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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.


Supercool Electrons
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Supercool Electrons

The Quantum Dynamics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan is researching a potential system for quantum computing...

In the Twinkling of an Eye
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In the Twinkling of an Eye

The process of automatically tracking the direction of a person's gaze is making significant progress.

The Kids Who Might Save the Internet
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The Kids Who Might Save the Internet

The future of the Internet may lie in the hands of a new generation of computer-savvy children forming a hacker community disposed toward fortifying Web security...

Robotic Tutors For Primary School Children
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Robotic Tutors For Primary School Children

Researchers in Spain have developed an integrated computational architecture for use with software applications in schools.

Alien Life Could Feed on Cosmic Rays
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Alien Life Could Feed on Cosmic Rays

A bizarre microbe found deep in a gold mine in South Africa could provide a model for how life might survive in seemingly uninhabitable environments through the...

Your Next Nurse Could Be a Robot
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Your Next Nurse Could Be a Robot

Researchers from Italy's Polytechnic University of Milan led an international team that trained a robot to imitate natural human actions.

Infosys Foundation ­sa, Acm, and Csta Announce Awards For Teaching Excellence in CS
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Infosys Foundation ­sa, Acm, and Csta Announce Awards For Teaching Excellence in CS

ACM, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and Infosys Foundation announced the rollout of the Awards for Teaching Excellence in Computer Science.

Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre
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Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre

Quantum teleportation just moved out of the lab and into the real world, with two independent teams of scientists successfully sending quantum information across...

Scientific Visualizations: A Bridge to Knowledge
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Scientific Visualizations: A Bridge to Knowledge

A conversation with Chris Johnson, founding director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.

New 'gel' May Be Step Toward Clothing That Computes
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New 'gel' May Be Step Toward Clothing That Computes

A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh has designed a model of a material capable of computational pattern recognition using an oscillating gel...

It's Official: You're Lost in a Directionless ­niverse
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It's Official: You're Lost in a Directionless ­niverse

Ever peer into the night sky and wonder whether space is really the same in all directions or if the cosmos might be whirling about like a vast top?

Xsede 2.0: The Nsf Doubles Down
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Xsede 2.0: The Nsf Doubles Down

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $110 million to the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.

Machine Learning Techniques Enable Models From Partial Image Data
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Machine Learning Techniques Enable Models From Partial Image Data

Researchers say they have developed a method to automatically generate complete three-dimensional building models of a given area by using partial images.

Flood Forecasting Gets Major ­pgrade
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Flood Forecasting Gets Major ­pgrade

Researchers have created the National Water Model, which provides forecasts, data, and decision support to emergency services and water management personnel.

­sing Data to Better ­nderstand Climate Change
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­sing Data to Better ­nderstand Climate Change

A University of Minnesota-led research team is using data-driven approaches to better understand the environmental and social impacts of climate change.

New Robot Overcomes Obstacles
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New Robot Overcomes Obstacles

Researchers at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences have developed Ourobot, a robotic system that looks like a bicycle chain consisting of 12 fist-sized segments...

How to Make Democracy Harder to Hack
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How to Make Democracy Harder to Hack

With voting machines and related tools under threat by cybercriminals, the pressure is on to bolster the security of democratic infrastructure.

Machines v. Hackers: Cybersecurity's Artificial Intelligence Future
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Machines v. Hackers: Cybersecurity's Artificial Intelligence Future

Experts predict machines will perform increasingly complex cybersecurity operations over time, reducing the need for humans and facilitating a paradigm shift in...

Robots Could Hack Turing Test By Keeping Silent
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Robots Could Hack Turing Test By Keeping Silent

The Turing test, the quintessential evaluation designed to determine if something is a computer or a human, may have a fatal flaw, new research suggests.

Tackling Intractable Computing Problems
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Tackling Intractable Computing Problems

Princeton University researchers used a $10-million U.S. National Science Foundation Expeditions in Computing award to find the sources of intractability.
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