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
Cybersecurity System Mimics Human Immune Response
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Bruce McConnell recently released a white paper about a healthy ecosystem of computers that can automatically recognize...
From Communications of the ACM
Web Science Meets Network Science
A pair of divergent scientific communities discusses their similarities and differences, and search for common ground.
From Communications of the ACM
I, Domestic Robot
With recent advances in laser rangefinders, faster algorithms, and open source robotic operating systems, researchers are increasing domestic robots' semantic and...
From ACM TechNews
European E-Science Group Extends Cloud Focus
The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG), which consists of more than 100 members from European institutions, has issued a draft report illustrating how cloud...
From ACM News
Remembering Jean Bartik
Jean Bartik, notable to computer historians as one of the original six programmers on the ENIAC project, died on March 23, 2011.
From ACM TechNews
New Global Portal For Cyber-Physical Systems Research Launched
Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems recently launched the Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization, a U.S. National Science Foundation...
From ACM TechNews
New Kde Project Aims at Tablets, Mixed is
KDE is developing two open source projects designed to provide a consistent user interface across a variety of touchscreen interfaces and to advance data integration...
From ACM TechNews
Facebook Opens Up Its Hardware Secrets
Facebook plans to open the designs and specifications of its new super-efficient data center. The company wants to encourage software-style openness for hardware...
From ACM TechNews
High-Performance Computing Cluster Will Aid Research
Temple University has a new high-performance computer cluster comprised of more than 100 nodes that will significantly enhance the high-speed computing capabilities...
From ACM TechNews
Supercomputers Let p on Speed
Smarter rather than faster design appears to be coming into vogue as a gauge of a supercomputer's success. A federal report urges a more balanced portfolio of...
From ACM TechNews
A Glimpse of the Archives of the Future
The National Archives and Records Administration enlisted the Texas Advanced Computing Center to find innovative and scalable solutions to large-scale electronic...
From ACM TechNews
Ut Debuts Its Newest Supercomputer
The University of Texas at Austin, along with the Texas A&M University, Texas Tech, the University of Texas System, and others, has built the Lonestar 4 supercomputer...
From ACM News
Facebook Shares Server Design
Facebook Inc. said it would share details for its new server systems and computer rooms with other companies, hoping to set off what it characterized as an open...
From ACM TechNews
Garbage-Sorting Robot Gets Its Hands Dirty
Robots could fill the role of sorting through and categorizing discarded material from construction and demolition projects for recyclers as a result of the efforts...
From ACM TechNews
National Science Board Talks "big Data"
The U.S. National Science Board recently held a panel discussion exploring the data challenges facing the future of science and engineering research, with the goal...
From ACM TechNews
Dhs Seeks to Grow Antibodies in Cyberspace
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently released a white paper describing a tripartite approach to cybersecurity based on automation, interoperability...
From ACM News
The Secret to Some of Lucasfilm's Magic: Nvidia's Gpu Chips
Like the visual effects you've been seeing in movies these days? Of course, you already know that in most cases they're computer-generated. And as you've seen...
From ACM News
Kaashoek Wins Acm's Prize For Young Researchers
Frans Kaashoek, a professor in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and associate director of the Computer Science and Artificial...
From ACM TechNews
Ornl Simulating Japan Nuke Crisis
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using supercomputer clusters to run simulations that could help resolve the nuclear...
From ACM News