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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Life, Translated
The Holy Grail of language translation is to develop a machine-based system that can handle the task transparently and accurately.
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Ted's Chris Anderson: The Man Who Made Youtube Clever
With his TED Talks series, the former magazine mogul Chris Anderson has racked up 500 million web video views for speeches by academics and technological experts...
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Mi-Lsamp Boosts Minority STEM Enrollment
MI-LSAMP has managed to increase the number of STEM degrees awarded to minority students by nearly 50% over the last five years. In addition, it has increased overall...
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Computer Learns Language By Playing Games
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Regina Marzilay has adapted a system she developed to generate scripts for installing software on a Windows computer...
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Computer Science Tops List of Best Major For Jobs
Computer science has topped the National Association of Colleges and Employers' list of best majors for jobs for the first time since 2008.
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Raspberry Pi: Rise of the $25 Computer
Raspberry Pi developers have created a computer designed to inspire a new generation of computer programmers but inexpensive enough to enable schools to give them...
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Silicon Valley Status Symbols Emphasize Mind Over Material
Aaron Patzer lives in a 600-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Palo Alto with an old couch and TV. His favorite shoes are hand-me-down brown leather wingtips...
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Stanford Faculty Collaborate to Improve Online Education
Stanford University faculty are jointly developing software and testing it in the classroom to improve online education.
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A Roboticist's Trip From Mines to the Moon
Robots created by William "Red" Whittaker have crawled into mines and volcanoes, crossed deserts, won a 60-mile road race, helped clean up nuclear waste and harvested...
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Study: World's Colleges Lack Bi, Analytics Concentration
Just a few colleges and universities worldwide offer dedicated degree programs for business intelligence, despite the quickly growing popularity of analytics technology...
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Center Stresses Need For Integrated Science, Computer Education
At the University of Texas at Austin's recent 10th anniversary celebration of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, scientists and industry leaders discussed the...
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New Project Could Improve Results From School Web Searches
Creative Commons and the Association of Educational Publishers have launched a partnership aimed at improving Internet search results for teachers and students...
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New Report Offers Roadmap For Success in K-12 STEM Education
A new U.S. National Research Council report, "Successful K-12 STEM Education," identifies the characteristics of successful K-12 schools and programs in science...
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Stanford's Video Processing in the Cloud Allows Interactive Streaming of Online Lectures
Stanford University researchers recently released the program code for ClassX, software that converts static videos of class lectures into interactive online video...
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Post-9/11 Security: A Rational Student Debate
The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is approaching, and you can count on the flow of remembrances and where-are-we-now updates swelling...
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Italian Hi-Tech Software Teaches Perfect Pasta Skills
University of Bologna researchers have developed Tortellino X-perience, a multimedia teaching game that combines a traditional video with a three-dimensional representation...
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ACM Award Recipients
Craig Gentry, Kurt Mehlhorn, and other computer scientists are honored for their research and service.
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Brave, New Social World
How three different individuals in three different countries — Brazil, Egypt, and Japan — use Facebook, Twitter, and other social-media tools.
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What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library
Despite looming budget cuts, the library is flourishing and putting out some of the most innovative online projects in the country.
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