Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Can Washington Get America's Economy Moving Again with Cash Rewards?
In the flurry of activity at the end of the 111th Congress, the reauthorization of the "America COMPETES Act" went mostly unnoticed. But it is a little bill that...
From ACM TechNews
Banknotes Go Electric to Outwit Counterfeiters
Researchers has created an electronic banknote that contains about 100 thin-film transistors. They have yet to determine how to program the electronic circuits...
From ACM News
What's Around the Bend? Soon, a Camera May Show You
Anyone who has witnessed the megapixel one-upmanship in camera ads might think that computer chips run the show in digital photography.
From ACM TechNews
Road to a Safer Future
EUREKA is sponsoring a collaborative research effort called E! 4160 VICATS, which is developing a traffic surveillance system that needs minimal human intervention...
From ACM News
I.b.m. Supercomputer 'watson' to Challenge 'jeopardy' Stars
An I.B.M. supercomputer system named after the company’s founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., is almost ready for a televised test: a bout of questioning on the quiz...
From ACM TechNews
Sartre Car Platoon Road Tests to Begin
The Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) project in Europe has begun to integrate software and hardware into two vehicles that will be used in its first...
From ACM News
Doe Awards Nist Millions of Supercomputing Hours, Aims For 'concrete Results'
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a NIST team of researchers millions of hours of supercomputing time to analyze concrete flow, with the aim of improving...
From ACM News
Iphone Games: Kids nknowingly Spend Real Money in 'smurf's Village'
"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes...
From ACM News
Supercomputing Research Opens Doors for Drug Discovery
A quicker and cheaper technique to scan molecular databases developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could put scientists on...
From ACM TechNews
Light Speed Now a Bottleneck in Fastest Networks
High-frequency trading firms should consider where they locate their data centers, according to researchers studying light propagation delays in fiber-optic based...
From ACM TechNews
Developing Robots For the Hospital Emergency Room
Vanderbilt University researchers formed an interdisciplinary team to study the use of robots in hospital emergency rooms. The researchers are developing a robotic...
From ACM TechNews
Supercomputer Hunts Child Abusers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are using the Jaguar supercomputer to analyze Internet traffic, looking for clues that will lead law enforcement officers...
From ACM News
'smart' Hospital Beds Could Enhance Patient Care
New research into hospital bed technology could soon represent a leap forward in patient care. A University of New Hampshire professor is negotiating with manufacturers...
From ACM News
Service Members Face New Threat: Identity Theft
The government warns Americans to closely guard their Social Security numbers. But it has done a poor job of protecting those same numbers for millions of people...
From ACM TechNews
Robots Imitate Honey Bees For Aircraft Aerobatics
University of Queensland scientists have developed an autopilot system that is able to guide planes through extreme maneuvers, such as loops and barrel rolls, by...
From ACM News
NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical
NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth.
From ACM News
Your Next Wallet Is Calling
"Contactless" hardware lets phones and gadgets pay with a tap, but the coming plethora of apps that use it may confuse users.
From ACM News
Nasa Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery
NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial...
From ACM TechNews
Intelligent Detector Provides Real-Time Information on Available Parking Spaces
A Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya research team has developed a way to locate available parking spaces using optical and magnetic sensors. The researchers...
From Communications of the ACM