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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The Gender Gap in Computer Science Is Hurting .s. Businesses
Women's share of the computer science workforce continues to fall despite efforts to expand computing education for children and young adults, according to research...
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se It or Lose It: The Search For Enlightenment in Dark Data
The growth of structured and unstructured data is proceeding exponentially, yet a recent IBM study estimated more than 80% of all data is "dark," or unmanaged and...
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2016: The Year That Deep Learning Took Over the Internet
On the west coast of Australia, Amanda Hodgson is launching drones out towards the Indian Ocean so that they can photograph the water from above.
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Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Political Power
On Sept. 12, 2016, there was a momentary realignment in the constellation of global business.
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A Level Playing Field: Lab Adapts Toys For Disabled Children
A University of North Florida program is now in its third year of adapting toys from store shelves for disabled children.
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The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It's Automation.
The first job that Sherry Johnson, 56, lost to automation was at the local newspaper in Marietta, Ga., where she fed paper into the printing machines and laid out...
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Rice, Baylor Team Sets New Mark For 'deep Learning'
A new deep learning method developed by researchers at Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine enables computers to learn about the visual world with...
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Building Jarvis
My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run my home—like Jarvis in Iron Man.
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Report rges States to Take Action on Computer Science Education
The Southern Regional Education Board has published a report recommending actions states and schools can take to help more young people learn computer science. ...
From Communications of the ACM
Bias in Technology
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
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Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of...
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ACM Ceo Questions Ethical Computing Future
ACM CEO Bobby Schnabel last week considered the ethical ramifications of computer science's evolution as it pertains to society at a colloquium of students and...
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A Blueprint For Getting More Women Into Information Technology
The rise in qualified U.S. information technology graduates is far from fast enough to keep up with industry demands for IT skills.
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Computer-Based Biology Uncovers Secrets to Rice Growth
University of Indiana researchers are using a mix of experimental and computational work to study rice genetics, with the goal of addressing global issues in hunger...
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Controversial Impact Factor Gets a Heavyweight Rival
One of science's most contentious metrics has a flashy new rival. On 8 December, publishing giant Elsevier launched the CiteScore index to assess the quality of...
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Microsoft, Code.org Target Beginner Coders With Minecraft Program
Microsoft and Code.org have released a new tutorial for Hour of Code, an annual campaign held during Computer Science Education Week to encourage more students...
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A Handful of Photos Yields a Mouthful of (digital) Teeth
Disney researchers have developed a model-based method of realistically reconstructing teeth for digital actors and for medical applications.
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The Origin of Silicon Valley's Gender Problem
About 25 percent of boys and 24 percent of girls expect to be working in a science-related occupation in their 30s, according to the OECD Program for International...
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White House Boosts Csforall Commitments For Computer Science Education Week
The White House has announced new commitments involving implementing computer science and computational thinking in K-12 education that build on President Barack...
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