The resilience of the Internet with alternative paths, including satellite and undersea and land cable as well as high speed laser links, might play a critical part of overcoming the side effects of a major CME (coronal mass ejection) event.
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2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a compiler, and put them all together in 'The Dragon Book.'
Technical Perspective: A Chiplet Prototype System for Deep Learning Inference
"Simba," by Yakun Sophia Shao, et al., presents a scalable deep learning accelerator architecture that tackles issues ranging from chip integration technology to workload partitioning and non-uniform latency effects on deep neural network performance.
Is 5G Opening Security Holes in the Internet of Things?
The new 5G networks increase hacker access to the Internet of Things.
Quantum Simulator Beats Quantum Hardware
Toshiba's quasi-quantum optimization algorithm on Microsoft's Azure cloud outperforms today's fledgling quantum computer speeds.
Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
HCDA: From Computational Thinking to a Generalized Thinking Paradigm
As a new era in computing emerges, so too must our fundamental thinking patterns.
What Serverless Computing Is and Should Become: The Next Phase of Cloud Computing
The evolution that serverless computing represents, the economic forces that shape it, why it could fail, and how it might fulfill its potential.
Opening up the world around us by detecting changes in quantum states.
Democratizing Facial Authentication
Intel's RealSense ID solution performs facial identification on device, not in the cloud.
The State of Quantum Computing
Recent developments in the field may signal quantum technology will soon be ready for prime time.
The World’s Most Magnificent Historical Calculating Machines
The design of today's electronic computers is usually not very appealing, in contrast to magnificent mechanical calculating machines from earlier times.
Higher Education Readies for a Quantum Leap
The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.
DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Scores
The U.S. Defense Department agency has been sponsoring underground circuit competitions for robotic hardware systems for the last three years.
Majorana Meltdown Jeopardizes Microsoft’s Quantum Computer
Majorana particles would make perfect qubits to build a large quantum computer, but their creation and detection in 2018 was probably no more than overinterpreted noise. Lead scientist Leo Kouwenhoven's integrity is now under investigation.
The World’s Most Magnificent Historical Automatons
Automatons are ubiquitous. Some of the most magnificent works in the genre have survived in museums.
Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids
We have enormous power to change the world through the systems we create. A world with clean air and water in which every person is respected seems like something we can all aspire to.
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