Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
Students, Chicago Scientists Turn Wrigley Field Into Data Lab
Researchers and students worked together to turn the city’s Wrigley Field ballpark into a sensor node installation.
From ACM TechNews
Cybersecurity Goes to Summer Camp
University of Virginia researchers are training educators on how to teach cybersecurity to adolescents through a summer camp program.
From ACM Careers
Inventing the Future in Chinese Labs: How Does China Do Science Today?
Genetic engineering, the search for dark matter, quantum computing and communications, artificial intelligence, brain science—the list of potentially disruptive...
From ACM Careers
Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes
For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of the...
From ACM News
Open Source Professionals in Demand
An "increasingly open source world" needs specialists in Linux and other open source technologies.
From ACM TechNews
'Interacting With Students Provides Rewards That Are Hard to Beat'
Baldwin Wallace University's Jodi Tims, chair of ACM's Council on Women in Computing, discusses how an academic career in computer science offers exceptional rewards...
From ACM TechNews
Digital Skills Gap Opens Up in English Schools
Fewer children in the U.K. are developing the digital skills that employers and government say are vital.
From ACM TechNews
AgBOT That Slaps Watermelons to Determine Ripeness Wins Top Prize
A team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University received first prize in the third annual 2018 agBOT Challenge in Indiana.
From ACM TechNews
Iowa Dedicates $1 Million to Train Computer Science Teachers
The Iowa Board of Education has adopted suggested computer science standards, which set new learning goals for students.
From ACM TechNews
A Encourages Visually Impaired Teens in STEM
The University of Arizona is running a project designed to introduce visually impaired middle and high school students to career possibilities in STEM.
From ACM News
If You're A Facebook ser, You're Also a Research Subject
The professor was incredulous.
From ACM TechNews
Participation in AP Computer Science Principles Grows Again
Between last year and this year, the number of students taking the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles exam increased by about 50%.
From ACM TechNews
ISTE's pdated Computer Science Standards Will Reflect a 'New Era' of the Discipline
The International Society for Technology and Education is developing new computer science education standards.
From ACM TechNews
Boys' Interest in STEM Is Decreasing, New Study Says
Only 24% of boys are interested in a career in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM), compared to 36% in 2017, according to a recent survey.
From ACM TechNews
Digital Economy Promotion Agency Eyes Coding Thailand Sea Change
Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency is seeking to encourage the cultivation of computational thinking skills among young Thais.
From ACM TechNews
China's Schools Are Quietly sing AI to Mark Students' Essays ... but Do the Robots Make the Grade?
A quarter of schools in China are testing a device that uses artificial intelligence to grade students' essays.
From ACM TechNews
Eggers Receives Eckert-Mauchly Award for Contributions to Computer Architecture
The University of Washington’s Susan Eggers has received the 2018 Eckert-Mauchly Award for her contributions to the field of computer architecture.
From ACM TechNews
The Importance of Teaching Robots to Hug
A study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany detailed researchers' exploration of robots capable of hugging humans for...
From ACM News