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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Study Finds Hackers Could se Brainwaves to Steal Passwords
A recent study suggests brainwave-sensing electroencephalograph headsets need better security.
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Robots to Help Children With Autism
Researchers are working to develop robots to help children with autism in ways that humans cannot.
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Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Will Change Dairy Farming
Researchers at Osaka University in Japan have developed an early detection method for cow lameness, which is also known as hoof disease.
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10 Most Important Open Source Networking Projects
Networking vendors use open source projects as platforms for enterprise projects, or as the underlying technology for some of the world's largest networks.
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nder Pressure, Western Tech Firms Bow to Russian Demands to Share Cyber Secrets
Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time...
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CM to Harness Power of Collaboration to Advance Artificial Intelligence
Carnegie Mellon University plans to establish one of the largest and most experienced collaborative research groups in the world.
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Here's What You Need to Know About the Google E.u. Fine
The European Union's head of antitrust enforcement announced a record $2.7 billion fine against Google on Tuesday, accusing the search engine for illegally favoring...
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How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms
At a White House gathering of tech titans last week, Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, delivered a blunt message to President Trump on how public schools...
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Code.org Gears p to Get 30,000 Students Psyched p About Computer Science
Code.org recently launched a free, year-long course that is designed to provide more than 30,000 low-income students the opportunity to learn how to program.
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Jean E. Sammet 1928-2017
Jean E. Sammet, an American computer scientist who served as the first female president of ACM, passed away on May 21 at the age of 89.
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AI For the Common Good
Considering guiding principles for artificial intelligence with regard to privacy and security.
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Agencies 'flying Blind' Without More Data
U.S. government agencies require better tools and datasets to assess how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies will impact the private-sector...
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Why It's Important For the Tech Industry to Get More Young Girls Interested in STEM
Jewelbots CEO Sara Chipps says the de-socialization of girls from science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines starts early.
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The Billion Dollar War Over Maps
During a test drive near Ford's Michigan headquarters, the team noticed something strange with its self-driving cars.
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Nasa Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore 'ambitious' Ideas
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected three teams of researchers to pursue ideas for creating components of Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
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A Stepping Stone to Stem?
Engineering technology courses at community colleges are serving as a pathway to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) degrees and jobs.
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Why So Few Women Break Through Tech's Bro Culture
Despite the technology industry's attempts to achieve gender equality, the sector suffers from chronic underrepresentation of women.
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