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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ta Researchers Developing Airborne Network Computing Platform For avs
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have received a grant to develop a networked airborne computing platform for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles...
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Robot the Musical
Artificial intelligence promises to change aspects of music ranging from rock concerts to advertising jingles.
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Inside Waymo's Secret World For Training Self-Driving Cars
In a corner of Alphabet's campus, there is a team working on a piece of software that may be the key to self-driving cars.
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Teaching Kids Coding, By the Book
Girls Who Code has arranged a deal with Penguin to release 13 books over the next two years.
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Intelligence and the Dna Revolution
More than 60 years ago, Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double-helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid—better known as DNA. Today, for the cost...
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Time's Running Out to Prevent a Massive Cyberattack on Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. National Infrastructure Advisory Council warns there is a shrinking window of opportunity to fortify critical U.S. infrastructure against a massive "9/11...
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Meet Mappy, a Software System That Automatically Maps Old-School Nintendo Games
Mappy is a new software system that can autonomously generate maps of a video game's levels.
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New York niversity Abu Dhabi Researchers Develop 'unhackable' Computer Chip
Researchers say they have created an "unhackable" computer chip to boost the defenses of computer hardware.
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Computer Approaches Human Skill For First Time in Brain Challenge
Researchers say they have developed an algorithm that can map brain neural networks with close to human-level accuracy.
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It's All About Image
Image recognition technology is advancing rapidly. Researchers are discovering new ways to tackle the task without enormous datasets.
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Broadband to Mars
Scientists are demonstrating that lasers could be the future of space communication.
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Why GPS Spoofing Is a Threat to Companies, Countries
Technology that falsifies navigation data presents significant dangers to public and private organizations.
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Turing Laureates Celebrate Award's 50th Anniversary
ACM recently held a conference in celebration of the first 50 years of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
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Charles W. Bachman: 1924-2017
An engineer best known for his work in database management systems, and in techniques of layered architecture that include Bachman diagrams.
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A Hunt For Ways to Combat Online Radicalization
Law enforcement officials, technology companies and lawmakers have long tried to limit what they call the "radicalization" of young people over the internet.
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Mysteries of Turbulence nravelled
"When I meet God, I'm going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he'll have an answer for the first."
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Watch Hackers Hijack Three Robots For Spying and Espionage
The entire corpus of science fiction has trained humanity to fear the day when helpful household and industrial robots turn against it, in a Skynet-style uprising...
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