Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2021
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Define Learn To Code
I saw an interesting question today on Twitter:
…Hey coding enthusiasts! In your opinion, what's the best laptop for students to learn how to code on? #edchat #edtechchat #pdchat
— Mary Jo Madda (@MJMadda) September 30, 2021
From insideHPC
SC21 Updates Safety Protocol for On-site Attendees
SC21 has issued an update about on-site safety protocols at its annual conference, to be held November 14–19, 2021 in St. Louis. Following are highlights of their statement released today: Proof of Vaccination: SC21 will require…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Manish Gupta Talk on Human Inspired AI
Looks to be a good talk:
Reminder: October 6 Talk, "Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence" with ACM Fellow and Director of Google Research India Manish Gupta
If you haven't done so yet, register now for the next free ACM TechTalk…From The Eponymous Pickle
Hardening your VPN
Just posted, as usual these often get interesting comments.
Via Schneier: Hardening Your VPN
The NSA and CISA have released a document on how to harden your VPN ....
From insideHPC
CATALOG Secures $35M in Series B Funding, DNA-Based Computation Expected Next Year
Boston, Sept. 30, 2021 — CATALOG, a startup developing automated DNA-based digital data storage, announced it secured $35 million in Series B funding led by Hanwha Impact. This funding will spur the development of a computing…
From insideHPC
A Look Inside the US’s 1st Exascale Supercomputer Facility
Preparing for the nation’s first exascale system, the upcoming HPE Cray EX Frontier “Frontier” system at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been a colossal undertaking. Since the spring…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Baby Face, Identity and Health Monitoring
Baby face and health monitoring.
Baby Detector Software in Digital Camera Rivals ECG
By University of South Australia, August 27, 2021
University of South Australia (UniSA) scientists have developed computer vision-based baby detector…From insideHPC
Intel Launches 2nd Loihi Neuromorphic Chip, LANL Investigating ‘Trade-offs’ Between Quantum and Neuromorphic Computing
Intel today released an update on its neuromorphic computing strategy, introducing Loihi 2, its second-generation neuromorphic research chip, and Lava, an open-source software framework for developing “neuro-inspired” applications…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safety Thoughts lead to Analysis
The mentioned of simple linear optimization is interesting.
When Accidents Happen, Drones Weigh Their Options
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Debra Levey Larson, September 21, 2021
Gauging unmanned aerial vehicles'…From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Invites Submissions for HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 30, 2021 – Hyperion Research and the HPC User Forum Steering Committee are now accepting submissions for the 18th round of the HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The program started in 2011 and has recognized…
From Computational Complexity
Being the Chair
If you have Netflix and interested in the academic world, I recommend The Chair, a six-episode dramatic series starring Sandra Oh as a new English department chair at a "lower tier ivy league university". The series takes many…
From insideHPC
Google Cloud’s N2D Virtual Machines to Use AMD EPYC 7003 Chips
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2021 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced Google Cloud is expanding its use of AMD EPYC processors with the preview of N2D Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors. Utilizing…
From insideHPC
Serverfarm Launches ‘Future of Data Centers’ Podcast
LOS ANGELES – Sept. 30, 2021 – Serverfarm, the data center developer and operator, announces the launch of its second Future of Data Centers podcast series on International Podcast Day. Held annually on September 30, International…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyber Security in Oil and Gas
Already broadly attacked, examples below.
Oil and Gas Companies Must Act Now on Cybersecurity Via Siemens
August 13, 2021, Oil and Gas Companies Must Act Now on Cybersecurity
The World Economic Forum’s Cyber Resilience in…From insideHPC
Building the GPU-accelerated Datacenter
[Sponsored Post] To learn about GPU-accelerated datacenters, join the upcoming live webinar from Thinkmate and PNY. You'll hear about the future of the datacenter, why the GPU is crucial, the technology behind GPU acceleration…
From insideHPC
MicroSys Partners with AI Chipmaker Hailo on Embedded AI Platform
Munich and Tel Aviv, September 30, 2021 – MicroSys Electronics announced today its partnership with artificial intelligence chipmaker Hailo to launch its miriac AIP-LX2160A embedded platform, hosting up to 5 integrated Hailo-8…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Baby Steps
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step—Martin Luther King, Jr. Still from her IHES lecture Maryna Viazovska was the first person to prove an exact bound on sphere packing in a dimension higher than…
From insideHPC
Deadline for XSEDE Undergraduate Program Is Oct. 29
An XSEDE-wide effort is underway to expand the community by recruiting and enabling a diverse group of students who have the skills — or are interested in acquiring the skills — to participate in the work of XSEDE. The name of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Expanding Chinese Courier Robotics
Makes sense. We need more to fulfill logistics. Note recognition of the need for collaboration.
Pandemic Pushes Chinese Tech Giants to Roll Out More Courier Robots By Reuters
September 29, 2021
Chinese technology giants Alibaba…From insideHPC
NSF Funds $1.8M for Univ. of Michigan Research for Room Temperature, Controllable Quantum Nanomaterials
An effort to create quantum semiconductors that operate at room temperature has been awarded $1.8 million by the National Science Foundation. The success of the University of Michigan team could lead to the integration of quantum…
From insideHPC
NVIDIA’s Huang to Unveil AI Technologies, Products at Virtual GTC, Nov. 8-11
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021 — NVIDIA today announced that it will host a global, virtual GTC from Nov. 8-11, featuring a keynote by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and talks from AI research and industry leaders. …
From insideHPC
Quantum Appoints Data Scientist Emily White to Board of Directors
SAN JOSE, Calif. — September 29, 2021— Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced that Emily White has joined the company’s Board of Directors. White’s extensive experience in data science and analytics will be instrumental…
From BLOG@CACM
Students are Interested in People, and Teachers Value Multiple Languages: ICER 2021 Pointers
A couple of excellent papers from the International Computing Education Research conference.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beyond Seti, Can AI get us There?
A number of good questions are asked.
AI Calling ET: How Artificial Intelligence Supports the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
By Karen Emslie, Commissioned by CACM Staff, September 28, 2021
Back in 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman…From The Eponymous Pickle
Why do Digital Twins Matter?
Am a long term practitioner in simulation systems, now looking to understand how Digital Twins fit into the mix and can be better linked to broader context. Here is another piece by Ajit Jaokar
#Artificial Intelligence #23…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon also Poses an Indoor Drone Camera
See also that Amazon/Ring has announced an indoor camera drone for security applications. Announced at a much cheaper price than their rolling robot You have to wonder how well a flying camera device will interact with other…
From insideHPC
AMD Targets HPC-AI for 30x CPU-GPU Energy Efficiency Boost by 2025
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced a goal to deliver a 30x increase in energy efficiency for AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct GPU accelerators used in artificial intelligence (AI) training and high performance computing (HPC) applications…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers
More details of operational information for agriculture.
Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers Two IoT sensors from this year's ARPA-E Summit can help farmers make better decisions By KAREN KWON
Demonstrating that we are truly living…From insideHPC
Cambridge Quantum Open Sources TKET Software Development Toolkit
Cambridge, UK, September 29, 2021 – Cambridge Quantum (CQ) announced that the latest version (v.0.15) of TKET (pronounced “ticket”), its hardware-agnostic quantum software development kit, is now open-source and available. Open…
From insideHPC
RENCI Named Partner in NSF Institute’s $15M Imageomics Effort
Sept. 29, 2021 — RENCI, the Renaissance Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been named as a partner in a new effort to use images of living organisms as the basis for understanding biological…