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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The Secret Codes of British Banknotes
A brand-new Xerox colour photocopier had just arrived at one of Cambridge's industrial labs.
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Storing Digital Data For Eternity
Vint Cerf is sometimes called the "father of the Internet." He helped develop TCP/IP (the communications protocol for the Internet) and later became chairman of...
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In Search For Alien Life, Experts Reveal Cutting-Edge Science
Where can scientists find clues to help them locate and understand life beyond Earth?
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Mind-Controlled Telepresence Robots Could Restore Mobility to the Disabled
It may not be able to do grocery shopping or hang out laundry to dry, but a project involving current telepresence technology could help people with limited mobility...
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Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies?
The gearheads in Detroit, Tokyo, and Stuttgart have mostly figured out how to build driverless vehicles. Even the Google guys seem to have solved the riddle.
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c Santa Cruz Team Introduces New Web-Based Tools For Finding Videogames
GameNet and GameSage are two Web-based tools to help game players find new games suited to their individual tastes.
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Bringing Big Data to the Big Tent
Open source tools assist data science.
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The New Smart Cities
How urban information systems are slowly revamping the modern metropolis.
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ACM Announces 2014 Award Recipients
Recognizing excellence in technical and professional achievements and contributions in computer science and information technology.
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What Is the Big Secret Surrounding Stingray Surveillance?
Given the amount of mobile phone traffic that cell phone towers transmit, it is no wonder law enforcement agencies target these devices as a rich source of data...
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How the .s. Finally Tracked Down a Hacker Kingpin
For the U.S., the extradition of Ercan Findikoglu shows the value of patience when it comes to pursuing suspected hacker kingpins.
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Building the Face of a Criminal from Dna
The face of a killer constructed from DNA left at the scene of a crime: it sounds like science fiction. But revealing the face of a criminal based on their genes...
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Ai's Next Frontier: Machines That nderstand Language
With the help of neural networks—vast networks of machines that mimic the web of neurons in the human brain—Facebook can recognize your face.
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See-and-Tell AI Machine Can Describe Objects It Observes
Young children can look at whatever is in front of them, and describe what they see—but for artificial intelligence systems, that's a daunting task.
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3D Vision: tsc Computer Scientists Develop Better Way to Visualize Molecules
University of Toronto Scarborough researchers say they have developed a new way to determine the actual shapes of biological molecules such as proteins and viruses...
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New Project Will Develop Virtual Reality Counterterror Training
An innovative VR training program could help prepare security personnel in Europe to respond to physical threats and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
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Programming Intelligent nderwater Robots
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are testing a new method of programming autonomous underwater vehicles.
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Intriguing Geology of Ceres Revealed in New Pictures
Ceres, the largest asteroid in the Solar System, is finally getting its close-up. NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived in March, and is now taking photographs from as...
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Facebook Can Recognise You in Photos Even If You're Not Looking
Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up. But what if your face is hidden from view?
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