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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Researchers Put Words In Your Mouth—virtually
In the 1997 action movie Face/Off, an FBI agent must undergo face-transplant surgery and assume the identity of a ruthless terrorist to foil a plot.
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game
At 5:05 AM Sunday, long before the rest of Sunnyvale, California, will wake up, Yahoo's control room is packed.
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Algorithmic Authors
Natural Language Generation software begins delivering on the promise of automated prose.
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Brain Science Helps Computers Separate Speakers in a Crowded Room
People can listen to a single voice amid the hubbub of a cocktail party; algorithms can help computers do it, too.
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Companies Proactively Seek Out Internal Threats
Organizations must balance their concerns with the protection of employee privacy.
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John H. Holland 1929-2015
John Henry Holland, a pioneer in the study of complex adaptive systems and of what became known as genetic algorithms, died in August at the age of 86.
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Car Infotainment Systems Distract Even with Voice Commands
Car infotainment systems that use voice commands may let drivers keep their hands on the wheel, but they're still highly distracting.
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After 10 Years, Google Books Is Legal
On Friday, a federal circuit court made clear that Google Books is legal.
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New Auto Safety Technologies Leave Some Drivers Bewildered
Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology.
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Jpl's Role in Making 'the Martian' a Reality
When fictional astronaut Mark Watney becomes stranded alone on the Red Planet in the novel and film "The Martian," people and technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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Disney Research's Smart Lightbulbs Connect Toys & Devices
Disney is considering using light-emitting diode lightbulbs to create an Internet of Toys in which toys could be accessed, monitored, and acted on remotely.
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Fighting Isis Online
The two men pecked out messages on opposite sides of the country.
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$2m Project to se Video Game to Engage Rural Maine Students in Computer Science, Math
University of Maine researchers will use the popular open-world video game Minecraft to introduce the basics of programming to rural fifth-to-eighth graders in...
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Google AI Beats Humans at More Classic Arcade Games Than Ever Before
Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence has been upgraded to defeat human players in 1980s arcade games even better than before.
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Scientists Update Views of Light
Experiment sheds new light on wave-particle duality.
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Automotive Systems Get Smarter
Automotive infotainment systems are driving changes to automobiles, and to driver behavior.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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Barbie Wants to Get to Know Your Child
It looked like a child's playroom: toys in cubbies, a little desk for doing homework, a whimsical painting of a tree on the wall.
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Virtual Reality Gets Real
In 1965, Ivan Sutherland, a computer-graphics pioneer, addressed an international meeting of techies on the subject of virtual reality.
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