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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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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Obama Stimulus Plan Aims to Boost Digital Economy
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to "renew our information superhighway," and his outline for the economic stimulus package, will likely lead to significant...
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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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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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Six Ways to Build Robots That Do Humans No Harm
A new book by Yale University ethicist Wendell Wallach and Indiana University professor Colin Allen, titled "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong,"...
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Open-Source Developers Set Out Software Road Map for 2020
A group of open source software advocates have published a report that establishes a road map for the software industry through 2020. The report makes several...
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Quantum Computers Could Excel in Modeling Chemical Reactions
Quantum computers could potentially improve upon the capabilities of conventional computers in modeling and predicting complex chemical reactions, according to...
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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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Reding Calls for Continued R&D Investment
Europe must continue to invest in ICT-related research and development during the economic downturn, European Union commissioner Viviane Reding told delegates at...
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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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A Future Without Programming
Do-it-yourself applications development is on the rise as business users increasingly turn to codeless programming tools to create applications. "We also haveView...
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It Salaries Take Tiny Leaps
Salaries for information technology (IT) professionals have essentially stalled, reveals Computerworld's 22nd annual Salary Survey. The survey, based on responses...
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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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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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