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Rice ­. Turns Deep-Learning AI Loose on Software Development
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Rice ­. Turns Deep-Learning AI Loose on Software Development

Rice University researchers have invented a deep learning software coding application to help programmers navigate growing numbers of application programming interfaces...

Dim Prospects for Junior Developers
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Dim Prospects for Junior Developers

Employers prefer experience for even entry-level coding positions.

­.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training
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­.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training

The U.S. Army is creating a virtual duplicate of our planet in which to drill troops.

Scientists Plan European AI Hub to Compete With ­.S.
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Scientists Plan European AI Hub to Compete With ­.S.

Europe's leading scientists have crafted plans for a multinational European institute for artificial intelligence research.

Enigma Machine Collection Recalls Computer Science Victory
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Enigma Machine Collection Recalls Computer Science Victory

Carnegie Mellon University will hire a researcher from the Library of Congress to help it decode a collection that includes two WWII German Enigma machines.

Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data
From Communications of the ACM

Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data

Researchers are exploring ways to put medical data to greater use while better protecting privacy.

Andrea Goldsmith Receives ACM Athena Lecturer Award
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Andrea Goldsmith Receives ACM Athena Lecturer Award

Stanford University professor Andrea Goldsmith has received the ACM Athena Lecturer Award.

OLPC’s $100 Laptop was Going to Change the World — Then it All Went Wrong
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OLPC’s $100 Laptop was Going to Change the World — Then it All Went Wrong

It was supposed to be the laptop that saved the world.

Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found

When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...

In Memoriam: Burton J. Smith 1941–2018
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In Memoriam: Burton J. Smith 1941–2018

Smith was well-known as a leader in high-performance computer architecture and programming languages for parallel computers.

Computer-Simulated Soybeans
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Computer-Simulated Soybeans

Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed a simulation to guide farmers on soybean-planting strategies.

Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race
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Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race

China's rising investment in research and expansion of its higher education system mean that it is fast closing the gap with the United States in intellectual property...

Females Now Make ­p Less Than One Tenth of Computer Science Students in the ­.K.
From ACM TechNews

Females Now Make ­p Less Than One Tenth of Computer Science Students in the ­.K.

Less than 10% of computer science students in the U.K. are female, and some schools have no female information and computing technology students at all.

Beijing Launches Pioneering Brain-Science Centre
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Beijing Launches Pioneering Brain-Science Centre

Beijing has announced plans to build a brain-science centre that will rival in size some of the world's largest neuroscience organizations. It will also serve as...

Watch a Computer Learn to Play 'Doom' Inside a Dream
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Watch a Computer Learn to Play 'Doom' Inside a Dream

Researchers taught a machine to "hallucinate" its idea of the video game "Doom," then got a virtual agent to play its own dream version of the game so it could...

NSA Funds Summer Camp for Girls at SD Mines to Train the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts
From ACM News

NSA Funds Summer Camp for Girls at SD Mines to Train the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts


­.S. Children Now Draw Female Scientists More Than Ever
From ACM TechNews

­.S. Children Now Draw Female Scientists More Than Ever

Researchers have found U.S. children now depict scientists as female more than ever.

For the ­.S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over
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For the ­.S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over

A cold war is being waged across the world's most advanced industries. And it just got a lot chillier.

This Stanford Computer Science Genius Aims To Crack The Code Of Learning And Leadership
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This Stanford Computer Science Genius Aims To Crack The Code Of Learning And Leadership

John Hennessy,  president emeritus of Stanford University and co-recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing award, discusses digital education and the future of leadership...

Facebook's New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers
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Facebook's New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers

Last week, when news broke (again) that Cambridge Analytica had allegedly misused 50 million Facebook users' data, it immediately raised a difficult question: When...
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