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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Giant Tsunamis Washed Over Ancient Mars
Some 3.4 billion years ago, giant meteoroids slammed into a frigid ocean covering Mars's northern hemisphere. The impacts kicked up enormous waves that raced across...
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nveiling the Hidden Layers of Deep Learning
A new method for visualizing the mechanisms and hidden layers of neural networks could provide insights into deep learning.
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Big Data, Better Health Care
A team of physicians and computer scientists is using merged electronic health records to improve care and outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease. ...
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The Key to Privacy
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
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What Happens When Big Data Blunders?
Big data is touted as a cure-all for challenges in business, government, and healthcare, but as disease outbreak predictions show, big data often fails.
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Dartmouth Contest Shows Computers Aren't Such Good Poets
In a yearlong Dartmouth College competition, a three-judge panel tried to distinguish between machine- and human-produced sonnets.
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Reimagining Search
Search engine developers are moving beyond the problem of document analysis, toward the elusive goal of figuring out what people really want.
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What's Next For Digital Humanities?
New computational tools spur advances in an evolving field.
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How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence
University of Louisville researchers are studying how malevolent artificial intelligenes might be designed, and the conditions in which they might be create.
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Autonomous Mini Rally Car Teaches Itself to Powerslide
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing control algorithms that enable small-scale autonomous cars to race around dirt tracks at high...
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Dronebuster Will Let You Point and Shoot Command Hacks at Pesky Drones
Anti-drone technology has been high on the shopping list of public safety and military organizations at least since a drunken federal employee crashed a drone onto...
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China Quietly Targets .s. Tech Companies in Security Reviews
Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple and other big foreign companies, focusing on whether they pose potential...
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Light-Controlled Genes and Neurons Poised For Clinical Trials
Every time something poked its foot, the mouse jumped in pain.
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Scan Your Doodles to Find the Perfect Matching Photo Online
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say they have developed software that can scan hand-drawn sketches and search for a photograph that looks like them. ...
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Mobile Apps and Games Are Also Energy Thieves
Linkoping University's Ekhiotz Jon Vergara has determined the energy consumption of apps on smartphones depends the amount of data transmitted and how it is sent...
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Shape-Shifting Modular Interactive Device nveiled
Cubimorph is a newly developed interactive mobile device that can change shape on demand.
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Largest Study of Online Tracking Proves Google Really Is Watching S All
Researchers at Princeton University say they have conducted the largest study yet on the technology that tracks people's movements around the Web.
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Silicon Valley's Tech Workforce Diversity Has Long Way to Go, Say Feds
Much progress remains before Silicon Valley's technology industry has a truly diverse workforce, says an analysis by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence
The possibility that a malevolent artificial intelligence might pose a serious threat to humankind has become a hotly debated issue.
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