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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Closing the Computer Science Gender Gap: How One Woman Is Making a Difference in Many Lives
Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College and former president of ACM, says the decline of women's participation in computer science can be reversed.
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It's a Fantastic Time to Graduate in the .s. as an Engineer or Computer Scientist
Recent college graduates are doing well, according to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
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Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay pright
It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie.
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Daphne Koller on the Future of Online Education
Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller hopes her online education platform will expand globally.
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Self-Programming Machines Next Phase of Computer Science: Wozniak
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said computers that learn in unsupervised ways and do not need to be told what to do in advance is the next phase of computer science...
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Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred From A.i. Competition
A group of researchers at the Chinese web services company Baidu have been barred from participating in an international competition for artificial intelligence...
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Disaster Droids Face Off in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Final preparations are being made by 24 robotics teams about to compete for $3.5m (£2.3m) worth of prizes in a Pentagon-backed competition.
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Crispr, the Disruptor
Three years ago, Bruce Conklin came across a method that made him change the course of his lab.
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Fly-Catching Robot Developed By Stanford Scientists Speeds Biomedical Research
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a robotic system that can inspect fruit flies and carry out previously impossible behavioral experiments.
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Dartmouth Researchers Create First Smartphone App That Predicts Gpa
Dartmouth College researchers have developed a smartphone app that automatically predicts college students' grade point average based on their smartphone data.
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Supercomputer nlocks the Secrets of Plant Cells to Create More Resilient Crops
Scientists have used supercomputers to move a step closer to identifying the nanostructure of cellulose.
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Standard Knowledge for Robots
A working group of 166 experts from 23 countries has developed a global standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess.
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STEM Gender Stereotypes Common Across the World
A study published by researchers at Northwestern University found people in the Netherlands were the most likely to associate science with men more than women.
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South African Scientists Create Cheap Computer
University of Witwatersrand researchers are leading a project to create inexpensive computers or tablets to potentially be used by every student in South Africa...
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Mit's Humanoid Robot Goes to Robot Boot Camp
As Russ Tedrake flings up the garage door to the dusty MIT lab, light whooshes in, revealing a 360-pound humanoid robot hanging from a rope.
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With One False Tweet, Computer-Based Hack Crash Led to Real Panic
A false tweet sent from a hacked account caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to lose more than $136 billion in seconds...
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Forging Relationships
Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.
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Klaus Tschira: 1940-2015
Klaus Tschira, the entrepreneur, software pioneer, and patron and supporter of scientific research who died unexpectedly on March 31st, 2015, made numerous lasting...
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Estonia: A Model For E-Government
Over the next decade, the population of Estonia is expected to soar more than 600% as the country becomes the first in the world to open its borders to an influx...
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