Communications of the ACM
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July 2014
From ACM Opinion
The Moral Hazards and Legal Conundrums of Our Robot-Filled Future
The robots are coming, and they're getting smarter.
From ACM TechNews
Vancouver Coding Camp Seeks Young Women
Be Like Ada is a Vancouver, Canada-based coding boot camp for girls designed to inspire more women to pursue coding in engineering and computer science.
From ACM TechNews
Robots Are Designed to Take a Hike With Walking Poles
A pair of smart walking sticks could be used to steady robots navigating uneven terrain.
From ACM TechNews
Rice's Silicon Oxide Memories Catch Manufacturers' Eye
Researchers have refined their silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory.
From ACM News
Adding Depth to Mobile Imaging
Google's Project Tango aims to provide an additional dimension to the next generation of mobile devices.
From ACM News
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq
In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert.
From ACM News
Inside the Artificial Brain That's Remaking the Google Empire
It was one of the most tedious jobs on the Internet. A team of Googlers would spend day after day staring at computer screens, scrutinizing tiny snippets of street photographs, asking themselves the same question over and over…
From ACM News
For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work
Sverker Johansson could be the most prolific author you've never heard of.
From ACM TechNews
Critical Vulnerabilities in Web-Based Password Managers Found
Computer hackers could exploit vulnerabilities in popular Web-based password managers and learn users' credentials for arbitrary websites.
From ACM News
Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf Discusses the Fate of the Internet W/ Stephen Colbert (video)
Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist and general co-father of the Internet, stopped by The Colbert Report on Comedy Central to discuss the origins of the Web.
From ACM TechNews
FCC Is Deluged With Comments on Net Neutrality Rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has already received about 780,000 comments on new open Internet rules.
From ACM TechNews
The World's First Photonic Router
A team of scientists have demonstrated the world's first photonic router, a step toward overcoming the difficulties of building quantum computers.
From ACM TechNews
Squishy Robots
A new phase-change material built from wax and foam, that is capable of switching between hard and soft states, could be used to construct inexpensive robots.
From ACM News
Hamas and Israel Step p Cyber Battle For Hearts and Minds
Sites such as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook have been inundated with posts seeking to win the hearts and minds of people in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
From ACM TechNews
Ethical, Autonomous Robots of the Near Future
Researchers are giving serious consideration to the ethics of artificial intelligence as they consider a world with autonomous robots.
From ACM Careers
Nasa Seeks Proposals For Europa Mission Science Instruments
NASA has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for proposals about science instruments that could be carried aboard a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.
From ACM News
Meet Jibo, the Cute Social Robot that Knows the Family
In suite 712 of the Eventi Hotel, high above the sticky June bustle of Midtown Manhattan, New York, one of the world's most advanced consumer robots awaits command.
From ACM TechNews
Joining the Dots For Quantum Computing
Researchers have demonstrated the scalability of quantum dot architectures by trapping and controlling four electrons in a single device.
From ACM News
New Qubit Design Provides Parity Bit for Schrödinger Cat States
The RAM in our computers is constantly refreshed to ensure that it maintains the intended information.
From ACM Careers
Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone
Stash gold in a Swiss bank? It's old hat. Try something really valuable: data.
From ACM News
New Horizons Only One Year from Pluto
In July 2015, NASA will discover a new world.
From ACM TechNews
ncertainty Gives Scientists New Confidence in Search for Novel Materials
Researchers have developed a method to estimate uncertainties in computer calculations that are used to facilitate the search for new materials.
From ACM TechNews
Intel, Dell Ramp Up Iot Standards Competition With New Group
Intel, Dell, Samsung, Amtel, Broadcom, and Wind River have formed the Open Interconnect Consortium to create an open standard for the Internet of Things.
From ACM TechNews
At Uvm, a Big Investment to Grow STEM
The University of Vermont is planning a $104-million investment in a new complex that will accommodate fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
From ACM News
Self-Assembly Shows Promise for Extending Moore's Law
These are challenging times for computer chip engineers.
From ACM News
Real-Life Illness in a Virtual World
A 3-D animated creature, affectionately named Gerald, appears to walk in circles while floating in front of an elaborate viewer that resembles something from an optometrist's office.
From ACM News
D-Wave Wins More Funding For Quantum Computing Push
D-Wave Systems, which has been developing a radically different kind of computer since 1999, has installed a grand total of two systems outside its premises. But management, and investors, seem undaunted.
From ACM News
Why Apple's Swift Language Will Instantly Remake Computer Programming
Chris Lattner spent a year and a half creating a new programming language—a new way of designing, building, and running computer software—and he didn't mention it to anyone, not even his closest friends and colleagues.
From ACM TechNews
Colleges Work to Engage Women, Minorities in STEM Fields
A new initiative is designed to help faculty learn how to better engage women and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math.
From ACM TechNews
Your Next Opponent in Angry Birds Could Be a Robot
A combination robot/smart-tablet system could become a future rehabilitation tool for children with cognitive and motor-skill disabilities.