acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

Testing the Future: Astronaut in Space Remote-Controls Robot in California
From ACM News

Testing the Future: Astronaut in Space Remote-Controls Robot in California

On a pebbled field built next to a parking lot, a small rover scoots forward and expels a long sheet of polyimide plastic from its backside, the third film the...

The Bell Labs of Quantum Computing
From ACM Careers

The Bell Labs of Quantum Computing

Raymond Laflamme can't yet sell you a quantum computer. But he'll sell you a $13,000 logic board for measuring entangled photons.

The Brains Behind Research on the Brain
From ACM Careers

The Brains Behind Research on the Brain

While studying physics and electrical engineering as an MIT undergraduate in the late 1990s, Mehmet Fatih Yanik managed to avoid taking any biology classes until...

Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain
From ACM News

Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain

The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who...

Fast, Accurate Detection of 100,000 Object Classes on a Single Machine
From ACM News

Fast, Accurate Detection of 100,000 Object Classes on a Single Machine

Humans can distinguish among approximately 10,000 relatively high-level visual categories, but we can discriminate among a much larger set of visual stimuli referred...

Faster Than the Speed of Light?
From ACM News

Faster Than the Speed of Light?

Beyond the security gate at the Johnson Space Center’s 1960s-era campus here, inside a two-story glass and concrete building with winding corridors, there is a...

Astronomer Uses Kepler Telescope's Data in Hunt For Spacecraft from Other Worlds
From ACM Careers

Astronomer Uses Kepler Telescope's Data in Hunt For Spacecraft from Other Worlds

In the field of planet hunting, Geoff Marcy is a star. After all, the astronomer at the University of California at Berkeley found nearly three-quarters of the...

Nasa Advanced Technology Concepts Selected For Study
From ACM Careers

Nasa Advanced Technology Concepts Selected For Study

NASA has selected 12 proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts...

Stretchable Conductors Pave Way for Elastic Electronics
From ACM Careers

Stretchable Conductors Pave Way for Elastic Electronics

Networks of spherical nanoparticles embedded in elastic materials may make the best stretchy conductors yet, engineering researchers at the University of Michigan...

The End of Digital Tyranny: Why the Future of Computing Is Analog
From ACM Opinion

The End of Digital Tyranny: Why the Future of Computing Is Analog

Our world is ruled by 1s and 0s.

Imaging Electron Pairing in a Simple Magnetic Superconductor
From ACM Careers

Imaging Electron Pairing in a Simple Magnetic Superconductor

Scientists have identified the factors needed for magnetically mediated superconductivity, which could reveal the mechanism behind zero-energy-loss current-carrying...

The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?
From ACM Careers

The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?

Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely a way the human brain copes with and explains the environment.

Daydreaming Simulated By Computer Model
From ACM Careers

Daydreaming Simulated By Computer Model

Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do.

The Hut Where the Internet Began
From ACM Opinion

The Hut Where the Internet Began

Let's start at the end point: what you're doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication...

New Language Helps Quantum Coders Build Killer Apps
From ACM News

New Language Helps Quantum Coders Build Killer Apps

Quantum software has finally left the dark ages with the creation of the first practical, high-level programming language for quantum computers.

Thin-Film Diamonds May Enhance Electronics
From ACM Careers

Thin-Film Diamonds May Enhance Electronics

Applying thin-film diamond coatings at lower temperatures expands options for manufacturers and may allow them to enhance future electronic devices.

Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
From ACM News

Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative

In a small, dark, room off a long hallway within a sprawling complex of buildings in Silicon Valley, an array of massive flat-panel displays and video cameras track ...

Mathematicians Think Like Machines For Perfect Proofs
From ACM News

Mathematicians Think Like Machines For Perfect Proofs


Beyond Silicon: Transistors Without Semiconductors
From ACM Careers

Beyond Silicon: Transistors Without Semiconductors

A new nanoscale transistor made by Michigan Technological University scientists could represent the next frontier in electronics.

Medicine That Monitors You
From ACM News

Medicine That Monitors You

They look like normal pills, oblong and a little smaller than a daily vitamin.
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account