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
How Wikipedia Data Is Revolutionizing Flu Forecasting
This time last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta launched a competition to find the best way to forecast the characteristics of the...
From ACM TechNews
The Shortage of Women in STEM Explained
There is a significant shortage of skilled U.S. women pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, writes SolidWorks' Marie Planchard.
From ACM TechNews
Stanford System Combines Software With Human Intelligence to Improve Translation
Stanford University researchers say they have developed a system to help people translate text faster and more accurately than is currently possible.
From ACM News
Cornell Biennial Celebrates Nanotech as Art
Scientists and artists display the blending of their interests.
From ACM News
Verizon, At&t Tracking Their Users with 'supercookies'
Verizon and AT&T have been quietly tracking the Internet activity of more than 100 million cellular customers with what critics have dubbed "supercookies"—markers...
From ACM Opinion
Ft Interview with Google Co-Founder and Ceo Larry Page
Wouldn't the world be a happier place if 90 per cent of the people with jobs put their feet up instead and left the robots to do the work?
From ACM TechNews
The Internet Archive, Trying to Encompass All Creation
The Internet Archive recently held an event at its San Francisco headquarters to show off some of its latest projects.
From ACM TechNews
Experts Identify Easy Way to Improve Smartphone Security
Purdue University researchers recently led a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project investigating computer security.
From ACM TechNews
Poll Star: Rice Team Sets Sights on Better Voting Machine
A recent report says U.S. election officials face an "impending crisis" as they try to replace voting systems they bought after Florida's flawed 2000 election.
From ACM TechNews
States Ditch Electronic Voting Machines
Nearly 70 percent of voters are expected to cast paper ballots this week in the United States.
From ACM News
Google Retools Its Flu Prediction Engine—after Getting It Wrong
It's flu season and Google has some news.
From ACM News
A Print Magazine For Hackers
On a Saturday afternoon earlier this summer, dozens of hackers, journalists, and activists sat on the floor in a darkened hallway of the Pennsylvania Hotel in Midtown...
From ACM News
Why the .s. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability
A comparison of Internet access in American cities with access in Europe and Asia found some smaller American cities tied for speed with the biggest cities abroad...
From ACM News
Google Developing a Pill That Would Detect Cancer and Other Diseases
Google is attempting to develop a pill that would send microscopic particles into the bloodstream in an effort to identify cancers, imminent heart attacks, and...
From ACM TechNews
Anne Condon: Computer Scientist. Passionate Academic. Triathlete.
Anne Condon, head of the computer science department at the University of British Columbia, is dedicated to helping young women find their way in the field.
From ACM TechNews
Taking the Census, With Cellphones
A new study by Belgian researchers demonstrates that big data analytics can turn cellphone records into highly granular population density data.
From ACM TechNews
Stanford Libraries nearths the Earliest .s. Website
Stanford Libraries has launched Stanford Wayback, a customized version of an open-source platform that enables long-term access to archived Web assets.
From ACM News
Boot Camps Promise Phds Fast Track to a Data Science Career
Are boot camps sound educational investments, or just a rush to cash in?
From ACM News