Communications of the ACM
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April 2017
From ACM TechNews
Finding Faces in a Crowd
Researchers have developed an improved method for coding important context from an image that enables a significant advance in detecting tiny faces.
From ACM TechNews
Making America's Power Grid Much, Much Smarter
Researchers are working to reinvent and protect the U.S. power grid.
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Star Trek's Holodeck: From Science Fiction to a New Reality
Advances in artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and computer graphics are converging to make the Holodeck featured on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" a practical reality.
From ACM News
Synthetic Humans Help Computers Understand How Real People Act
We are difficult for computers to understand.
From Communications of the ACM
Sensors on the Brain
Implantable wireless monitors give researchers a new look inside the human body.
From Communications of the ACM
Digitizing the World
Digital maps trawl for real-time updates.
From Communications of the ACM
Computing the Arts
Artists can use software to create art, and some software creates art all on its own.
From Communications of the ACM
Cybersecurity
2002 ACM Turing laureate Len Adleman, 2014 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Dan Boneh, 2015 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award recipient Brent Waters, and ACM Fellows Patrick McDaniel and Paul Van Oorschot discuss current issues in…