Communications of the ACM
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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Smart Clothes Adapt So You Are Always the Right Temperature
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding research into clothing that can change its thermal properties to adapt to the environment, as well as to the body of the...
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Defending Your Computer From Cyberattacks, Sun Tzu Style
Deception has been used to thwart cyberattacks before, mostly in "honeypot" strategies, but what sets a new operating system apart is inconsistent deception.
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Penn Profs Work to Build Bug-Free Computer Programs
The Science of Deep Specification project is aimed at helping developers build bug-free programs.
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Models of Pedestrian Flow Stumble Because People Change Their Minds
The flow of pedestrians is a critical part of the design of buildings, stadiums, and much more.
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Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Sensing From Mobile Devices May Help Improve Bus Service
University of Washington researchers say they have developed a low-cost way to harness useful data from bus passengers' mobile device Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals...
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The Strange Rituals of Silicon Valley Intern Recruiting
The Wozniak Lounge, located on the northern side of campus at the University of California, Berkeley, looks like it was decorated by engineers, to the extent that...
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After 2,500 Years, a Chinese Gaming Mystery Is Solved
Computer scientist John Tromp has discovered the total number of legal positions on Go's standard 19x19 board.
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$28m Challenge to Figure Out Why Brains Are So Good at Learning
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has invested more than $28 million in grants toward the development of advanced machine-learning algorithms...
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Europe's Top Digital-Privacy Watchdog Zeros In on .s. Tech Giants
The latest standoff between Europe and American tech companies runs through a quiet street just north of the Louvre Museum, past chic cafes and part of the French...
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Self-Stacking Nanogrids Could Lead to Tinier Chips
Researchers have developed a new technique for using block copolymers and mesh structures to find new ways to build processors for memory and optical chips.
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Biodegradable Bodies For More Eco-Friendly Robots
Scientists in Italy are developing "smart materials" that will enable robots to biodegrade like a human body once they have reached the end of their life span.
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ACM Inducts Fellows
ACM has recognized 42 of its members for significant contributions to the development and application of computing, in areas ranging from data management and spoken...
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Self-Repair Techniques Point to Robots That Design Themselves
Robots are being taught to brainstorm alternatives when damaged.
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How a Supervillain (or a Hacker in His Basement) Could Destroy the Internet
Network experts share their greatest fears about attacks and accidents that could destroy the Internet.
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In Privacy Law, It's the U.S. vs. the World
Snowden revelations force changes, but Facebook (and others) resist.
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NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Tastes Scooped, Sieved Sand
At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars.
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Why Doesn't Silicon Valley Hire Black Coders?
In the fall of 2013 a young software engineer named Charles Pratt arrived on Howard University's campus in Washington.
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Larry Page, Google Founder, Is Still Innovator in Chief
Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch at Google's Solve for X conference...
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British Voice Encryption Protocol Has Massive Weakness, Researcher Says
A researcher charges the protocol created by a U.K. governmental group to encrypt voice calls has a weakness built into it by design that could enable mass surveillance...
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