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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Why Are Humans Scared of Robots?
"If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace." Author and robotic engineer Daniel H Wilson's...
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M Researchers Develop Tool That Saves Time, Eliminates Mistakes in Diabetes Care
Doctors will be able to make the right decisions for diabetes treatment by using the diabetes dashboard, a tool that allows them to view patient information on...
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Managing the Demise of Privacy
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists examine identity management in social media at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference.
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How to Get Your Kid Into an Elite Computer Science Program
Robotics competitions, programming skills tip the scales for college applicants; being a girl helps.
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Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011
Colleagues recall the creator of C and codeveloper Unix, an unassuming but brilliant man who enjoyed playing practical jokes on his coworkers.
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CSEdWeek Takes Hold
Groups in more than 130 countries will participate in Computer Science Education Week this year.
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Activism Vs. Slacktivism
Today's activists are highly plugged into social media, mobile apps, and other digital tools. But does this make a difference where it matters most?
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H(ackers)2O: Attack on City Water Station Destroys Pump
Hackers gained remote access into the control system of the city water utility in Springfield, Illinois, and destroyed a pump, according to a report released...
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Cyberwar Most Likely to Take Place Among Smaller Powers, Experts Say
Most Americans who worry about cyberwarfare are concerned that it will be directed against the United States. But the truth is that cyber conflict is far more...
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$50,000 to Solve the Most Complicated Puzzle Ever Attempted
University of California, San Diego researchers are participating in DARPA's Shredder Challenge, which involves piecing together about 10,000 pieces of different...
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Mapping a World of Human Activity
With the world networked on an unprecedented scale, and the global population hitting 7 billion only weeks ago, we are living in a uniquely interconnected era,...
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Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads
Foreign technology companies, many of which are led by foreign-born tech workers who left the U.S. due to visa issues, increasingly are recruiting some of the U...
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Burns App Could Save Lives at the Touch of a Button
Mersey Burns, an iPhone and iPad app created by University of Manchester student Chris Seaton, has the potential to save the lives of soldiers and prevent severe...
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China Looms Large in Race of the Supercomputers
Ten years ago, a ranking of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers included precisely three entries from China. The most powerful of these—a system used to...
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Paper ncovers Power of Foldit Gamers' Strategies
University of Washington researchers recently completed a study that examined Foldit players' strategies and compared them to the best-known scientist-developed...
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Stanford Team Trains Computer to Evaluate Breast Cancer
Stanford University researchers have developed Computational Pathologist, a machine learning-based method for automatically analyzing images of cancerous tissues...
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DARPA Looks to Protect Drones from Hack Attacks
Cybersecurity, as interpreted by the Pentagon’s premiere researcher, isn’t just about protecting data networks. It’s about making the military’s killer drones...
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First-Ever Leadership in Science Policy Institute Kicks Off
The Computing Community Consortium recently held its inaugural Leadership in Science Policy Institute workshop in Washington, D.C., which gave 35 computing researchers...
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Minister: Iran Should Be Ready to Counter Any Possible Cyber Attack
Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou has said that the enemies are making every effort to create disruption in software and hardware systems of Iranian governmental...
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