Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Managing with Technology
Human Resources departments are taking advantage of the workforce management capabilities provided by artificial intelligence.
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Seeding a Level Playing Field for 'Dr. AI'
Algorithms must be trained on current health data to be useful.
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Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
Researchers say a new facial recognition software package is fast, computationally efficient, and robust enough for state-of-the-art results.
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A New 'model For Models' in Software Development Effort Estimation
Researchers put forth an automatically transformed linear model as a suitable baseline model for comparison against software estimation effort models.
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Bringing Big Data to the Big Tent
Open source tools assist data science.
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Heartbleed Bug Provokes Open Source Soul-Searching
Vulnerability underscored the issue of how projects like OpenSSL should be supported.
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Quantum Quests
Three breakthrough experiments involving photons have extended coherence times and indicated scalable production.
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Software on Mars
With the AEGIS system, the Mars Exploration Rovers can autonomously select, capture, and analyze images using onboard logic.
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Atomic-Level Computing
Thanks to the University of New South Wales and IBM Research, scientists are moving closer to the junction of quantum and digital computing.
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Analyzing Medical Data
Electronic patient records contain a treasure trove of data, and researchers are using natural language processing technology to mine the structured data and free...
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Preserving Digital Data
Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement...
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Researchers Corral Chip Power-Performance Requirements
Researchers are exploring ways to improve the energy efficiency of microprocessor hardware and software as next-generation chips and languages grow even more power...
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The Science of Better Science
Researchers are exploring networked computational analysis, formal classification, and topic modeling to better identify relevant scientists, ideas, and trends.
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Unlimited Possibilities
M. Frans Kaashoek discusses systems work, "undo computing," and what he learned from Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
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I, Domestic Robot
With recent advances in laser rangefinders, faster algorithms, and open source robotic operating systems, researchers are increasing domestic robots' semantic and...
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Less Code Is Better Code, Says DARPA
With Cyber Fast Track, DARPA plans to hire individuals and small teams via short, fixed-price contracts to create lean code cybersecurity programs.
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The Eyes Have It
Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.
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Turning Data Into Knowledge
Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.12