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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


Enhancing Disease Modeling
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Enhancing Disease Modeling

Computational math and biology yield sophisticated guidance for public health officials.

Party Lines
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Party Lines

Measuring the "immeasurable" could curtail electoral gerrymandering.

Conference Organizers Say ­.s. Travel Ban Not A Disaster – Yet
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Conference Organizers Say ­.s. Travel Ban Not A Disaster – Yet

Travel restrictions appear to have had minimal impact on conference attendance so far.

Going Retro With Rube
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Going Retro With Rube

Old-time machine contest fosters STEM creativity.

Apprenticeship Emerging To Fill Skills Gaps
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Apprenticeship Emerging To Fill Skills Gaps

New approaches to apprenticeship aim to provide talented, if not traditionally trained, computing professionals.

Modeling Gun Violence as a Contagion
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Modeling Gun Violence as a Contagion

Using data to try to keep people from getting shot.

Pollsters' Failures Signal Need For Changes
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Pollsters' Failures Signal Need For Changes

For opinion researchers, the unexpected outcomes of the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election signals it is time to reassess the kinds of data they gather...

Computer Models Help Fight Climate Change
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Computer Models Help Fight Climate Change

Salt marsh modeling holds the potential to protect coastal locations from rising sea levels.

Network Operators Beef ­p Last Mile For Cord-Cutters
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Network Operators Beef ­p Last Mile For Cord-Cutters

Consumers increasingly are bypassing traditional content providers to download content a la carte via broadband connection.

Chips in the Old Block
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Chips in the Old Block

Exploring the benefits of nascent implantable technologies.

Digitizing Photography's 'genome'
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Digitizing Photography's 'genome'

Bringing computer science to art history.

Homeowners' Groups Fill ­.s. Last-Mile Broadband Gap
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Homeowners' Groups Fill ­.s. Last-Mile Broadband Gap

Private homeowners associations are sidestepping incumbents by contracting with alternative network providers.

You Can Run, but You Cannot Hide
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You Can Run, but You Cannot Hide

Computerized methods turn up evidence of cheating in marathons.

On Your Mark. Get Set. Print!
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On Your Mark. Get Set. Print!

Athletic footwear is about to be customized in the extreme, through a combination of computer vision-enabled scanning and three-dimensional printing.

The Road to Regulating Self-Driving Cars Is Long, Winding
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The Road to Regulating Self-Driving Cars Is Long, Winding

Real-world use of autonomous vehicles will depend on how they are evaluated, and whether federal regulators have the expertise to lead evaluation efforts.

Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
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Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant

The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.

The Data Lake Concept Is Maturing
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The Data Lake Concept Is Maturing

Meeting the needs of the new era of big data analytics.

Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release

The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.

Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release

Researchers say a new facial recognition software package is fast, computationally efficient, and robust enough for state-of-the-art results.

Deep or Shallow, NLP Is Breaking Out
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Deep or Shallow, NLP Is Breaking Out

Neural net advances improve computers' language ability in many fields.
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