Communications of the ACM
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August 2015
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Beyond Just 'big' Data
As big data technologies advance and the challenges of extracting meaning from these data sets shift, computer scientists will need new vocabulary.
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Study Shows Co-Operative Robots Learn and Adapt Quickly Through Natural Language
Robots can learn and adjust rapidly to their surroundings solely via natural-language processing, according to a new study.
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Quantum Computing: Diode-Like Breakthrough Surmounts Roadblock
Niels Bohr Institute researchers have developed a diode-like component that enables single photons to be emitted and flow in only one direction.
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cf-Developed Software Analyzes Fat in Seconds
New computer-vision techniques can give doctors a more complete analysis of fat than images alone.
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Facial Recognition Tool 'works in Darkness'
A new tool can identify people in complete darkness by using their thermal signature and matching infrared images with ordinary photos.
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Flying Robots That Can See
A tiny artificial eye inspired by the vision systems of insects could help small flying drones navigate their surroundings well enough to avoid collisions while buzzing around in confined, cluttered spaces—a key step in making…
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Touching the Virtual
Feeling the way across new frontiers at the interface of people and machines.
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Teaching Computers with Illusions
Exploring the ways human vision can be fooled is helping developers of machine vision.
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The Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars
Autonomous vehicles will need to decide on a course of action when presented with multiple less-than-ideal outcomes.