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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Professor Clifford I. Nass, Expert on Human/computer Interactions, Dead at 55
Clifford I. Nass, a Stanford communication professor known for his research on the way people interact with technology, died Nov. 2 at Stanford Sierra Camp near...
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U.s. Teams Up With Operator of Online Courses to Plan a Global Network
Coursera and the U.S. government recently launched a partnership to create learning hubs around the world where students can go to get Internet access to free courses...
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Researcher Explores Student Online Collaboration
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Mellon University are using a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to study blended learning in which...
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University of Waterloo: Silicon Valley's Canadian Feeder School
Recent engineering graduate Mike McCauley is living the dream.
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First-of-Its-Kind Online Master's Draws Wave of Applicants
Since implementing a new low-cost online master's program in computer science based on MOOC technology, Georgia Tech has received almost twice as many applications...
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'mundane' Classes Put Thousands Off Computer Science
Reading University is launching what is believed to be the United Kingdom's first free online university programming course, as the school's vice-chancellor Sir...
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Study: 80% of College Students Say They Text in Class
From the front of his classroom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor Barney McCoy noticed that students’ smart phones were making regular appearances...
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Big Plans For Small Spacecraft
It's hard to miss the rocket engine in Paulo Lozano's MIT office.
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Interview With 13-Year-Old MIT App Inventor Winner Arjun Kumar
A chat with Arjun Kumar, winner of the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology App Inventor contest in the K-8 division for his EZ School Bus Locator.
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The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested
Check it out, I'm working on a reboot of The Graduate, set in 2013.
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Shall We Play a Game?
Gamification, the use of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-gaming contexts, is beginning to grab hold in many industries.
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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.
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Google: 'where Will Future Quantum Computer Scientists Come From? Our Best Guess: Minecraft'
Google is hoping to inspire children's interest in quantum computing by using one of their favourite digital pastimes: Minecraft.
From Communications of the ACM
Legal Issues with Robots
Who is responsible when property is damaged or someone is injured by an automated system? Existing product liability laws have not yet been tested in the context...
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Cybersecurity Jobs: Young Adults Show Little Interest in the Field
Few young adults are interested in cybersecurity careers, according to a new study.
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C Davis Joins Cybersecurity Research Alliance
A new research alliance that will focus on detecting, modeling, and responding to cyberattacks on networks in real time.
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Call For Participation: 2014 Workshop on ACM History
The ACM History Committee is sponsoring a two-day workshop on professional archival practices on May 21-22, 2014, in Minneapolis, MN.
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Moocs Evolve; Version 2.0 Aims to Retain More Students
Given that student retention rates typically hover at just around 4-5% of those participating in free Web classes, some online courses have evolved to a sort of...
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This Algorithm Can Predict Your Success At niversity
In a large university full of lecture classes, it can be hard to pinpoint the students who are falling through the cracks.
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