Communications of the ACM
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November 2013
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Xml Co-Inventor: Now's the Time For Federated Identity
XML co-inventor Tim Bray, speaking at the recent DevBeat conference in San Francisco, argued for the use of federated identity services.
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From data and information to knowledge: the Web of tomorrow
Dr. Serge Abiteboul recently presented the Royal Society Milner Award lecture before the Royal Society in London.
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Ccc Chair Susan Graham Is Named to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Policy
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate two new members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Policy.
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The Good Judgment Project
A team of researchers tries to determine the best approach to predicting world events by making a game out of it.
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Quantum Memory 'world Record' Smashed
A team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings quantum computing closer to real-world use.
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Every Step You Take
As small cameras with the ability to identify individuals proliferate in public places and data storage prices drop, privacy issues are growing increasingly complex.
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Dart, Google's Controversial Web Language, Turns 1.0
Google recently announced the availability of version 1.0 of Web programming language Dart.
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Uc Research Brings a Future of Mind-Reading Robots Ever Closer
Researchers are studying how brain-computer interfaces can be applied to robotics.
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Google’s Vint Cerf Defines Internet of Things Challenges
Google chief Internet evangelist and ACM president Vint Cerf said strong regulations are needed to address privacy and other challenges the Internet of Things presents.
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Tech Leaders Warn IT Talent Shortage Could Curb Hiring Plans
Although technology companies would like to increase hiring this year, they are concerned that a shortage of skilled workers will limit their ability to do so, according to a TECNA survey of more than 1,700 technology executives…
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The Brain's Crowdsourcing Software
Neuroscientists are discovering how groups of cells in the human brain cooperate to produce certain results, in a manner similar to crowdsourcing software.
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The Cloud Enables Hpc For All
Demand for high-performance computing is burgeoning and will continue to grow, with or without the requisite hardware.
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Smartphone Accelerometers Can Accurately Distinguish Between Different Motorized Transportation Modalities
Smartphone accelerometers can be used to distinguish between different motorized transportation modalities.
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Blue Gene Active Storage boosts I/O performance at JSC
Researchers say they have successfully installed the world's first Blue Gene Active Storage system.
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STEM Education, Business Schools Need to Be Joined at Hip
Science, technology, engineering, and math programs and business schools should find a way to collaborate and build bridges.
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A Computer Academy in France Defies Conventional Wisdom
The new tuition-free computer academy called 42 aims to produce graduates more innovative, employable, diverse, and useful to the French economy.
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Israel’s Idf Lures Female Recruits For Computer Corps
Israel's military is working to draw more women into its computer division.
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Microsoft Sees Huge Potential in Fuel Cells
Microsoft recently released a study that touted the use of fuel cells to power data centers.
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nmask Wikipedia Sock Puppets By the Way They Write
Researchers have developed a tool that could be used to uncover phony Wikipedia contributors.
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Obtaining Data From the 'brains' of Cars
Direct logging of data from cars provides access to invaluable data, as well as the ability to measure a vehicle's energy utilization.
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Biometrics Researchers See World Without Passwords
Emerging biometric technologies could replace the use of passwords.
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The Secret Ingredient in Computational Creativity
IBM computer scientists are using big data on the Watson supercomputer to produce cooking results that could be called creative.
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Nasa Probe May Help Solve Riddle of Mars's Missing Air
NASA's next mission to Mars aims to answer one question: What happened to the air that once made the surface habitable?
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A Neuroscientist's Radical Theory of How Networks Become Conscious
It's a question that’s perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from?
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Remembering Legendary Enigma Code Breaker Mavis Batey
Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created—the Enigma machine—may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the German romantic poets at University College London when World War…
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International Reach of MOOCs Is Limited by sers' Preferences
Speakers at Transatlantic Science Week note that massive open online courses (MOOCs) might democratize higher education globally, but significant progress would be required to reach such a point.
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Quantum Memory 'world Record' Smashed
"Qubits" of information encoded in a silicon system persisted for almost 100 times longer than ever before.
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Shocker: Women Outnumber Men in This Year's Tech Hires
Women represented a majority of workers filling new technology jobs created through September of this year, for the first time in at least 10 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NSF Advances National Efforts Enabling Data-Driven Discovery
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced several partnerships aimed at big data discovery, innovation, and education.
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Ibm Makes More Powerful Watson Available via the Internet
IBM announced that its Watson supercomputer will be available as a cloud service to third-party users at a significantly lower cost than in the past, marking the latest effort among large technology firms to make supercomputers…