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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Supercomputers: Battle of the Speed Machines
China is surging ahead of the United States in the race to build the world's fastest computers.
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Researchers Build an All-Optical Transistor
Researchers have created an optical switch that’s controlled by a single photon.
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Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for...
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Birmingham Amps Up Research With New Linux Supercomputer
University of Birmingham researchers are ready to launch the second generation of Linux supercomputer BlueBEAR.
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A Quantum Conundrum
D-Wave has helped bring quantum computing into the spotlight, but critics continue to question the company's performance claims.
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Computer Models Figure Out Sickle Cell Crisis
Researchers have used computing models to show how different types of red blood cells interact to cause sickle cell crisis.
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Indiana niversity Launches Data Capacitor Ii
Indiana University's new five-petabyte Data Capacitor "will accommodate our storage requirements for a while."
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Investors Buy Into Software-Defined Networks, Will Customers Follow?
As Superstorm Sandy bore down on the East coast last year, companies with data centers in its path needed another location fast. But moving computer servers is...
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The Tao of Facebook: 'Social Graph' Takes New Path
Facebook has developed a system called The Association of Objects (TAO) that facilitates the balance between data stored in MySQL and more frequently accessed data...
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The Internet of Things: Open Garden
When the Large Hadron Collider went online in 2009, most scientists saw it as an unprecedented opportunity to conduct experiments involving the building blocks...
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Mozilla Lab Wants Scientists to Step Out of Analog Age
Mozilla is creating a science lab that will enable researchers to explore ways to make research faster, more agile, and collaborative.
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Privacy Paradox: Americans Happy to Share Personal Data With Big Business
It's official: Americans may freak out when government collects their data to track terrorists, but they would happily have banks use it to catch some jerk trying...
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Beyond Silicon: Transistors Without Semiconductors
Although electronic devices continue to shrink, transistors based on semiconductors can only get so small.
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Keeping Computers Cool From the Inside
New techniques could cut the power required to avoid overheating.
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A New Method that Is 700 Times Faster Than the Norm Is Developed to Magnify Digital Images
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can magnify images 700 times faster than conventional methods.
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Linux Continues to Rule Supercomputers
Linux continues to dominate the list of the world's fastest supercomputers and there is no reason to think that will change anytime soon.
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Don Knuth and the Art of Computer Programming: The Interview
Fifty years after starting the 'Art of Computer Programming,' Don Knuth is still working hard at the project.
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Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter, or a similar Silicon Valley concern...
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What the Digital Brains of the Future Might Be Like
It is the rare entrepreneur who hits it truly big twice. Those who do—such as Ev Williams, Ted Turner, and Elon Musk—tend to stay within the original industry that...
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