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Supercomputing Speeds Up Deep Learning Training
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Supercomputing Speeds Up Deep Learning Training

A team led by Texas Advanced Computing Center researchers has published the results of an effort to use supercomputers to train a deep neural network for rapid...

Robots Can Help ­S Better ­nderstand How Infants Learn
From ACM TechNews

Robots Can Help ­S Better ­nderstand How Infants Learn

Johan Kwisthout of Radboud University in the Netherlands' discusses efforts to use robots to replicate the brains infants in order to better understand their learning...

Only If It Serves the State: North Korea's Online Experience 
From ACM News

Only If It Serves the State: North Korea's Online Experience 

Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online.

Slac Knows How the ­niverse Works. Now It's Targeting Your Needs
From ACM Careers

Slac Knows How the ­niverse Works. Now It's Targeting Your Needs

You could be forgiven for thinking the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's glory days are long over.

Nas Report Investigates the Growth of Computer Science ­ndergraduate Enrollments
From ACM News

Nas Report Investigates the Growth of Computer Science ­ndergraduate Enrollments

The National Academy of Sciences recently released a report titled "Assessing and Responding to the Growth of Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments."

China's Technology Ambitions Could ­pset the Global Trade Order
From ACM News

China's Technology Ambitions Could ­pset the Global Trade Order

When President Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday, he will most likely complain about traditional areas of dispute like steel and cars.

Broadening the CS Cohort
From ACM News

Broadening the CS Cohort

Innovative programs are drawing women and minority students to computer science, and giving them the support they need to succeed.

The Disappearing American Grad Student
From ACM Careers

The Disappearing American Grad Student

There are two very different pictures of the students roaming the hallways and labs at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering.

Can AI Help to Detect and Cure Cancer?
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Can AI Help to Detect and Cure Cancer?

University of Southern California Viterbi professor Fei Sha plans to focus her efforts on applying the findings of statistical machine learning to medical science...

­md Hosted Women Around the Country For Its Annual All-Female Hackathon
From ACM TechNews

­md Hosted Women Around the Country For Its Annual All-Female Hackathon

The University of Maryland recently hosted its third all-women hackathon.

Bringing History to Life
From ACM TechNews

Bringing History to Life

Sankofa is a new immersive computer game that aims to bring the cultural history of Ghana to life via gameplay while providing a unique learning experience.

Building A.i. That can Build A.i.
From ACM News

Building A.i. That can Build A.i.

They are a dream of researchers but perhaps a nightmare for highly skilled computer programmers: artificially intelligent machines that can build other artificially...

Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion
From ACM News

Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion

On November 1, the US Navy issued its report on the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain this summer.

Building Tomorrow's Robots
From ACM Careers

Building Tomorrow's Robots

When Brandon Araki arrived at MIT in 2015 as a master's candidate in mechanical engineering, he brought along the picobug, a tiny robot that can fly, crawl, and...

What Virtual Reality Can Teach a Driverless Car
From ACM TechNews

What Virtual Reality Can Teach a Driverless Car

Major companies are testing autonomous car software within virtual reality simulations of cities.

Singapore Teaches Its Seniors to Code
From ACM TechNews

Singapore Teaches Its Seniors to Code

Libraries in Singapore are hosting special versions of the global Hour of Code movement to help seniors learn how to program in the Swift language.

Focus Computer Science Funding on Teacher Training, Code.org Founder Says
From ACM TechNews

Focus Computer Science Funding on Teacher Training, Code.org Founder Says

Code.org founder Hadi Partovi says every dollar committed to computer science education should be channeled into teacher training.

Censoring Sensors
From Communications of the ACM

Censoring Sensors

Amid growing outcry over controversial online videos, tech firms grapple with how best to police online advertising.

Overcoming Disabilities
From Communications of the ACM

Overcoming Disabilities

Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.

Take a Walk on Mars, in Your Own Living Room
From ACM News

Take a Walk on Mars, in Your Own Living Room

When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape.
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