acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

Researchers' Algorithm Aims for Economical, High-Performing Cricket Bat
From ACM Careers

Researchers' Algorithm Aims for Economical, High-Performing Cricket Bat

A new cricket bat designed using machine learning at the University of British Columbia could put high-performing bats made of less expensive wood into kids' hands...

Virtual Gaming Platform Targets Pharmacy Education
From ACM Careers

Virtual Gaming Platform Targets Pharmacy Education

The SimPharm clinical pharmacology gaming platform aims to bridge the gap between classroom learning and patient care.

Google Game Builder Lets You Create 3D Video Games Without Coding Knowledge
From ACM Careers

Google Game Builder Lets You Create 3D Video Games Without Coding Knowledge

Gone are the days when you needed to know coding to create a video game.

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
From ACM Careers

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

Lauren Kelemen dreamed of working for Disney when she was a little girl. Today, she provides information technology support for Disney's three Broadway productions...

Electronic Musician's Offbeat Approach Melds Sound with Computer Science
From ACM Careers

Electronic Musician's Offbeat Approach Melds Sound with Computer Science

Like other musicians, Sam Pluta, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, can get lost in performance. His instrument of choice is a computer.

Computer Analysis Shows Pop Music Lyrics Are Angrier, Sadder
From ACM Careers

Computer Analysis Shows Pop Music Lyrics Are Angrier, Sadder

Data scientists using quantitative analytics found that expressions of anger and sadness in popular music has increased in recent decades, while the expression...

Statistics Student Improves WV­'s Baseball Analytics
From ACM Careers

Statistics Student Improves WV­'s Baseball Analytics

Joseph Cuomo, an industrial mathematics and statistics student, is helping West Virginia University baseball coaches analyze data on release location, pitch velocity...

First Machine-Generated Book Published
From ACM TechNews

First Machine-Generated Book Published

Researchers at Goethe University in Germany developed an algorithm that was used by publisher Springer Nature to produce its first computer-generated book.

Professor ­sing VR to Aid Learning Among Students With Autism
From ACM Careers

Professor ­sing VR to Aid Learning Among Students With Autism

Kennesaw State University professor Chao Mei is developing an innovative method of therapy for children with autism and attention deficit disorder.

Moscow State ­niversity Wins ICPC 2019 Programming Contest
From ACM Careers

Moscow State ­niversity Wins ICPC 2019 Programming Contest

The Red Panda team from Moscow State University placed first in the world finals of this year's International Collegiate Programming Championship in Porto, Portugal...

Elite Chinese Music School Offers Ph.D.s in Music + AI
From ACM Careers

Elite Chinese Music School Offers Ph.D.s in Music + AI

China's elite Central Conservatory of Music is recruiting Ph.D.s for a new Music AI and Information Technology program. Prospective students should have a background...

Future Nuclear Security Experts Train with Sandia-Designed Game
From ACM Careers

Future Nuclear Security Experts Train with Sandia-Designed Game

The next generation of nuclear security experts is being trained by playing a war game designed with help from Sandia National Laboratories.

No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph
From ACM Careers

No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph

Florida State University researcher Shuyuan Ho is working to create an online polygraph that uses machine-learning to identify liars and truthtellers based on the...

Faster Robots Demoralize Co-Workers
From ACM Careers

Faster Robots Demoralize Co-Workers

A research team has found that people consider themselves less competent and expend slightly less effort when competing with and losing to robots in contests for...

Videogame Skills Score With Employers
From ACM Careers

Videogame Skills Score With Employers

Once associated with antisocial behavior or immaturity, gaming savvy now translates into welcome workplace capabilities.

­C Santa Cruz Offering Graduate Degree in Serious Games with Social Goals
From ACM Careers

­C Santa Cruz Offering Graduate Degree in Serious Games with Social Goals

UC Santa Cruz is launching a master's degree program in serious games that aim to help people with special needs or address other social goals.

Video Game Players Have Increased Moral Reasoning Skills, Researchers Say
From ACM Careers

Video Game Players Have Increased Moral Reasoning Skills, Researchers Say

Young people who play video games have higher moral reasoning skills that those who don't, Bournemouth University researchers found.

Collaborative Video Games Could Increase Office Productivity
From ACM Careers

Collaborative Video Games Could Increase Office Productivity

A study by four information systems professors at Brigham Young University found that newly-formed work teams experienced a 20 percent increase in productivity...

High School Senior Brings Pianist's Perspective to Computer Science
From ACM Careers

High School Senior Brings Pianist's Perspective to Computer Science

A changed perspective of math and a determination gained as a piano student put Cumberland Valley High School senior Elizabeth Walker on a course to study computer...

Technology ­se Has 'Tiny' Association With Adolescent Well-Being
From ACM Careers

Technology ­se Has 'Tiny' Association With Adolescent Well-Being

A study of 300,000 adolescents and parents in the UK and USA shows that use of technology has less of a negative affect on adolescent mental health than wearing...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account