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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Rise of the Robot Artist
Software programs are emerging that are able to generate works that meet some definitions.
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'wise Chisels': Art, Craftsmanship, and Power Tools
It's often easy to tell at a glance the difference between a mass-produced object and one that has been handcrafted: The handmade item is likely to have distinctive...
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Weaponizing Robots
Should we expect to see autonomous killing machines on future battlefields?
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Quantum Light Harvesting Hints at Entirely New Form of Computing
The classical and quantum processes used by plants and bacteria to efficiently harvest light could have a transformative effect on computing.
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Study Looks at Better Prediction For Epileptic Seizures Through Adaptive Learning Approach
Researchers have developed a computational model they say can more accurately predict when an epileptic seizure will occur.
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25 Ideas to Improve Government--From Citizens
Ideation Nation, a five-week civic engagement project, is striving to promote greater collaboration among citizens and governments.
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Tim Berners-Lee Says 'surveillance Threatens Web'
The Internet is threatened by a "growing tide of surveillance and censorship," warns Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
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The Online Dating Engine That Assesses Your Taste in the Opposite Sex (and Whether They Find You Attractive)
A new dating recommendation engine suggests potential dates based not only on mutual interests, but also on a person's likelihood to reply to initial contact.
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My Quantum Algorithm Won't Break the Internet… Yet
Internet security relies on the fact that our computers can't break its cryptosystems. But the quantum algorithm you devised has the potential to do just that.
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Newegg Trial: Crypto Legend Takes the Stand, Goes For Knockout Patent Punch
Newegg's courtroom face-off with patent-licensing giant TQP Development is nearing its end.
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Three Questions For Computing Pioneer Carver Mead
Computer scientist Carver Mead gave Moore's Law its name in around 1970 and played a crucial role in making sure it's held true in the decades since.
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Why the .s. May Lose the Race to Exascale
In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers—exascale—there is no guarantee the U.S. will finish first.
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Life Points the Way to a New Template For Chipmaking
While significant obstacles remain, researchers are optimistic about using DNA to guide graphene into complex circuit shapes on silicon.
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Seeing the Big Picture
Lensless cameras and other advances in digital imaging, computational optics, signal processing, and big data are transforming how we think about photography.
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CS Enrollments Rise . . . at the Expense of the Humanities?
A growing proportion of U.S. college students are earning degrees in computer and information sciences, surprising some in academia.
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What's Next For Gpu Chips? Maybe the Network.
Over the last few years it's been interesting to see where in the computing landscape graphics processors or GPUs like those turned out by Nvidia have turned up...
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Meet The 'assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins
As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.
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Graphene: The Quest For Supercarbon
Mr G gazes out from a recruitment poster hanging in an engineering building in Cambridge, U.K.
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