Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
Putting Answers to the Test
A new algorithm creates plausible answers designed to distract students from the correct answer in multiple choice exams.
From ACM TechNews
One Big Reason Why Women Drop Out of Doctoral STEM Programs
Researchers have found that the fewer women who enter a doctoral program at the same time, the less likely any one of them will graduate within six years.
From ACM TechNews
Google Grants €530,000 to Boost Irish Computer Science Curriculum Buzz
Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, has provided a €530,000 (US$618,801) grant to Irish NGO Camara Education to double the number of TechSpaces in Irish youth...
From ACM TechNews
Making Computer Science Accessible
The CSforAll initiative introduced an accessibility pledge to encourage companies and schools to eliminate some of the obstacles to computer science that disabled...
From ACM TechNews
Summer Computational Modeling Workshop Enriches Minority Students' Education
Students from two historically black institutions spent two weeks this summer learning digital skills from U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory scientists...
From ACM TechNews
Many Adults Want to Reskill for Cybersecurity Careers
Many Americans are willing to consider returning to college to pursue a cybersecurity education, according to a recent Champlain College Online survey.
From ACM TechNews
Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign
A public service as campaign called "She Can STEM" aims to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
From ACM News
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
When computer scientist Christian Berger's team sought to get its project about self-driving vehicle algorithms on the road, it faced a daunting obstacle.
From ACM TechNews
Patent Mining Indicates Promising Routes for Research
Using big data tools such as data mining and network analysis, researchers at two entities affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil devised a method...
From ACM TechNews
Team Tackles Computer Science Diversity, Retention
University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers are using a $300,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to evaluate a new approach to improving student retention...
From ACM TechNews
Code.Org, CSTA Get Extra Computer Science Courses Through New Partnership
Code.org and the Computer Science Teachers Association have partnered with Pluralsight to bring specially curated online course libraries to thousands of additional...
From ACM News
The Outlook for Reality: Mixed
Exploring new frontiers in augmented and virtual reality.
From ACM News
How AI Can Be a Force for Good
For the well-being of humanity, it is crucial that the power of artificial intelligence is used as a force of good.
From ACM TechNews
Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a simulator that helps to secure industrial control systems against hackers.
From ACM TechNews
Female, Minority Students Took AP Computer Science in Record Numbers
Participation by female, African-American, and Latino students in Advanced Placement computer science courses boomed this year.
From ACM TechNews
Chicago-Area Schools Look to Shrink the Gender Gap in STEM Classes
Chicago-area educators are striving to close the gender gap among students enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) classes.
From ACM TechNews
Kids Connect With Robot Reading Partners
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a robot to serve as a reading partner for middle school students.
From Communications of the ACM
Robotic Implants
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
From ACM TechNews
AI Has a Racial Bias Problem. Google Is Funding Summer Camps to Try to Change That
The Oakland, CA-based nonprofit AI4All will use a $1-million grant from Google.org to broaden its outreach to young underrepresented minorities and women.
From ACM TechNews