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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Historic Algorithms Help Unlock Shortest-Path Problem Breakthrough
By revisiting key algorithms from computing, a team unlocked hidden efficiency in a long-standing computer science problem.
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Let the Algorithm Decide?
Algorithms fail their first test to replace student exams.
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Portable Device Fears Show Power of Social Development
How do small screens impact young minds?
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Brain Science Helps Computers Separate Speakers in a Crowded Room
People can listen to a single voice amid the hubbub of a cocktail party; algorithms can help computers do it, too.
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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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Decoding the Language of Human Movement
Computers that recognize what is happening in moving images can help defend against crime, and revolutionize rehabilitation.
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Researchers Probe Security Through Obscurity
Obfuscation protects code by making it so impenetrable that access to it won't help a hacker understand how it works.
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Using Patient Data For Personalized Cancer Treatments
Patient information databases eventually will help improve health outcomes and support development of new therapies.
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