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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With Better Sharing of Data Comes Danger
The release of a huge tranche of U.S. diplomatic cables has laid bare the primary risk associated with the U.S. government's attempt to encourage better information...
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Computers Get Help from the Human Brain
Tapping into the processing power of the human brain could help computers with some tasks.
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idai: Inside the World's Largest Data Management Project
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an Indian government body mandated with the task of assigning every single one of India's 1.2 billion citizens...
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Ahead in the Cloud
Amazon's cloud computing has revolutionized American small business, but can Amazon beat rising competitors?
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Berners-Lee: Social Networks Are a 'threat to the Web'
Social networks pose a threat to the Web because they capture and reuse users' information rather than share it with other sites, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He...
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New IBM Architecture Doubles Analytics Processing Speed
IBM recently revealed details about a new storage architecture design that it says can double analytics processing speed. IBM says the architecture can convert...
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A Matter of Privacy
Do consumers have enough control over their personal information or is more government regulation needed?
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Topic Models vs. Unstructured Data
With topic modeling, scientists can explore and understand huge collections of unlabeled information.
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The Eyes Have It
Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.
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Researchers Create 3-D Models from Online Photo Databases
Computer scientists have invented a technique that automatically creates 3-D models of landmarks and geographical locations, using ordinary two-dimensional pictures...
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Globus Online File Transfer Service Debuts
The creators of Globus Online have announced the general availability of the cloud-hosted high-performance, secure file transfer service. Globus Online eliminates...
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Researcher Highlights Need For Transparency on the Web
University of Southampton professor Luc Moreau says that enabling Web users to determine where data comes from and decide if it is trustworthy will lead to a new...
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Racetrack Memory
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne professor Mathias Klaui is working on a racetrack memory technology that could be 100,000 times faster and consume less...
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Rensselaer Team Shows How To Analyze Raw Government Data
The Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation has created a how-to primer on "mashing-up" the treasure trove of government Web data.
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IBM, 15 European Partners to Develop 'Smart' Cloud
IBM is leading a joint research effort with 15 European partners to develop an object-based standardized smart cloud storage architecture. The project is called...
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Supercomputing Fest Will Spotlight World's Fastest Computers, High-Performance Issues
The SC10 supercomputing conference to be held in New Orleans will highlight high-performance computing advances in computation, networking, storage, and analysis...
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Data-Scope Computer to Allow Data Analysis That's Impossible Today
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science are developing a computer system that will peform data analysis...
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Rensselaer Creates New Center For Data Science Research
Researchers throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are coming together to develop a new interdisciplinary Data Science Research Center. The center will bring...
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Getting the Big Picture Quickly with Speedy Software
University of Utah computer scientists have developed software that quickly edits huge photographs. The software needs only seconds to produce "gigapixel" images...
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