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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Eyes in the Skies
Privacy concerns arise around the New York Police Department's drone program.
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Who Owns 3D Scans of Historic Sites?
Three-dimensional scanning can be used to protect or rebuild historic structures, but who owns that digital data?
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The Dangers of Automating Social Programs
Is it possible to keep bias out of a social program driven by one or more algorithms?
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Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
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Open Source Professionals in Demand
An "increasingly open source world" needs specialists in Linux and other open source technologies.
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Software Without Coding
"Citizen Developers" can create new applications via low-code development.
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DevOps Momentum in the Enterprise
The notion of unifying software development and software operation is catching on.
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The State of Fakery
How digital media could be authenticated, from computational, legal, and ethical points of view.
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Are International Students Still Coming to the .s.a.?
Is the U.S. political situation, including its on-again/off-again immigration bans, scaring away foreign students?
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Overcoming Disabilities
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
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Supercomputing in Space
Off-the-shelf computer components were hardened to the extremes of space with layers of "detection, correction, and protection."
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Will Quantum Computers Surpass Encryption?
The fundamentally different paradigm of quantum computation will require fundamentally different security.
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Your Virtual Robot Assistant
With its "unique capabilities," virtual "James" is designed to interact with people regarding the delivery of a service.
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Hacker-Proof Coding
Software verification helps find the faults, preventing hacks.
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Combating Cancer With Data
Supercomputers will sift massive amounts of data in search of therapies that work.
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
An out-of-the-box solution to infrastructure is drawing increasing attention.
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Computing the Arts
Artists can use software to create art, and some software creates art all on its own.
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