Communications of the ACM
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April 2021
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AI Conferences Use AI to Assign Papers to Reviewers
The Toronto Paper Matching System calculates the affinity between submitted papers and reviewers' expertise by comparing the text in submissions and reviewers' papers.
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The Man Who Made Online College Work
Years before Covid, Zvi Galil launched Georgia Tech's successful online master's in computer science. Is Zoom U. the future?
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VR Brings Joy to People in Assisted-Living Facilities
Long-term care communities increasingly are using virtual reality devices and systems to improve residents' wellness and quality of life amid pandemic-related restrictions.
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Australian Researchers Use ML to Analyze Rock Art
South Australian researchers at Flinders University are analyzing the evolution of rock art via machine learning.
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Smart Bandage Could Hasten Healing, Might Even Detect Covid
A new smart bandage could reduce the number of in-person doctor's visits required for patients with open wounds.
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Early Warning System for Self-Driving Cars
An early warning system for self-driving vehicles leverages artificial intelligence to learn from real traffic situations.
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System Using Smartphone or Computer Cameras to Measure Pulse, Respiration Rate Could Help Future Personalized Telehealth
A new system uses a person's smartphone or computer camera to read pulse and respiration from video of their face.
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That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix It.
Clearing hurdles to fast Internet for all.
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Waiting for Quantum Computing? Try Probabilistic Computing
An engineer channels Galileo to describe a new approach to computing: p-bits.
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ML Helps Spot Gait Problems in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis
A new method uses machine learning to help clinicians determine whether gait issues in adults over 50 with multiple sclerosis are associated with disease progression or aging.
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Goodnight Ninja? Knuffle Blobfish? Children's Books Get the Algorithm Treatment
Online children's book platform Epic uses an anonymous trove of data collected from readers to customize reading recommendations and guide new title creation.
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Soft Robotic Dragonfly Signals Environmental Disruptions
Duke University engineers modeled a soft robot after a dragonfly; the robot can skim across water and react to environmental conditions, without electronics.
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To Learn to Deal With Uncertainty, This AI Plays Pong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables artificial intelligence models to account for uncertain data.
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Microsoft Wins $21 Billion U.S. Army Contract for Augmented Reality Headsets
Microsoft has been working to develop the Integrated Visual Augmentation System for years.
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Predicting When Volcanoes Will Blow
Experts hope machine learning can help warn local residents of impending eruptions.
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If You Care About Privacy, It's Time to Try a New Web Browser
A new crop of Internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo, and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.
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Deep Learning Speeds MRI Scans
Machine intelligence significantly reduces the time needed for an MRI scan, which can help reduce patient anxiety.
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The Best of NLP
Natural language processing delves more deeply into its knowledge gap.
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The Worsening State of Ransomware
Sophisticated, dangerous ransomware is the new normal … and there is no simple fix.