Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
December 2016
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The threat of technological unemployment
There is a widely reported threat to our economy: robots are going to replace human workers. It is nothing new… In 1930, Keynes, the famous economist introduced the term “technological unemployment”… We are being afflicted with…
From insideHPC
Maxeler Dataflow Engine Speeds Compliance Capture and Analytics for Financial Institutions
"As financial institutions acknowledge the importance of data as an asset and as they continue to deploy sophisticated analytics to realize the benefit of that asset, we will begin to see some achieve competitive advantages in…
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Subatomic Particle Research on Titan
By using multiple grids and separating the modes in the problem onto the various grids most efficiently, the researchers can get through their long line of calculations quicker and easier. "GPUs provide a lot of memory bandwidth…
From insideHPC
Nimbus Data Patents Parallel Memory Architecture
Today Nimbus Data announced the award of a patent for its non-blocking all-flash architecture. Nimbus Data’s Parallel Memory Architecture scales capacity and performance linearly within each ExaFlash system, offering latency
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From insideHPC
Podcast: Deep Learning 101
In this AI Podcast, Host Michael Copeland speaks with NVIDIA's Will Ramey about the history behind today's AI boom and the key concepts you need to know to get your head around a technology that's reshaping the world. "AI has…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wireless Augmented Reality
In Kickstarter (Prototype) .
Makes sense, if we want to improve our reality we should not have to be on a wire tether.
OKULARION: The First Wireless Mixed Reality Headset
First wireless mixed reality (VR & AR in one) headset that…
From Computational Complexity
Hidden Figures
From The Eponymous Pickle
Notion AI to Improve Email and Communications
Years goal is to improve email capabilities. Was just introduced to the Notion AI system. In particular because it can be linked to the Echo voice system. Also the capabilities embedded in Cortana and Siri. Like in all
Notion…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding Cognitive Systems
Jim Spohrer of the Cognitive Systems Institute has started a useful curriculum, click through the below for more information. I recently passed along this comment:
... The most common question I get is: What is this 'cognitive'…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearables for Eldercare
Some obvious solutions, but improved usability will also be important. Many improved sensory approaches too. These methods also align with memory applications also in line with the needs of anyone.
Wearable solutions for the…
From insideHPC
NCI Australia Joins OpenPOWER Foundation
Australia’s National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) has become the first Australian organization to join the OpenPOWER Foundation, a global open technical community enabling collaborative development and industry growth.
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From insideHPC
Video: How GPUs are Remaking Cloud Computing
In this video from the Nvidia Booth at SC16, Jonathan Symonds from MapD presents: How GPUs are Remaking Cloud Computing. "This video discusses how price/performance characteristics of GPUs are changing the nature of cloud computing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hilton Builds Connie Assistant with Watson
More hotel chains thinking about the usefulness of virtual assistants. Notably includes Watson, and looking at the notion of conversation via a humanoid bot called Nao, and a system called Wayblazer. Must such bots be humanoid…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reality on Your Table Spaces
Saw a similar idea which showed architectural drawings represented in front of a client on a table. This will likely advance to provide both demonstration level and even immersible realities. Games are a good start to work…
From insideHPC
Jülich Installs New QPACE3 Supercomputer for Quantum Chromodynamics
A new supercomputer has been deployed at the Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC) in Germany. Called QPACE3, the new 447 Teraflop machine is named for "QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell. "QPACE3 is being used by the University…
From insideHPC
Beauty Meets HPC: An Overview of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center
"The multidisciplinary research team and computational facilities –including MareNostrum– make BSC an international centre of excellence in e-Science. Since its establishment in 2005, BSC has developed an active role in fostering…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced Analytics and Productivity
I like the fact that the word 'Analytics' is used, its not just data science, its what we do with it. Its not all about science its about understanding process and decisions.
How advanced analytics can drive productivity
Companies…
From updated sporadically at best
We Need To Talk About How We Talk About Science
A while ago, Brian Burg commented on Twitter that he would like to see more discussion of marketing in academia. I decided I'd rather write a meta-post about how we need to talk about how marketing is affecting our evaluation…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squidmas Cards
Merry Squidmas. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is the Blockchain and Why is it So Important?
Good piece with graphical descriptions and links.
In Open Data Science:
What is the Blockchain and Why is it So Important?
" ... Simply put, the Blockchain is a shared single version of the truth of anything digital. It is a database…
From insideHPC
HPC Advisory Council Announces Global Conference Series for 2017
Today the HPC Advisory Council announced key dates for its 2017 international conference series in the USA and Switzerland. The conferences are designed to attract community-wide participation, industry leading sponsors and subject…
From My Biased Coin
Godel Prize 2017 Call
The call for nomination for the 2017 Godel Prize is up. The call is available at http://madhu.seas.harvard.edu/Announce/Goedel2017CFN.html and will be up on the SIGACT web page shortly. Here's much of it -- key date, February…
From insideHPC
Princeton Research on Electron-photon Small-talk Could have Big Impact on Quantum Computing
In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron can pass its quantum information to a particle of light. The particle…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Don’t let the experts define science!
We know more than we can tell. We all know what a democracy is… We know that France, Canada, the USA, Japan… are democracies… Russia and China are not democracies. However, I have never seen a definition of “democracy” that fits…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Powerful Rituals
Powerful Resilience through Rituals? Your Conscious Mind Is An Overconfident Storyteller a thoughtful piece. Lately have been looking at the power of storytelling and narrative, so this made me think of confidence in our…
From insideHPC
Podcast: Intel Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence
In this Chip Chat podcast, Diane Bryant, EVP/GM for the Data Center Group at Intel, discusses how the company is driving the future of artificial intelligence by delivering breakthrough performance from best-in-class silicon,…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Spider Robotics for 3D Printing
This reminds me of swarm robotics, which have a similar approach to scale. And an approach that cooperated towards a goal.
Why Spider Robots Could Be The Next Big Thing In 3-D Printing
By Jason Compton
Three-dimensional printing…
From insideHPC
UberCloud Details Recent Progress in CAE Cloud Computing
Over at Desktop Engineering, Wolfgang Gentzsch and Burak Yenier write that the new 2016 Compendium of Engineering Cloud Case Studies showcases great progress in CAE Cloud Computing. "In the early days of cloud computing, users…
From insideHPC
SC16 Applies Advanced Computing for Social Change
In this video, Dr. Kelly Gaither from TACC describes how 20 students identified by XSEDE's community engagement team participated in a four-day long cohort experience themed around social change at SC16. "The objectives of the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quality Fast Food Delivery Automation
Automating Food Delivery
" ... Maple, a David Chang-backed restaurant in New York City, doesn’t have any tables, cash registers, or waiters. Instead, its customers order meals through its website or mobile app, and a fleet of
The…
