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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A Computer With a Great Eye Is About to Transform Botany
Pennsylvania State University paleobotanist Peter Wilf and colleagues have developed new software for identifying families of leaves.
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Computational Thinking, 10 Years Later
"Not in my lifetime." That's what I said when I was asked whether we would ever see computer science taught in K-12.
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'minimal' Cell Raises Stakes in Race to Harness Synthetic Life
Genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter has created a synthetic cell that contains the smallest genome of any known, independent organism.
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Tech Could Help Secure Public Spaces, If Europe Wants More Surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure...
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Locking Out the Hackers
New hardware and services are aimed at identifying malware before it has the chance to execute.
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Fbi Director Says Fight with Apple About Terrorism, Not Setting Precedent
James Comey, the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is defending the agency's legal battle with Apple, saying it is about fighting terrorism and not about...
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Why You Should Be Skeptical That Any Video Is Real
Be careful about believing what your eyes are telling you.
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How New Yorker Cartoons Could Teach Computers to Be Funny
The New Yorker magazine is using crowdsourcing algorithms to mine a massive volume of cartoon caption submissions to identify the funniest captions.
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Tor Project Says It Can Quickly Catch Spying Code
A Tor Project developer reports the project is enhancing its software to rapidly detect tampering to its network for the purpose of surveillance.
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Analyzing Twitter: Advanced Algorithm Predicts Likelihood of Online Protests
Arizona State University researchers have developed and studied an algorithm to help anticipate online protests via Twitter.
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Supercomputer Simulates Whole-Body Blood Flow
A new supercomputer simulation of the circulation of blood throughout the entire human body correlates very closely with real-world flow measurements.
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Existing Technologies Can Assist the Disabled
Researchers consider how to adapt broadly available technology products for those battling physical impairments.
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Marvin Minsky: 1927-2016
Marvin Minsky, an American scientist who co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI laboratory and was honored with the ACM A.M. Turing Award, passed...
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A Decade of ACM Efforts Contribute to Computer Science For All
President Obama has asked Congress to approve $4.1 billion in spending to support the Computer Science for All initiative, aimed at providing computer science education...
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How the Hell Could the FBI Hack Into That iPhone?
You know that part about the FBI needing Apple's help to unlock a terrorist's iPhone 5C?
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What's the Year, Make, and Model of Your Vehicular Cloud?
Old Dominion University engineers want to use Internet-connected cars as a cloud computing resource.
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Envisioning Supercomputers of the Future
The Argo Project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy has enlisted 40 researchers to devise a new approach for extreme-scale system software.
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Scientists on Verge of Developing Emotional Computer
Researchers plan to develop a computer agent imbued with both narrative and emotional intellect.
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From Reagan's Cyber Plan to Apple Vs. Fbi: 'everything Is p For Grabs'
The heated debate between the FBI and Apple over the encryption of the iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two people who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino...
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