Communications of the ACM
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August 2022
From The Eponymous Pickle
Closing Malls?
Been watching the closing of local malls, repurposing of space, seems contrary to the following:
New stores are opening in malls, inflation or no by Matthew Stern in Retailwire ....
Some say a recession is on the way; others…From The Eponymous Pickle
Redesigning Streets with AI
Worked with civil engineers early in my career who worked with this kind of designing, fascinating approach
Think Your Street Needs a Redesign? Ask an AI
Bloomberg, Marie Patino, July 30, 2022
Brooklyn-based artist and former activist…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fan Robotics in Space
Fan Robotics in Space
NASA's Space Robots Hit Another Milestone
ZDNet, Liam Tung, July 26, 2022
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobee robots have concluded the first stage of a project to assess autonomous…From insideHPC
HPC Analyst Firm Hyperion Research Expands Survey Team
ST PAUL, Minn., August 2, 2022— HPC and AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the addition of Cary Sudan as the organization’s new principal survey specialist. “Hyperion Research continutes to expand our support…
From insideHPC
Quantinuum Says It’s Near Quantum Error Correction Break-even Point
Quantinuum, which joins Cambridge Quantum software with Honeywell Quantum trapped-ion hardware, today announced it is close to a "breakeven point in quantum error correction.
The post Quantinuum Says It’s Near Quantum Error Correction…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
Considerable piece. Process-technical. Instructive diagrams at link.
Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure
By Manish Parashar, Amy Friedlander, Erwin Gianchandani, Margaret Martonosi
Communications of the ACM, August…From The Eponymous Pickle
Monte Carlo Simulation
Good intro piece to a method we used for many purposes in the enterprise. Even creating usable models for key processes that were used for decades. Consider its similarities to Digital Twins.
Darío…From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Password Done? Safely?
Is this finally the case? See:
Apple Just Killed the Password—for Real This Time
By Wired, June 8, 2022
Your passwords are terrible. Year after year, the most popular passwords leaked in data breaches are 123456, 123456789,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Six Ways Blockchain Is Bolstering Supply Chains
Useful piece to consider.
Six Ways Blockchain Is Bolstering Supply Chains
June 13, 2022, Rob Viglione, SCB Contributor in SupplyChain Brain
In today's digital world, companies are under pressure to be more transparent with their…From The Eponymous Pickle
Encryption Contender Cracked by Simpler Methods
Good to see this was detected early. Without Quantum Methods. Why was it so susceptible? Implications for future methods?
Post-Quantum Encryption Contender Taken Out by Single-Core PC in One Hour
By Ars Technica, August 3, 2022…From BLOG@CACM
On the Ethics of Writing With AIs
AI-generated text, even if accepted from an ethical standpoint, raises questions about the provenance of the generated text.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Surprising Way Crowd Size Affects Our Tendency to Cheat
Not unexpected, depending on further contexts, more implications here
The Surprising Way Crowd Size Affects Our Tendency to Cheat
Organizations would be wise to understand the psychology behind this phenomenon.
By Celia Chui, Maryam…From The Eponymous Pickle
Smell as Useful Sense
We spent much time examining the power of smell in retail. Worth a close look.
Virtual Reality Stinks Because It Does Not Smell
By Wired, August 2, 2022
Illustration shows person wearing virtual reality goggles and uses smoke…From The Eponymous Pickle
Chips Act Explained
Seems a weak and expensive move.
The CHIPS Act and Industrial Policy, Explained
By The Week, August 2, 2022
The United States is going to start making more of its own electronics, and taxpayers are going to pick up a good chunk…From insideHPC
Nokia Selected by Bharti Airtel for 5G Deployment
Aug. 3, 2022 — New Delhi – Nokia today announced that it has secured a deal with telecom operator Bharti Airtel, for 5G radio access network (RAN) deployment. This multi-year deal follows the recently concluded 5G spectrum auctions…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Schneier Writes on Ring Doorbell and Police
Needs more caution on use, but am all for automating home protection.
