ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - March, 2019
(going forward we will send monthly newsletter, not biweekly)
Chapter Activities
Feb 22, 2019: ACM New Chapter Members Assume Charge March 02, 2019:Opportunities in Open Source March 29, 2019: Product Nation: India's Trillion Dollar Opportunity in SaaS
Upcoming Events
Will be published soon.
Headlines at a Glance
1. The Future of Data Storage 2. Volkswagen to network factories in the cloud with Amazon 3. McDonald's Bites on Big Data with $300 Million Acquisition 4. How MOOCs Make Money 5. Consider the Pigeon, a Surprisingly Capable Technology 6. A new method for understanding ancient coin images
News in Detail ** The Future of Data Storage CACM | Samuel Greengard | April, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Over the decades, computer storage has encompassed a variety of technologies, including punch cards, floppy disks, tape, hard drives, and flash techno ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Volkswagen to network factories in the cloud with Amazon Associated Press | David McHugh | 27 February, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Volkswagen said Wednesday it is partnering with Amazon to develop cloud computing capacity aimed at improving efficiency and coordination across the automaker’s ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** MCDONALD'S BITES ON BIG DATA WITH $300 MILLION ACQUISITION wired.com | Brian Barrett | 25 March, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mention McDonald’s to someone today, and they're more likely to think about Big Mac than Big Data. But that could soon change ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** How MOOCs Make Money campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffhauser | 03 March, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ In 2011, when a few Stanford (http://www.stanford.edu/) (CA) professors experimented with delivering three of the university's most popular computer science courses online for free, Dhawal Shah signed up for ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Consider the Pigeon, a Surprisingly Capable Technology spectrum.ieee.org | Allison March | 29 March, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ For thousands of years, homing pigeons have been carrying messages. They proved especially useful during wartime. Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and the Duke of Wellington (at the Battle of Waterloo) ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** A new method for understanding ancient coin images techXplore.com | Ingrid Fadelli | 18 March, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Two researchers at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, have recently developed a new machine learning-based method for understanding images of ancient ... Full Article
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