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Jill Watson, Round Three
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Jill Watson, Round Three

The Georgia Institute of Technology is beginning its third semester using a virtual teaching assistant system in an online course about artificial intelligence....

Vr Trauma Surgery 101: Going For the Grisly
From ACM News

Vr Trauma Surgery 101: Going For the Grisly

Medical students experience the controlled chaos of trauma surgery, virtually.

'transfer Learning' Jump-Starts New AI Projects
From ACM TechNews

'transfer Learning' Jump-Starts New AI Projects

Abstracting and reusing knowledge gleaned from a machine-learning application in other, newer apps--or "transfer learning"--is supplementing other learning methods...

Complexity Theory Problem Strikes Back
From ACM News

Complexity Theory Problem Strikes Back

The legendary graph isomorphism problem may be harder than a 2015 result seemed to suggest.

The ­.s. Goes All-In on Tech Inclusion
From ACM News

The ­.s. Goes All-In on Tech Inclusion

A wave of U.S. federal funding aims to make the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields more inclusive.

A Digital Portrayal of James Joyce's 'portrait'
From ACM TechNews

A Digital Portrayal of James Joyce's 'portrait'

Computer scientists and literature scholars at University College Dublin in Ireland have teamed up to create a multimedia version of James Joyce's novel "A Portrait...

New Simulation Software Improves Helicopter Pilot Training
From ACM TechNews

New Simulation Software Improves Helicopter Pilot Training

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have developed simulation software to improve training for helicopter pilots via real-time computational...

The Gender Gap in Computer Science Is Hurting ­.s. Businesses
From ACM TechNews

The Gender Gap in Computer Science Is Hurting ­.s. Businesses

Women's share of the computer science workforce continues to fall despite efforts to expand computing education for children and young adults, according to research...

­se It or Lose It: The Search For Enlightenment in Dark Data
From ACM TechNews

­se It or Lose It: The Search For Enlightenment in Dark Data

The growth of structured and unstructured data is proceeding exponentially, yet a recent IBM study estimated more than 80% of all data is "dark," or unmanaged and...

2016: The Year That Deep Learning Took Over the Internet
From ACM News

2016: The Year That Deep Learning Took Over the Internet

On the west coast of Australia, Amanda Hodgson is launching drones out towards the Indian Ocean so that they can photograph the water from above.

Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Political Power
From ACM News

Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Political Power

On Sept. 12, 2016, there was a momentary realignment in the constellation of global business.

A Level Playing Field: Lab Adapts Toys For Disabled Children
From ACM TechNews

A Level Playing Field: Lab Adapts Toys For Disabled Children

A University of North Florida program is now in its third year of adapting toys from store shelves for disabled children.

The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It's Automation.
From ACM News

The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It's Automation.

The first job that Sherry Johnson, 56, lost to automation was at the local newspaper in Marietta, Ga., where she fed paper into the printing machines and laid out...

Rice, Baylor Team Sets New Mark For 'deep Learning'
From ACM TechNews

Rice, Baylor Team Sets New Mark For 'deep Learning'

A new deep learning method developed by researchers at Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine enables computers to learn about the visual world with...

Building Jarvis
From ACM Opinion

Building Jarvis

My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run my home—like Jarvis in Iron Man.

Report ­rges States to Take Action on Computer Science Education
From ACM TechNews

Report ­rges States to Take Action on Computer Science Education

The Southern Regional Education Board has published a report recommending actions states and schools can take to help more young people learn computer science. ...

Bias in Technology
From Communications of the ACM

Bias in Technology

As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
From ACM Careers

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump

Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of...

ACM Ceo Questions Ethical Computing Future
From ACM TechNews

ACM Ceo Questions Ethical Computing Future

ACM CEO Bobby Schnabel last week considered the ethical ramifications of computer science's evolution as it pertains to society at a colloquium of students and...

A Blueprint For Getting More Women Into Information Technology
From ACM TechNews

A Blueprint For Getting More Women Into Information Technology

The rise in qualified U.S. information technology graduates is far from fast enough to keep up with industry demands for IT skills.
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