Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Into the Quantum Internet at the Speed of Light
University of Innsbruck physicists have discovered a way to transfer quantum information stored in an atom onto a particle of light and then send it to a distant...
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Life in Simulation
Computational models are tackling the complexity of biology, from single-celled microbes to human organs.
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Revving the Rover
The new Mars rover has attracted plenty of attention for its planetary gymnastics, but the big breakthroughs are under the hood.
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A New Model For Healthcare
Computer modeling is radically redefining healthcare and epidemiology by providing new tools for understanding the impact of different intervention strategies.
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It Job Market Recovering Faster Than After Dot-Com Bubble Burst
More new technology jobs have been created since the end of the past recession than during the same recovery period following the burst of the dot-com bubble and...
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Big Data, Java and Other Developer Skills: Top Hiring Priorities
Big data-related jobs ranked fourth among the top information technology skills hiring executives are looking for in 2013, according to a recent Dice.com survey...
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Google Cleared of Search Results Bias After 2-Year U.s. Investigation
Google has been forced by regulators in the U.S. to agree to legally binding changes to the way it presents some search results and runs its search advertising...
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Just the Facts
In repackaging other companies' news, some news aggregators are diverting readers and ad dollars, and, critics argue, undercutting the incentive to spend money...
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Stopping the Leaks
Side channels give out information that can be used to crack secrets, but researchers are identifying the holes and trying to close them.
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In the Year of Disruptive Education
As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide — at no cost.
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Zoom In, Zoom Out
Drilling down to more detail on a computer screen, or moving out to see the context, is basic. But it's hardly simple and, after 20 years, innovations are still...
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Quantum Quests
Three breakthrough experiments involving photons have extended coherence times and indicated scalable production.
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Putting More Cores to Work in Server Farms
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne researchers, working in the EcoCloud research center, have found that reorganizing the inner architecture of the processors...
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Agency Programs Show Outlines of Future Cyber Ecosystem
Although the creation of autonomous, self-defending, and self-healing online ecosystems remains years away, several U.S. government programs are already laying...
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Speeding Algorithms By Shrinking Data
MIT researchers have developed a technique to represent data so that it takes up much less space in memory but can still be processed in conventional ways.
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Researchers Struggle to Measure Big Data's Impact
The impact of big data on the U.S. economy is huge, but how huge isn’t easily determined.
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Software on Mars
With the AEGIS system, the Mars Exploration Rovers can autonomously select, capture, and analyze images using onboard logic.
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Control Without Controllers
Disney's Touché project could transform every conductive surface into a touch-control surface.
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On the Digital Trail
Forensics experts increasingly use data from digital devices to solve crimes, fight lawsuits, and unravel accidents.
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