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Enigma Machine Collection Recalls Computer Science Victory
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Enigma Machine Collection Recalls Computer Science Victory

Carnegie Mellon University will hire a researcher from the Library of Congress to help it decode a collection that includes two WWII German Enigma machines.

Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms
From ACM Careers

Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms

Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals...

Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data
From Communications of the ACM

Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data

Researchers are exploring ways to put medical data to greater use while better protecting privacy.

­sing AI to Detect Heart Disease
From ACM TechNews

­sing AI to Detect Heart Disease

Researchers have developed a better way to predict and monitor cardiovascular disease.

The Hunt for Explainable AI
From ACM News

The Hunt for Explainable AI

Looking for artificial intelligence that can share the basis for its decisions.

Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google
From ACM Opinion

Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google

Recent controversy over Facebook Inc.'s hunger for personal data has surfaced the notion that the online advertising industry could be hazardous to our privacy...

Flu Virus Finally Sequenced in Its Native Form
From ACM News

Flu Virus Finally Sequenced in Its Native Form

The genome of the flu virus has been fully sequenced in its native RNA form for the first time. Previously, all influenza genomes—as well as those of other viruses...

How AR and Computer Mapping are Leading to Safer Medical Procedures
From ACM TechNews

How AR and Computer Mapping are Leading to Safer Medical Procedures

New smartphone technology can create a more accurate human body scan by using augmented reality and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping.

Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips
From ACM Careers

Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips

China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that...

How to Blow Up a Star
From ACM News

How to Blow Up a Star

After spending three months trying to blow up a star, Hans-Thomas Janka and his team finally saw what they had been waiting for.

Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos
From ACM News

Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos

Half a century ago, the pioneers of chaos theory discovered that the "butterfly effect" makes long-term prediction impossible.

Scientists ­se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass
From ACM TechNews

Scientists ­se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass

Researchers used artificial intelligence to discover and improve metallic glass faster and less expensively than previous methods.

Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words
From ACM TechNews

Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words

Google recently launched a website to demonstrate the company's progress in semantic search.

How 'Ninja Polymers' Are Fighting Killer Superbugs
From ACM News

How 'Ninja Polymers' Are Fighting Killer Superbugs

In Ridley Scott's seminal blockbuster Blade Runner, humanity has harnessed bio-engineering to create a race of replicants that look, act and sound human—but are...

AN­ Helping Build Cheaper, Greener Electricity Networks
From ACM TechNews

AN­ Helping Build Cheaper, Greener Electricity Networks

New smart electricity technology recently passed a major test in Australia by proving it can help manage renewable energy and battery storage for households and...

Fight for Tech Supremacy Intensifies as ­.S. Takes Aim at Chinese Companies
From ACM News

Fight for Tech Supremacy Intensifies as ­.S. Takes Aim at Chinese Companies

The United States undercut China's technology ambitions on Tuesday, advancing a new rule that would limit the ability of Chinese telecommunications companies to...

Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI
From ACM News

Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI

Google's heavy investment in artificial intelligence has helped the company's software write music and beat humans at complex board games. What unlikely feats could...

­.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark
From ACM TechNews

­.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark

A new machine learning and artificial intelligence technique generates a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face taken at night.

­sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine
From ACM TechNews

­sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine

Researchers have developed a residential energy scheduling algorithm by training three action dependent heuristic dynamic programming networks.

20 Entangled Qubits Bring the Quantum Computer Closer
From ACM News

20 Entangled Qubits Bring the Quantum Computer Closer

In 1981, Richard Feynman suggested that a quantum computer might be able to simulate the evolution of quantum systems much better than classical computers. Except...
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