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 News
Globus Online File Transfer Service Debuts
The creators of Globus Online have announced the general availability of the cloud-hosted high-performance, secure file transfer service. Globus Online eliminates...
From ACM TechNews
Researcher Highlights Need For Transparency on the Web
University of Southampton professor Luc Moreau says that enabling Web users to determine where data comes from and decide if it is trustworthy will lead to a new...
From ACM TechNews
Racetrack Memory
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne professor Mathias Klaui is working on a racetrack memory technology that could be 100,000 times faster and consume less...
From ACM News
Rensselaer Team Shows How To Analyze Raw Government Data
The Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation has created a how-to primer on "mashing-up" the treasure trove of government Web data.
From ACM TechNews
IBM, 15 European Partners to Develop 'Smart' Cloud
IBM is leading a joint research effort with 15 European partners to develop an object-based standardized smart cloud storage architecture. The project is called...
From ACM TechNews
Supercomputing Fest Will Spotlight World's Fastest Computers, High-Performance Issues
The SC10 supercomputing conference to be held in New Orleans will highlight high-performance computing advances in computation, networking, storage, and analysis...
From ACM News
Data-Scope Computer to Allow Data Analysis That's Impossible Today
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science are developing a computer system that will peform data analysis...
From ACM News
Rensselaer Creates New Center For Data Science Research
Researchers throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are coming together to develop a new interdisciplinary Data Science Research Center. The center will bring...
From ACM News
Getting the Big Picture Quickly with Speedy Software
University of Utah computer scientists have developed software that quickly edits huge photographs. The software needs only seconds to produce "gigapixel" images...
From Communications of the ACM
Wide Open Spaces
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's decision to open frequencies in the broadcast spectrum could enable broadband networks in rural areas, permit smart...
From Communications of the ACM
Career Opportunities
What are the job prospects for today's—and tomorrow's—graduates?
From Communications of the ACM
Security in the Cloud
Cloud computing offers many advantages, but also involves security risks. Fortunately, researchers are devising some ingenious solutions.
From Communications of the ACM
Turning Data Into Knowledge
Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.
From ACM News
Supercomputer Digests Twitter in Real-Time
Specialized hardware and software could provide new insights into the social Web.
From ACM News
Bendable Memory Made from Nanowire Transistors
A new type of device could ultimately hold more data than flash memory.
From ACM TechNews
Faster Websites, More Reliable Data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed TxCache, a database caching system that eliminates certain types of asymmetric data retrieval while...
From ACM News
For Baseball Archivists, a Tag Ends Every Play
Most baseball fans saw it as a dribbler in front of the plate, a throw to first and the completion of a no-hitter for Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay...
From ACM TechNews
IBM Scientists Give Storage Some 'panache'
IBM's Almaden Research Center is developing several advanced technologies for storage and data analysis, including Panache, a clustered file system that provides...
From ACM TechNews
Computer Scientists Cry Foul Over Data Problems in Nrc Rankings
The National Research Council's use of a computerized methodology to rank computing research doctoral programs at the behest of the Computing Research Association...
From ACM News