Quantum Internet.
Our mission
QIA’s mission is to build a global Quantum Internet made in Europe…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Tools for Skill Improvement
Chess and other game playing as a means to have access to tools to improve skills. How does this translate to more general skills?
AI Helps Humans Level Up Chess players and programmers now have access to tools that can improve…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The Marconi Society Hosts a Virtual Symposium, the Decade of Digital Inclusion on November 2-3rd, 2022
The Marconi Society will host a free virtual Symposium, The Decade of Digital Inclusion, on November 2-3, 2022. The Marconi Society is a nonprofit chaired by Vint Cerf and dedicated to creating digital equity. This event honors…
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and RedHat
Following this for some time. Here Marketwatch calls it a big win.
Opinion: IBM’s expensive and risky pivot to the cloud is finally paying off
Published: Oct. 25, 2022 at 3:10 p.m. ET, By Alex Salkever
Red Hat is a bright spot…From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Not 'Fully Patching' all OS's
Implications? And to what degree? Only most serious, and how often? So what then is an upgrade? seems perilous for users. Also in Schneier with comments,
Apple clarifies security update policy: Only the latest OSes are fully…From insideHPC
Successfully Deploy Composable Infrastructure on the Edge to Improve HPC and AI Outside of Traditional Data Centers
Enterprises are generating more data than ever and are constantly searching for applications that reliably compute significant amounts of sensitive information. To accomplish this, organizations require a modernized IT infrastructure…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Sharing with UK
Not sure to what extent and detail it did exist before.
A data-sharing agreement between the US and UK is now in effect in Engaget
The countries say the pact will help combat serious crimes, but privacy advocates have raisedBy…From Schneier on Security
Apple Only Commits to Patching Latest OS Version
People have suspected this for a while, but Apple has made it official. It only commits to fully patching the latest version of its OS, even though it claims to support older versions.
From ArsTechnica:
In other words, whilemacOS…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Happy Hallowe’en – free spooky puzzles and activities
Free Hallowe'en activities and puzzles for the classroom or at home ^JB
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon has a new plan for its home robot Astro: to guard your life
Will robots soon be protecting us?
HUMANS AND TECHNOLOGY In TechnologyReview
Amazon has a new plan for its home robot Astro: to guard your life
The cute home assistant could be the most powerful, invasive home robot we’ve seen…From Computational Complexity
Does the Physics Nobel Prize Winner understand their own work (guest post)
David Marcus was a Math major a year ahead of my at SUNY Stonybrook (he graduated in 1979,
I graduated in 1980). He then got a PhD from MIT in Math, and is a reader of this blog. Recently he emailed me that he thinks the current…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesla Humanoid Robotics
Was asked to comment on this, on status, direction and effort involved. Pointers?
Tesla is borrowing Autopilot team for Optimus humanoid robot project in Electric
Fred Lambert - Sep. 20th 2022 3:14 am PT
The CEO has said that…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotic Falcons to Deter Bird Strikes
Novel Application. might also deter birds eating key crops.
Robotic Falcon Designed to Help Prevent Bird Strikes, By CNN, October 28, 2022
Collisions between birds and aircraft, known as bird strikes, can result in aircraftResearchers…From The Eponymous Pickle
Whats Your Pacebo?
Good Thoughts.
What's Your Placebo? (links here)
By Ryan Bockmon, Stephen Cooper
Communications of the ACM, October 2022, Vol. 65 No. 10, Pages 31-33 10.1145/3528085
A tale of woe: Our institution, like many others, has a high…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI in Your Ears, Enhancing Speech with Neural 'Clearbuds'
New to me and interesting, out of ACM
AI In Your Ears By R. Colin Johnson
Commissioned by CACM Staff, August 25, 2022
"ClearBuds" is the code-name of the first "end-to-end hardware-software neural-network based binaural systemKim…From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey Blueprints the Metaverse
A how and why is presented.
Your blueprint to building in the metaverse in McKinsey
October 29, 2022 Is the metaverse is coming for all of us? COVID-19 ushered in a new normal in so many ways—for Ken Wee, chief strategy officer…From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft: Hackers are Using Open Source Software, Fake Jobs in Phishing Attacks
Not very new, except in the details. seen this before.
ACM NEWS
Microsoft: Hackers are Using Open Source Software, Fake Jobs in Phishing Attacks
By ZDNet
September 30, 2022
Microsoft is warning that hackers are using open source…From The Eponymous Pickle
Open-Source Fleet Management Tools for Autonomous Mobile Robots
Are I am working in, soon?
At ROSCon 2022, NVIDIA announced the newest Isaac ROS software release, Developer Preview (DP) 2. This release includes new cloud– and edge-to-robot task...
Open-Source Fleet Management Tools for Autonomous…From The Eponymous Pickle
Collaborative Creativity in AI
Discovered of late. Excerpt of article below. Some key issues outlined.
Collaborative creativity in AI
In Nature Machine Intelligence volume 4, page 733 (2022)
The public release of ‘Stable Diffusion’, a high-quality imageGenerative…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Model Transferability in Healthcare
Very good look at this issue, considering potential application.
AI Model Transferability in Healthcare: A Sociotechnical Perspective
By Nature Machine Intelligence, October 24, 2022 (Was Introduced to Nature Machine Intelligence)…From The Eponymous Pickle
Imaginable
Now reading game designers Jane McGonigal's just published: " Imaginable: How to see the Future Coming and feel ready for anything - even things that seem impossible today" Had met her at a meeting some time ago and wasAmazon's…
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Quantum Accelerometer
Was unaware of such an application:
First 3D quantum accelerometer could let ships navigate without GPS
A device that measures acceleration very precisely using quantum effects could be used for navigation when GPS is unavailable…From The Noisy Channel
Let’s Talk About Resume Screening
With apologies to Bruno, we don’t talk about resume screening. But we should.
Resume screening is usually the first step in the hiring process for active candidates. After a candidate submits an application for a job posting,There…