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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Ethnic, Gender Imbalances Plague Computer Science Education
The U.S. Education Department's Melissa Moritz suggests conscious or unconscious bias discourages female and minority students from pursuing computer science careers...
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Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North
In one college major at Seoul's elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.
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Black Churches Put Faith in Coding Classes
Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition is working with African-American churches and the FAITHTECH Labs initiative to provide coding classes for children.
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Kanade Wins 2016 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology
Major award cites scientific contributions that better humankind.
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Barbara Liskov, Weizmann Women and Science Award
"I didn’t even know computers existed."
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Bringing Programming--and Social Change--to Girls
A group of eighth-grade girls participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation's Co-Robots for CompuGirls event programmed a pair of humanoid robots.
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Why the World Hates Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is the new Rome. As in the time of Caesar, the world is grappling with an advanced city-state dominating much of the planet, injecting its technology...
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National Science Foundation Recognizes Clemson Research Team For Video Linking Creative Movement to Computer Programming Instruction
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently recognized Clemson University researchers for their work on a video highlighting new programming software.
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More Low-Cost Pcs Are Aimed at Students
BBC’s micro:bit is the latest low-cost computer for education.
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Plan to Synthesize Human Genome Elicits Mixed Response
Proposals for a large public-private initiative to synthesize an entire human genome from scratch—an effort that could take a decade and require billions of dollars...
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A Mission to Bring STEM Skills, and Robots, to Children in West Africa
Sidy Ndao aims to advance science, technology, engineering, and math skills in West Africa by organizing events such as the Pan-African Robotics Competition.
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Google nveils 'artificial Creativity'
Google's Magenta artificial intelligence is being challenged to produce original music and other art.
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Child's Play: Australia's Newest Roboticists See Eye-to-Eye With R2-D2
Queensland University of Technology's Christina Chalmers says because the growth of robotic coding requires educators to do more to promote student education in...
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How the Constant Threat of War Shaped Israel's Tech Industry
Unit 8200 is Israel's most mysterious agency. No one outside knows exactly how it operates, who works there, or how they learn.
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East Meets West: 'we Are Alfred'
An interactive virtual reality simulation allows users to inhabit the perspective of a 74-year-old man with sensory impairments.
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Games that Teach Coding
A growing number of games seek to introduce the concepts of programming to young players.
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Computer App Whets Children's Appetites For Eco-Friendly Meals
An educational software application is being developed to show middle-school students how their dietary choices affect climate change.
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nveiling the Hidden Layers of Deep Learning
A new method for visualizing the mechanisms and hidden layers of neural networks could provide insights into deep learning.
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The Key to Privacy
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
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