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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Why Microsoft Believes We're on the Threshold of Quantum Computing
Most researchers aiming to make quantum computing a reality focus on superconducting quantum bits (qubits), but Microsoft's approach avoids harnessing electronic...
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Swearing Dolls, Other Iot Intrusions Threaten Children's Well-Being, Privacy, Data
The Internet of Playthings is not necessarily a safe place.
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European Court of Justice Rules Against Mass Data Retention in Eu
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled on Wednesday that laws allowing for the blanket collection and retention of location and traffic data are...
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Slowing the Spread of Viral Misinformation: Can Crowdsourcing Help?
Social media platforms play a pivotal role in the modern information-sharing environment's facility with virally spreading misinformation, which leads to speculation...
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Obama White House's Final Tech Recommendation: Invest in AI
The White House has recommended continued investment in artificial intelligence research and development to shore up the U.S. economy and help the country "stay...
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Researchers Propose sing Software-Defined Networking to nify Cloud and Edge
Researchers from Germany, Canada, and the U.S. have proposed a method to use cloud and fog computing structures to complement one another.
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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. ...
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Driverless Platoons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a mathematical model to study the effects of scheduling policies on fuel consumption and travel...
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The Great A.i. Awakening
Late one Friday night in early November, Jun Rekimoto, a distinguished professor of human-computer interaction at the University of Tokyo, was online preparing...
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Bias in Technology
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
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Computers Can Take Social Media Data and Make Marketing Personas
Pennsylvania State University researchers have used computers to study information from social media accounts and automatically build marketing personas.
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Database of Software 'fingerprints' Expands to Include Mobile Apps
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers have spent 15 years maintaining an archive of the world's software.
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Welcome to the Machines
The home robotics market poised for growth, technological advancement.
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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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These niversities Are Training the World's Top Coders
The three best coders in the world come from the Russian ITMO University, China's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School, and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Science...
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Posture Could Explain Why Women Get More Vr Sickness Than Men
New studies explore why women experience more motion sickness than men while using virtual reality.
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Autonomous Swarmboats: New Missions, Safe Harbors
Researchers used a combination of software, radar, and other sensors to develop a swarm of autonomous rigid hull inflatable boats and other small boats that can...
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How Do We Keep Gps Safe From Sabotage?
Stanford University professor Per Enge is working to combat potential threats to autonomous navigation systems.
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