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NSA AI Security Center
The NSA is starting a new artificial intelligence security center:
The AI security center’s establishment follows an NSA study…
From Computational Complexity
The CONTRADICTION of Margaritaville and other songs
Jimmy Buffett passed away on Sept 2, 2023. His Wikipedia entry (see here) says his death was peaceful and he was surrounded by friends, family, and his dog, sohere...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (September 2 2023)
Physicists have a published a paper with 5154 authors. The list of authors takes 24 pages out of the 33 pages. The lesson is that if someone tell you that theyContinue...
From Schneier on Security
Spyware Vendor Hacked
A Brazilian spyware app vendor was hacked by activists: In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
FY24 Planning and More: Takeaways from the UASG Administrative Meeting in Istanbul
By Anil Kumar Jain, UASG Chair To kick off FY24, the UASG administrative team recently met in Istanbul for an in-person planning meeting. This valuable face-to-face...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Announcing Call for Blue Sky Papers Track at ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
The CCC is pleased to partner with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to sponsor a Blue Sky Paper track at their upcoming conference SIAM...
From Schneier on Security
Own Your Own Government Surveillance Van
A used government surveillance van is for sale in Chicago: So how was this van turned into a mobile spying center? Well, let’s start with how it has more LCD monitors...
From Computational Complexity
What Makes a Constructive Proof?
In this weblog, we've used constructive in different ways. Often we talk about constructive as something we can create in polynomial time, like an expander. But...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Linux Open Source Guru Greg Kurtzer on Red Hat and the RHEL Source Code Controversy
The Linux open source controversy was kicked off in late June when Red Hat announced changes in access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code. We discussed...
From insideHPC
Samsung Announces 12nm-Class 32Gb DDR5 DRAM
SEOUL, Korea – Sept. 1, 2023 – Samsung Electronics today said it has developed the industry's first 32-gigabit (Gb) DDR5 DRAM using 12 nanometer (nm)-class process...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Reminder to Submit Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration
This is a reminder to please submit your Challenge Problems which require collaboration between the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) disciplines...
From Schneier on Security
When Apps Go Rogue
Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad. With more official macOS...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Congrats to Three Colleagues
And a fourth Composite crop of src1, src2, src3 Vinod Vaikuntanathan and Santosh Vempala and Virginia Williams have a common thread. No, it’s not that they all...
From Schneier on Security
Identity Theft from 1965 Uncovered through Face Recognition
Interesting story: Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after his sibling’s death as an infant, and used...
From insideHPC
Exascale and Industry Innovation at GE Aerospace
Aug. 31, 2023 -- GE Aerospace is partnering with French aerospace company Safran ... on a next-generation technology demonstration program ... that aims to reduce...
From insideHPC
ETH Prof. Torsten Hoefler Joins CSCS as Chief Architect for Machine Learning
August 31, 2023 -- As of Sept. 1, ETH Professor Torsten Hoefler will be chief architect for machine learning of the architecture and technology workgroup at the...
From insideHPC
Arm Introduces Neoverse Compute Subsystems
At Hot Chips today, Arm introduced the Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) designed to enable Arm users to build specialized silicon at lower cost, with lessArm...
From insideHPC
Sept. 8 Registration Deadline for October ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop
Aug. 31, 2023 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold Hands-on HPC Workshop on October 10-12, 2023 at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National...
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $29M for Research on ML, AI and Data Resources for Fusion Energy Sciences
Aug. 31, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $29 million in funding for seven team awards for research in machine learning, artificial intelligence...
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20230828: Gartner on Composable; An ABI for MPI; AMD Acquires Mipsology; Google Cloud HPC Clone
A happy Monday morn to you. This week’s HPC News Bytes offers a quick (4:53) run-through of the major news in our sector over the past week. This morning we look...
From Schneier on Security