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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Rich Data, Poor Fields
Diverse technologies help farmers produce food in resource-poor areas.
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When Computers Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Classification algorithms can lead to biased decisions, so researchers are trying to identify such biases and root them out.
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Peter Naur: 1928-2016
Peter Naur, a Danish computer scientist and 2005 recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award, died recently after a brief illness.
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Should Self-Driving Cars Have Drivers Ready to Take Over?
The day when you'll be chauffeured to work by your car may not be far off.
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Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack Iphone
Apple engineers have begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone using methods similar...
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Flaws in Wireless Mice and Keyboards Let Hackers Type on Your Pc
Bastille researchers warn of a new hacking technique in which malefactors armed with antennas can hijack wireless keyboards and mice from seven companies.
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Autonomous Vehicle Technology Will Keep Soldiers Safer on Air, Land, Sea
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute researchers are developing autonomous warfare technology, including an unmanned air vehicle and an unmanned ground vehicle.
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sing Plasmonics to Transmit More Data
Northwestern University researchers have developed a means to modulate light signals in the near-infrared wavelength region.
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rop Student's Project: a Thinking Robot
Boston University engineering student Emily Fitzgerald has developed a robot that can recognize specific objects and steer around obstacles without human guidance...
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Planet Nine Hunters Enlist Big Bang Telescopes and Saturn Probe
The fate of an entire world is at stake. Astronomers are enlisting every telescope and space probe they can think of in the hunt for the solar system's potential...
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What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...
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Should You Edit Your Children's Genes?
Ruthie Weiss's basketball team seemed to be minutes away from its fourth straight loss.
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Can Technology Help S Improve pon Reality?
Imagine walking on Mars and being able to examine rock formations from all angles, or collaborating on the same 3D hologram design with someone thousands of miles...
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How to Build an nbeatable Poker-Playing Robot
The allure of building superior poker-playing computer programs is the chance to tackle the challenge of dealing with missing information.
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nited Nations Cito: Artificial Intelligence Will Be Humanity's Final Innovation
United Nations chief information technology officer Atefeh Riazi emphasizes artificial-intelligence innovation as the next nexus of human technological advancement...
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On-Chip Random Key Generation Done sing Carbon Nanotubes
A new process uses carbon nanotubes to randomly wire part of a chip, which is then used to generate cryptographic information.
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Dartmouth Researchers Invent 'magic Wand' to Improve Healthcare, Cybersecurity
A digital "magic wand" developed by Dartmouth College researchers makes it easy for people to connect their devices to Wi-Fi.
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Researchers Are Developing Shape-Shifting Fluid Robots
Bar-Ilan University researchers say they have created fluid robots that could operate better than solid robots in chaotic, hostile environments.
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Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests
As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.
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