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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Brainlike Computers Are a Black Box. Scientists Are Finally Peering Inside
Researchers say they have developed a method for examining neural networks as they operate and visualizing how they reach conclusions.
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Can Amazon Echo Help Solve a Murder? Police Will Soon Find Out.
A 2015 Arkansas murder case that had raised privacy questions surrounding "always-on" electronic home devices took a step forward last week after Amazon agreed...
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New Deep Learning Techniques Analyze Athletes' Decision-Making
A new automated method based on deep-learning techniques will provide coaches and teams with a tool to help assess defensive athletic performance in all game situations...
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Top Obstacles For Women in Technology
Women face major barriers when working in technology fields, including wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias, a shortage of female...
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Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare
Hacked medical devices make for scary headlines.
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niversity Professor First in Line to Test Transformative Robot 'cassie'
University of Michigan researchers are programming and testing a bipedal robot with the mobility of a large bird.
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Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It nderwater
Microsoft engineers have proposed underwater server farms to help cloud providers deal with data center expansion in an environmentally friendly manner.
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Building the Quantum Internet
Taking the first steps toward building a long-range network that can connect super-fast quantum computers, or provide absolutely secure, tamper-free communication...
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Trump Signs Laws to Promote Women in STEM
President Trump on Tuesday signed into law two bills aimed at encouraging women and girls to enter science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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Smart Cities Begin To Face Security Concerns
"The attack surface is growing faster than the protections."
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Computer Bots Are Like Humans, Having Fights Lasting Years
Software robots designed to fix errors on Wikipedia often engage in online fights lasting years, with bots repeatedly undoing each other's edits.
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Craig Venter Mapped the Genome. Now He's Trying to Decode Death
The world's most extreme physical exam starts in the world's plushest exam room, complete with a couch, a private bathroom and a teeming fruit plate.
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c Berkeley to Join Major Tech Companies in Advancing 5g Networks
The University of California, Berkeley is collaborating with several major technology companies in forming the 5G Innovators Initiative, which is focused on bringing...
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Crispr Pioneer Muses About Long Journey from China to Pinnacle of American Science
Feng Zhang occupies a corner office on the 10th floor of the gleaming, modern biotechnology palace called the Broad Institute.
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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap in a Decade
The inaugural Girls Who Code Governor's Summit in California last week emphasized solving the U.S. technology industry's lack of gender parity by developing standards...
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Financing the Dark Web
Cryptocurrencies are enabling illegal or immoral transactions in the dark corners of the Internet.
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ACM Recognizes New Fellows
ACM has recognized 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, cryptography, computer architecture, high...
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Nasa's 'pointer' Tracks First Responders Where Gps Fails
That little blue dot likes to mock.
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STEM Grads' Pay Likely to Be Highest Among Class of 2017
Employers expect Class of 2017 graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) will earn the highest average starting salaries...
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