acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Blogroll


bg-corner

Job of the Week: Science Writer and Communications Specialist at ORNL
From insideHPC

Job of the Week: Science Writer and Communications Specialist at ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking a Science Writer and Communications Specialist in our Job of the Week. "This person will lead ECP writing efforts and coordinate...

SC17 Preview turns the Spotlight on Making Connections
From insideHPC

SC17 Preview turns the Spotlight on Making Connections

SC17 General Chair Bernd Mohr introduced the theme of the upcoming conference with these fine words: "One connection can change your life. Our community is making...

Strong Networking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Strong Networking

In Inc:5 Simple Habits of Strong NetworkersImplement these habits, and you'll go from sweaty-palmed to self-assured. By Kat BoogaardFairly obvious, but worth repeating...

Democratizing Reputation
From The Noisy Channel

Democratizing Reputation

I was an early adopter of LinkedIn. As one of the first 50K people to join the platform in 2003, I started blogging about it in 2008 and… Continue reading on ...

Dumb Security Survey Questions
From Schneier on Security

Dumb Security Survey Questions

According to a Harris poll, 39% of Americans would give up sex for a year for perfect computer security: According to an online survey among over 2,000 U.S. adults...

Yevgeniy Brikman on the Yours Productly Podcast
From Writing

Yevgeniy Brikman on the Yours Productly Podcast

The other day, I did an interview for the Yours Productly podcast where I talk about startups, product design, coming up with startup ideas, minimal viable products...

Yevgeniy Brikman on the Yours Productly Podcast
From Writing

Yevgeniy Brikman on the Yours Productly Podcast

The other day, I did an interview for the Yours Productly podcast where I talk about startups, product design, coming up with startup ideas, minimal viable products...

How do students differ in gamified education?
From XRDS

How do students differ in gamified education?

Gamification of University-level courses is becoming a common practice, as many professors decide to try offering their students a more engaging learning environment...

Walmart Tests Blockchain to take Unsafe Food From Shelves
From The Eponymous Pickle

Walmart Tests Blockchain to take Unsafe Food From Shelves

An unexpected application.  Blockchain in retail compliance. In Engadget:Walmart tries using blockchain to take unsafe food off shelvesIt could pull bacteria-laden...

Webcams and Maps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Webcams and Maps

My writing about the famous coffee pot Webcam, and its internet of things implications, reminded me of work we did looking at the output of public webcams as data...

Augmented Beauty
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Beauty

Another look at an old idea.  Been connected with a half dozen attempts.  Will augmented reality tech finally make this work?  See my tags below for more examples...

Faces of Customer Education
From The Eponymous Pickle

Faces of Customer Education

So what is the best way?   Advertisements?  Blogs?  Twitter Streams?  Have been operating with all of these for some time,  but what is engaging and efficient?The...

Overcome Resistance to Change by Enlisting the Right People
From The Eponymous Pickle

Overcome Resistance to Change by Enlisting the Right People

Just completed teaching a course at Columbia University on Change Management in Analytics.  Used some thoughts from this article.   Good thoughts.Overcome Resistance...

Dell EMC & Cycle Computing to offer Cloud Software and Services for HPC
From insideHPC

Dell EMC & Cycle Computing to offer Cloud Software and Services for HPC

Today Cycle Computing announced that Dell EMC will offer its software and services as an option with Dell EMC HPC Systems. At Dell EMC, we are constantly looking...

Win a Cluster for your Institution with the 2017 Research Cluster Grant
From insideHPC

Win a Cluster for your Institution with the 2017 Research Cluster Grant

Today Silicon Mechanics announced the opening of the 6th Annual Research Cluster Grant (RCG) program. "We hope you will consider this opportunity to support your...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

GLL At the Chess Match

Dick and I will be on Sunday’s game telecast Business Insider source Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Sergey Karjakin of Russia are midway through their world championship...

Character Filtering
From The Noisy Channel

Character Filtering

Search queries are made up of characters. It’s easy to take characters for granted; indeed, people who have never implemented a search… Continue reading on Query...

AI, Robots Won't Try To Kill Us
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI, Robots Won't Try To Kill Us

I mentioned this Stanford study when it came out.   Worth the read.  Now Fast Company takes a closer look.   'Try' is the operative word. Long view is right, with...

Minds, Machines, Precision and the Internet of Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Minds, Machines, Precision and the Internet of Things

Timothy Chou writes:" ... On the heels of the successful Minds+Machines 2016,  the IoT Institute has launched a class, which uses my new book, Precision, as the...

Video: For Precision Medicine, HPC Matters at SC16
From insideHPC

Video: For Precision Medicine, HPC Matters at SC16

In this video from SC16, Steve Conway from IDC moderates a panel discussion on Precision Medicine. "Recently, DOE Secretary Moniz, VA Secretary MacDonald, NCI Director...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account