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2 to Receive 2017 Acm/ieee George Michael Memorial Hpc Fellowships
From ACM News

2 to Receive 2017 Acm/ieee George Michael Memorial Hpc Fellowships

The Fellowships honor exceptional Ph.D. students worldwide whose research focuses on high-performance computing, networking, storage, and large-scale data analysis...

Why AI Visionary Andrew Ng Teaches Humans to Teach Computers
From ACM TechNews

Why AI Visionary Andrew Ng Teaches Humans to Teach Computers

Stanford University professor Andrew Ng's current area of concentration is teaching next-generation artificial intelligence specialists to train computers.

Nsf Announces $17.7m in Awards For Cross-Disciplinary Data Sciences Projects
From ACM TechNews

Nsf Announces $17.7m in Awards For Cross-Disciplinary Data Sciences Projects

The U.S. National Science Foundation will allocate $17.7 million to fund 12 Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science projects that support research...

With the Uss mccain Collision, Even Navy Tech Can't Overcome Human Shortcomings
From ACM News

With the Uss mccain Collision, Even Navy Tech Can't Overcome Human Shortcomings

In the darkness of early morning on August 21, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker in the Strait of Malacca off Singapore.

Teaching Kids Coding, By the Book
From ACM TechNews

Teaching Kids Coding, By the Book

Girls Who Code has arranged a deal with Penguin to release 13 books over the next two years.

Turing Laureates Celebrate Award's 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary
From Communications of the ACM

Turing Laureates Celebrate Award's 50th Anniversary

ACM recently held a conference in celebration of the first 50 years of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.

Charles W. Bachman
From Communications of the ACM

Charles W. Bachman: 1924-2017

An engineer best known for his work in database management systems, and in techniques of layered architecture that include Bachman diagrams.

A Hunt For Ways to Combat Online Radicalization
From ACM Opinion

A Hunt For Ways to Combat Online Radicalization

Law enforcement officials, technology companies and lawmakers have long tried to limit what they call the "radicalization" of young people over the internet.

End of the Checkout Line: The Looming Crisis For American Cashiers
From ACM Careers

End of the Checkout Line: The Looming Crisis For American Cashiers

The day before a fully automated grocery store opened its doors in 1939, the inventor Clarence Saunders took out a full page advertisement in the Memphis Press-Scimitar...

The Loyal Engineers Steering Nasa's Voyager Probes Across the Universe
From ACM Careers

The Loyal Engineers Steering Nasa's Voyager Probes Across the Universe

In the early spring of 1977, Larry Zottarelli, a 40-year-old computer engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, set out for Cape Canaveral, Fla....

Ap Computer Science Draws in More Girls, Minorities
From ACM TechNews

Ap Computer Science Draws in More Girls, Minorities

More young women took an Advanced Placement computer science exam in 2016 than in 2007 through 2013 combined, mainly because of the College Board's new AP CS Principles...

This Robot Lab Has No Idea What Its Robots Are Doing
From ACM TechNews

This Robot Lab Has No Idea What Its Robots Are Doing

The Georgia Institute of Technology's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines supports the Robotarium, an arena where scientists can run experiments on...

China's Plan For World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy After All
From ACM Careers

China's Plan For World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy After All

Xu Li's software scans more faces than maybe any on earth. He has the Chinese police to thank.

Teaching Computational Thinking Sooner
From ACM News

Teaching Computational Thinking Sooner

Are there benefits to teaching computational thinking to preschoolers?

$2-Million Donation Supports Launch of Theoretical Machine Learning Program
From ACM News

$2-Million Donation Supports Launch of Theoretical Machine Learning Program

The donation comes from Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Wendy Schmidt, president of The Schmidt Family Foundation and cofounder of the Schmidt Ocean...

How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality
From ACM TechNews

How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality

Rita Orji at the University of Waterloo in Canada is designing interactive persuasive computer games customized to the player's motivational style.

Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital universe
From ACM News

Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital universe

Humanity is producing data at an unimaginable rate, to the point that storage technologies can't keep up.

First Human Embryos Edited in ­.s.
From ACM News

First Human Embryos Edited in ­.s.

The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers in Portland, Oregon, MIT Technology...

Obama-Era Computer Science Initiative Surging Ahead Despite Hurdles
From ACM TechNews

Obama-Era Computer Science Initiative Surging Ahead Despite Hurdles

The Trump administration's lack of support for $4 billion CSforAll initiative of the Obama administration has spurred agencies such as the U.S. National Science...

Robots, Start Your Engines!
From ACM News

Robots, Start Your Engines!

There's nothing like a throw-down to push new technologies out to the masses.
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