The vast majority of computer and network security experts agree that there is currently no way to adequately secure an online public election.David Jefferson and Barbara Simons From BLOG@CACM | February 24, 2016 at 09:29 AM
ETH's Torsten Hoefler walks through a week of workshops, tutorials, papers, and his reactions to a week at SC.
Torsten Hoefler From BLOG@CACM | November 20, 2015 at 09:19 AM
SC15 is taking place at a time when high-performance computing (HPC) finds itself at an inflection point. As we approach the end of CMOS, the path forward for HPC's...Dona Crawford From BLOG@CACM | November 16, 2015 at 09:13 AM
The annual SC conference is instituting new practices over the next five years that will help establish SC as the "gold standard" for computational science practice...Michela Taufer and Wilfred Pinfold From BLOG@CACM | November 15, 2015 at 04:58 PM
Five are honored for exceptional achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Larry Fisher From BLOG@CACM | August 11, 2015 at 08:40 AM
Summer reading recommendations for computer scientists, courtesy of the SIGCSE 2015 Using Science Fiction in CS Courses BOF.
Joel C. Adams From BLOG@CACM | July 2, 2015 at 11:43 AM
It is past time to reunite the big data, cloud, and high-performance computing communities. Each can each learn much from the other.Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | June 25, 2015 at 09:49 AM
In the 70 years since the end of World War II, AI has advanced enormously, and the military has continued to show a steady appetite for acquiring lethal robots....John Arquilla From BLOG@CACM | May 1, 2015 at 03:22 PM
At SIGCSE 2015, five CS educators brought and live-demo'd the low-cost Beowulf clusters they had built for teaching parallel and distributed computing.Joel C. Adams From BLOG@CACM | April 2, 2015 at 09:38 AM
As managers and practitioners in the HPC community part of our responsibility is to make sure that everyone we come into professional contact with appreciates how...Dona Crawford From BLOG@CACM | November 21, 2014 at 08:28 AM
Steadily growing chips, systems, and application parallelism are driving the movement of data across larger distances in systems, and data locality is becoming...Torsten Hoefler From BLOG@CACM | November 20, 2014 at 11:12 AM
At SC14, graduate students mentor undergraduates interested in pursuing advanced degrees in fields related to high performance computing.
Jeffrey Hollingsworth From BLOG@CACM | November 20, 2014 at 10:25 AM
SC14 launched this year’s gala with a new plenary session to highlight the advancements that HPC enables in everything from soap to safer cars to the discovery...Wilfred Pinfold From BLOG@CACM | November 18, 2014 at 10:17 AM
The longitudinal value of research data often accrues to disciplines other than those where it was created. We need a new model that judiciously balances investment...Daniel A. Reed From BLOG@CACM | November 16, 2014 at 04:56 PM
What a day at ICPC 2014! It all began with IBM Tech Trek this morning, followed by the 2014 ACM-ICPC World Finals Opening Ceremony and ending with the IBM Chill...Chas Kurtz From BLOG@CACM | June 23, 2014 at 09:30 AM
Often, you will be told programming languages do not matter much. It is a pretty general rule that people arguing language does not matter are simply trying...Bertrand Meyer From BLOG@CACM | April 15, 2014 at 08:58 PM
The program of ACM Multimedia is very diverse: apart from oral and poster presentations, panels and keynotes there are challenges and competitions. Some may really... From BLOG@CACM | October 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM
This year ACM Multimedia had a new revision process that may be of interest for other ACM conferences. Let's review it and see also the best papers selection.Marco Bertini From BLOG@CACM | November 4, 2013 at 11:27 AM