Ring Gives Videos to Police without a Warrant or User Consent in Bruce Schneier
Amazon has revealed that it gives police videos from its Ring doorbells without…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fixing Ad Bias
Example of AI being used to address bias.
An AI Fix to Advertising Bias? Industry Giants Commit to IBM's Tech
WPP, Delta Air Lines, the 4A's tap computing giant's anti-bias toolkit
CANNES, France — A coalition of industry giants…From The Eponymous Pickle
Building a Practical Quantum Computer
NEWS
Building a Practical Quantum Computer By Don Monroe
Communications of the ACM, July 2022, Vol. 65 No. 7, Pages 15-17 10.1145/3535191
Researchers have speculated about quantum computation for decades, but recent years have…From The Eponymous Pickle
The Dawn of Crowdfarms
Considerable piece starts simple and becomes process-task technical, worth understanding.Note useby China, considerable detail at the link. Approach is new to me. Looking for more detailed examples.
The Dawn of Crowdfarms…From The Eponymous Pickle
NASAs Low G Mapping and Maintenance Robotics
Fan Robotics in Space
NASA's Space Robots Hit Another Milestone
ZDNet
Liam Tung, July 26, 2022
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobee robots have concluded the first stage of a project to assess autonomous…From The Eponymous Pickle
Shelf Stocking with Image Recognition
Out of stock management is an important retail issue, here an example.
This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked Wisy’s platform makes it easier for consumers to buy their favorite products
JOANNA GOODRICHS hoppers…From The Eponymous Pickle
Model Automatically Extracts Content From Web Apps
Interesting app idea.
Model Automatically Extracts Content From Web Apps
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya News (Spain)
Juan F. Samaniego, June 17, 2022
Researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Spain have developed…From insideHPC
MemVerge Announces Memory Machine Cloud Edition and Memory Viewer for CXL
MILPITAS, Calif. – August 2, 2022 – Big memory software company MemVerge today announced general availability of two new software products, Memory Machine Cloud Edition and Memory Viewer. Memory Machine Cloud Edition software…
From insideHPC
OME and Glenco Software Launch OMERO and OMERO Plus for OME-NGFF Support
SEATTLE and DUNDEE, United Kingdom, Aug. 2, 2022 — Today the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) and Glencoe Software announced the latest versions of OMERO and OMERO Plus with support for OME-NGFF, a cloud-friendly data format…
From insideHPC
Avery Design Systems Announces 800G Ethernet VIP Virtual Network Co-simulation Platform
SANTA CLARA, CA — Aug. 2, 2022 — At the Flash Memory Summit today, Avery Design Systems announced its Verification IP (VIP) for 800Gbps Ethernet can now be used to perform virtual network co-simulation for the full layer Ethernet…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Euro Glasses
Had not seen this as yet, note these are developed with Chinese manufacturer Nreal.
AR Glasses Allow Deaf People to 'See' Conversations by Turning Audio into Subtitles
EuroNews
Aisling Ní Chúláin, July 29, 2022
U.K. startup XRAI…From The Eponymous Pickle
From Game Playing to Protein Folding: Opening AI to Scientific Discovery
Excellent inspirational talk by Demis Hassabis on the breakthroughs deriving from Google company DeepMind. Which I have covered in this blog. And also the ethics involved. Largely non Technical and worth reading. NoteTalk…
From insideHPC
Cogniteam and AAEON Announce Robotics Partnership
Tel Aviv, Aug. 1, 2022 — Cogniteam, the developers of a drag n’ drop robotics operating system, called Nimbus, is partnering with a designer and manufacturer of industrial IoT and Edge AI solutions, AAEON, to develop what the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thoughts on On the Value of 'Power Posing'.
But Please Spare us all Posing.
The initial findings that posture equaled power have been debunked, but body language can still play a part in your success.
by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie in Strategy-Business…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Scours Brain Data to Spot Mental Illness Patterns
Predictive, accuracy?
AI Scours Brain Data to Spot Mental Illness Patterns
By Futurity, July 28, 2022 ....
The research may lead to early diagnosis of mental health conditions.
Georgia State University researchers constructed…