Communications of the ACM
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June 2024
From Computational Complexity
Technology: 1966, 2006, 2023.
In 2013 I wrote a blog to celebrate Lance's 50th birthday by contrasting what things were like when Lance was 10 to when he was 50. That post is here.
But life has even changed from 2006 to 2023. I will tell three stories, one…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Rising Star Award Recipient: Dr Eva Tuba
ACM-W would like to announce Dr. Eva Tuba as this year’s recipient of the ACM-W Rising Star Award! The ACM-W Rising Star Award recognizes a woman whose early-career research has had a significant impact on the computing discipline…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species
A new squid species—of the Gonatidae family—was discovered. The video shows her holding a brood of very large eggs.
Research paper.
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Let me be perfectly queer
By Virginia Grande Let me be perfectly queer: it took me a while to be comfortable saying those words. We didn’t have an equivalent for queer when I was growing up in Spain. Not that I knew of, at least. So when I started being…
From insideHPC
insideBIGDATA Announces Relaunch as insideAI News with Expanded AI Coverage
June 28, 2024 – insideHPC sister publication insideBIGDATA, the leading source for news and insights about artificial intelligence, is proud to announce the relaunch and rebranding of the publication as insideAI News. The revamped…
From Schneier on Security
James Bamford on Section 702 Extension
Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
From insideHPC
Quantum vs. Classical HPC: Sandia Labs and Boston Univ. Challenge Conventional Wisdom that Speed Rules Supreme
Theoretical scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University say they have discovered that quantum computers are unrivaled at solving an advanced math problem. But the big advantage delivered by quantum ....
The…
From insideHPC
Neuromorphic Company Innatera Attracts $21M in Series A Funding
DELFT, NETHERLANDS, 27 June, 2024 — Neuromorphic processor company Innatera, a spin-off from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has announced the oversubscription of its Series A funding round, securing capital…
From insideHPC
RAVEL Adds to Executive Team
Seattle – June 27, 2024 – RAVEL Inc (formerly StratusCore) today announced the addition of three new members of its executive staff – Philippa Carroll, Kaveh Gourdarzian, and Chad Knowles. The experienced new team will help RAVEL…
From insideHPC
Webinar July 17: AMD ROCm 6 Updates and What is HIP?
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] AMD will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 17 at 11 am ET on ROCm 6 Updates & What is HIP? This webinar consists of two parts, each addressing crucial aspects of the ROCm™ software ecosystem. In the first…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Free, London: Code and Create Workshop for Teens, part of #LondonDataWeek
Teens - make a classic arcade game with AI, chatbots and programming: FREE games coding workshop in Stratford, London for 13+: need to bring a laptop and create a ChatGPT account: 2 July at the British Council.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
What Experts Say the Future of Computing Will Look Like in 40 Years
Are you curious about where computational advancements will be in four decades? The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) council member Bill Gropp and The Computing Research Association’s Widening Participation (CRA-WP) board…
From insideHPC
Lenovo Launches Expanded Portfolio of AI Solutions
Today, Lenovo unveiled an expanded portfolio of enterprise AI solutions designed to help companies develop and deploy AI with "turnkey services, business-ready vertical solutions and energy-efficient innovations ....
The post…
From insideHPC
Intel Demonstrates Integrated Optical I/O Chiplet
Intel announced it has achieved a milestone in integrated photonics technology for high-speed data transmission. The prototype OCI chiplet is designed to support 64 channels of 32 gigabits per second (Gbps) data transmission
…
From Computational Complexity
E versus EXP
Why do we have two complexity classes for exponential time, E and EXP?
First the definitions:
E is the set of problems computable in time \(2^{O(n)}\).
EXP is the set of problems computable in time \(2^{\mathrm{poly}(n)}\).
The nondeterministic…From Schneier on Security
The US Is Banning Kaspersky
This move has been coming for a long time.
The Biden administration on Thursday said it’s banning the company from selling its products to new US-based customers starting on July 20, with the company only allowed to provide software…From insideHPC
Asperitas Launches Direct Forced Convection Immersion Cooling
Amsterdam – June 25, 2024 – Thermal management company Asperitas today launched Direct Forced Convection technology, designed to enable scale, power and reliability across multiple workloads, including HPC and AI. The company…
From insideHPC
Aug. 1 Deadline for Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science at Argonne
June 25, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science is accepting applications until Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Apply here The fellowship is typically a two-year appointment…
From Schneier on Security
Breaking the M-209
Interesting paper about a German cryptanalysis machine that helped break the US M-209 mechanical ciphering machine.
The paper contains a good description of how the M-209 works.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Can Robots Be Mentors For Children?
In today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, robots are seen as a potential tool for childhood education and development. From educational resources to companionship, experts such as roboticist Henrik Christensen believe…
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20240624: GPU Price War?, Rectangular Chip Packaging, AI for Science Assistant, Big HPC-AI Systems Keep Coming
Good first-Monday-of-summer morning to you! Here’s a rapid (6:35) run-though recent HPC-AI news, including: GPU price war in the offing?; the big chip companies consider rectangular chip wafer design; formulating advanced genAI…
From The Noisy Channel
Is Similarity Objective?
Some search problems have binary answers. We often frame these problems in terms of matching or equivalence. A simplistic formulation of relevance is that a canonicalized representation of the query intent equals or matches a…
From insideHPC
Diraq Quantum Adds Deeptech and Venture Investors to $22M Investment Round
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 24, 2024 – Quantum computing company Diraq today announced the expansion of its investment round, bringing the total raised to USD $22 million. The company attracted further investment from a number of…
From insideHPC
CEA-Leti Announces Launch of FAMES Pilot Line As Part of EU Chips Act
GRENOBLE, France – June 24, 2024 – CEA-Leti announced the kick-off meeting today of the FAMES Pilot Line, a project aimed at advancing semiconductor technologies in Europe. This initiative aligns with the goals of the EU Chips…
From Computational Complexity
Soliciting open problems in honore of Luca T for my Open Problems Column
As you all know Luca Trevisan, a Giant in our field, passed away at the too-young age of 52. See Lance's post on Luca HERE.
As the editor of the SIGACT News Open Problems Column I am putting together an open problems column in…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Welcome to our new ACM-W Rising Star Committee Chair!
Silvia is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science of Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain. She is also Director of the Master’s Degree in Software Systems Engineering and Technology at UPV, a program awarded…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Performance tip: avoid unnecessary copies
Copying data in software is cheap, but it is not at all free. As you start optimizing your code, you might find that copies become a performance bottleneck. Let me be clear that copies really are cheap. It is often more performant…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Advice To First Timers at #ISTE24 or #CSTA2024
Summer conference season is coming up. ISTE starts this weekend (without me) and CSTA (with me) is in July. Over the years I have been to scores of conferences and I have learned a few things. I thought I might share some ofComfortable…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula
Beautiful astronomical photo.
From insideHPC
GENCI to be Site of 2nd EuroHPC Exascale HPC System
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has signed a hosting agreement with the French national research organization GENCI for its next exascale supercomputer, called Alice Recoque, which will be operated by CEA, a French research agency…