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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The ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go
You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.
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How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World
Next time you pull out your smartphone to use a popular application—whether it's to price check items in a store, to tweet or to check your cloud-based calendar—you...
From Communications of the ACM
In the Year of Disruptive Education
As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide — at no cost.
From Communications of the ACM
Quantum Quests
Three breakthrough experiments involving photons have extended coherence times and indicated scalable production.
From ACM Careers
Want a Flying Drone? These Students 3D-Printed Their Own
It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers—both University of Virginia engineering students—the culmination of months of designing and refining.
From ACM TechNews
Women Band Together, Make Inroads Into Tech
The computer science field remains dominated by men. The U.S. National Science Foundation says the number of women graduating with computer science degrees has...
From ACM TechNews
Time-Lapse Code Wins Raspberry Pi Contest
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has named Aaron Hill and Ashley Newson the winners of its summer coding contest for teenagers.
From ACM News
Michio Kaku Sketches Technological Wonderland of the Future at Sc12
Imagine a world where a computer chip costs just a penny.
From ACM TechNews
In Fairfax County, the Classroom Is a (cyber) Battlefield
Thousands of students across the U.S. recently participated in the opening round of the CyberPatriot challenge, the premier high school cyberwarfare competition...
From ACM Careers
College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All
Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote...
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As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living
Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation...
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Almost Being There: Why the Future of Space Exploration Is Not What You Think
Mocup is a tiny, adorable remote-controlled robot built from a Lego Mindstorms set with an off-the-shelf Beagleboard computer for a brain and a webcam for an eye...
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5 Big Tech Issues Await Obama in Second Term
Technology policy didn't get much air time in the 2012 presidential election, but the Obama administration will face serious issues over the next four years.
From ACM TechNews
Exploring Credits For Free Online Courses
The American Council on Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Coursera have launched an initiative to determine if free online courses are worthy...
From ACM TechNews
Georgia Tech Turns Stale Physics Book Into Mobile Experience
Georgia Tech researchers are turning physics textbooks into applications for e-books, making the lessons more interactive and more interesting for students.
From ACM Careers
Registration Open For 20th Annual Nasa Great Moonbuggy Race
Registration is open for the 20th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race, which challenges high school, college, and university students around the world to build and...
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Everyone Wants a Slice of Raspberry Pi
It's 9am on a lovely autumn morning at Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, just outside Geneva.
From ACM TechNews
A Reboot in Recruiting Women Into Computer Science
U.S. government agencies, universities, and technology companies have contributed tens of millions of dollars to increase the number of female computer scientists...
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Researchers Launch Innovative, Hands-on Online Tool For Science Education
Two computer science graduate students have developed an online tool designed to teach science by requiring students to complete increasingly difficult problems...
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