Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Accelerating Optical Communications with AI
Communications efficiency helps bring photonics to artificial intelligence.
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AlphaFold Spreads through Protein Science
Based on machine learning, DeepMind's code now lies at the heart of a variety of protein-structure tools and workflows. It may ultimately be replaced by models...
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Error Control Begins to Shape Quantum Architectures
The overhead of error correction presents a serious challenge to scaling up quantum computing and may produce unexpected winners.
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Go Backward, Save Energy
Reversible computing principles point a way toward more efficient computers.
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Shrinking Artificial Intelligence
Energy concerns push AI optimizations to the edge.
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Holograms on the Horizon?
Machine learning drives toward 3D imaging on the move.
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A Switch in Time
The introduction of the nanosheet transistor is just one step in the continuing attempt to stick to the spirit of Moore's Law.
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Better Security Through Obfuscation
The quest to find greater security through obscurity.
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Let the Algorithm Decide?
Algorithms fail their first test to replace student exams.
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Moore's Law: What Comes Next?
Moore's Law challenges point to changes in software.
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Thwarting Side-Channel Attacks
Deep learning challenges chip security.
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Learning to Trust Quantum Computers
They need to show us they can solve the biggest problems.
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Questioning Quantum
Researchers hunt for ways to keep quantum computing honest.
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Quantum Technology Forgoes Unconditional Security to Extend its Reach
Two projects in China demonstrate the possibility of global quantum key distribution networks.
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Portable Device Fears Show Power of Social Development
How do small screens impact young minds?
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Secure Quantum Communications
Data locking experiments provide stepping stones to a possible future in quantum cryptography.
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Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server
The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.
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Reconciling Quantum Physics with Math
Mathematicians explore the root of many problems in developing a proof for the Kadison-Singer problem.
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Secure-System Designers Strive to STEM Data Leaks
Attackers using side-channel analysis require little knowledge of how an implementation operates.
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Shellshock Awakens Bourne-Again Zombies
A bug appears in places people didn’t think to look, or patch.12