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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Making Sense of the 'semantic Web'
The semantic Web could enable more interactive and accurate searches and is considered a crucial component of emerging Web 3.0 technology. Researchers are exploring...
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IBM Labs Promises Five Innovations
IBM researchers' list of promising new technologies includes the ability to "talk" to the Web; information collection and retrieval systems that cover us when we...
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E-Learning Can Have Positive Effect on Classroom Learning, Scholar Says
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign professor Caroline Haythornthwaite says traditional classroom education techniques could be improved by examining e-learning...
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Touching the Future
In combination with finger and hand gestures, multitouch input is enabling users to manipulate and display information in innovative and unprecedented ways.
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Upwardly Mobile
Mobile phones are bridging the digital divide and transforming many economic, social, and medical realities, particularly in developing nations.
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Living Machines
Researchers of molecular computing and communication are focusing on the type of breakthroughs needed to make the vision of ultrasmall, biocompatible computers....
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Making a Difference
The Grace Hopper Celebration featured technical talks, workshops, networking events, and lively discussions about increasing the number of women in computer science...
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Learning By Blogging
European researchers have created software that links student blogs and other social software tools into a virtual collaborative learning environment. The three...
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Speed Within Reach at Affordable Prices
Supercomputers have reached new power and performance benchmarks while also increasing their availability to businesses in the past year. In June, IBM's Roadrunner...
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Internet2: Full Speed Ahead
The Internet2 nonprofit consortium is engaged in the development, implementation, and use of networking technologies to tap a massive volume of new URL address...
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Semantic Desktop Paves the Way For the Semantic Web
The European Union-funded Nepomuk project has developed innovative software to make finding and sharing information on a computer significantly easier, potentially...
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The Limits of Computability
Computational complexity and intractability may help scientists better understand how humans process information and make decisions.
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Analyzing Online Social Networks
Social network analysis explains why some sites succeed and others fail, how physical and online social networks differ and are alike, and attempts to predict how...
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Damage Control
The U.S. patent system is overdue for reform, but what needs fixing, and how, is a matter of some dispute.
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User-Centric Services Provisioning in Wireless Environments
To date, services provided for mobile users are still hard to build. Two main challenges need to be considered. The first...
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A European Perspective of VoIP in Market Competition
The debate on the future of VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is not new. For some time now this technological innovation has been considered one of main drivers...
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Education: Reprogramming College Preparatory Computer Science
The college preparatory computer science education curriculum must be improved, beginning with the earliest phases of the process.
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An Inspiring Legacy
Admired and respected by his students and colleagues, Randy Pausch will be remembered as a devoted teacher and innovative researcher.
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