Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
White House Unveils STEM Campaign
The Obama administration will use the White House Science Fair and the USA Science and Engineering Festival to promote education in science, technology, engineering...
From ACM News
Web Ads Tied To News Photos Pop Up More And More
Just because you can do something doesn't mean, of course, that you should. With today's technology, for instance, it's possible to give people who read the National...
From ACM TechNews
It Jobs Rank High on List of Best Jobs in America
Software architect ranked as the top job on Money magazine and Payscale.com's list of the 100 best jobs in America. Overall, IT jobs accounted for 26 of the 100...
From ACM News
The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions
Google uses a complicated structure to send most of its overseas profits to tax havens, keeping its corporate rate at a super-low 2.4 percent.
From ACM News
Chinese Chip Closes In on Intel, Amd
China may finally have a processor to power a homegrown supercomputer.
From ACM News
FCC Wants Broadcasters' Unused Spectrum to Help Meet Growing Wireless Demand
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said he plans to encourage broadcasters to give up unused spectrum for auction to wireless carriers...
From ACM News
Pentagon Seeks Tight Ties With Cyber Contractors
The U.S. Department of Defense aims to tighten ties with its cyber security contractors in an effort to better protect sensitive computer networks against growing...
From ACM News
Europeans Play Catch p on Math and Science
Europe is suffering more than other parts of the world from the decline in the number of students pursuing math and science careers. At the same time, Europe is...
From ACM News
Britain's Biggest Security Threat
Cyberwarfare, not conventional armed conflict, is the country’s No. 1 national-security concern, says a new report from the U.K.'s National Security Council.
From ACM TechNews
Drivel on Facebook More Valuable Than We Think
The seemingly meaningless comments and updates that appear on Facebook are valuable to users because they serve as constant reminders of a highly useful network...
From ACM News
Giant Science Party
Mondo science party this weekend in DC! The USA Science & Engineering Festival and Expo features 1,500 exhibits, 750 organizations, 75 stage shows, and more.
From ACM News
Tech Job Candidates Face Head-Spinning Questions
Maybe you've had the nightmare. You show up late for the job interview, or perhaps you forgot to prepare at all. Then they pop off the kind of question that has...
From ACM News
md Cyber Security Center Stresses 'more-Than-Tech' Solutions
The University of Maryland is launching a new cyber security initiative to stimulate public-private partnerships and address U.S. vulnerabilities, including those...
From ACM News
Expand Human Resource Pool in Science, Technology: India's Pm
"We need to expand human resource pool in the area of science and technology to maintain our competitive advantage in the knowledge economy that is now on the...
From ACM News
Festival Visitors Get Virtual 3-D Tour of the niverse
As part of the USA Science and Engineering Festival, the Thirty Meter Telescope will present a tour of the cosmos with a portable planetarium.
From ACM News
German Radar Satellites Fly Tight Space Waltz
It is a remarkable acrobatic display. Two German radar satellites are now flying in tight formation as they prepare to make the most detailed ever 3D map of the...
From ACM News
Robots, Solar Cars and Rockets at the White House Science Fair
Students from across the United States descended on the White House on Monday (Oct. 18) with their award-winning science fair projects in tow. President Obama...
From ACM News
Beno
Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed an innovative theory of roughness and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields...
From ACM News
$5 Million Dod Grant Supports 'lab-on-a-Chip' to Monitor Brain-Injured Patients
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $5 million grant to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the University of Cincinnati to further develop...
From ACM News