Communications of the ACM
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October 2020
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Prepare Your Meal Together with a Robot
Julie Shah and her team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology build robots that can learn from demonstration, understand humans, and truly collaborate.
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Login Glitch Behind Tokyo Stock Exchange Snafu
High-frequency trader connecting via Merrill Lynch apparently unleashed data flood.
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Bouncing Balls and Quantum Computing
A lighthearted method for calculating π is analogous to a fundamental algorithm for quantum computing.
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Who Has Access to Your Smartphone Data?
ISPs, app developers, and even the government may know more about you than you think.
From Communications of the ACM
Fran Allen: 1932-2020
Frances E. Allen was the first woman recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
From Communications of the ACM
Thwarting Side-Channel Attacks
Deep learning challenges chip security.