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Research and Advances Mar 1 2021

Technical Perspective: Localizing Insects Outdoors

"3D Localization for Subcentimeter-Sized Devices," by Iyer, et al., neatly separates and solves the problems of robotic locomotion, sensing, localization, and communications packaged into a tiny payload.

Prabal Dutta

Research and Advances Mar 1 2021

3D Localization for Subcentimeter-Sized Devices

We present the first localization system that consumes microwatts of power at a mobile device and can be localized across multiple rooms in settings such as homes and hospitals.

Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, Vikram Iyer, and Shyamnath Gollakota

button cell battery and ?Locate prototype

BLOG@CACM Feb 26 2021

NoSQL vs. SQL

Broadly, NoSQL has an absence of strict schemas for entities/attributes, while SQL rigidly relates/regulates the two.

Alex Williams

News Feb 25 2021

Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?

Considering the outlook for multi-factor authentication applications.

Keith Kirkpatrick | Commissioned by CACM Staff

An illustration of the use of multi-factor authentication.

BLOG@CACM Feb 8 2021

When Did the Digital Age Begin?

There is no clear answer.

Herbert Bruderer

BLOG@CACM Feb 5 2021

The Skills Students Gain in Online Learning

The Corona Year as an opportunity for science and engineering students to practice 21st century skills.

Orit Hazzan

News Feb 4 2021

The Scramble for Post-Quantum Cryptography

Quantum computers are expected to undermine today's computer security.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Feb 1 2021

The State of Virtual Reality Hardware

Advances in VR hardware could finally take the technology mainstream.

Logan Kugler

Opinion Feb 1 2021

When Permissioned Blockchains Deliver More Decentralization Than Permissionless

Considerations for the governance of distributed systems.

Yannis Bakos, Hanna Halaburda, and Christoph Mueller-Bloch

Opinion Feb 1 2021

Cybersecurity: Is It Worse than We Think?

Evaluating actual implementations and practices versus stated goals.

Chris Maurer, Kevin Kim, Dan Kim, and Leon A. Kappelman

computers at edge of crator, illustration

Opinion Feb 1 2021

Polanyi’s Revenge and AI’s New Romance with Tacit Knowledge

Artificial intelligence systems need the wisdom to know when to take advice from us and when to learn from data.

Subbarao Kambhampati

Opinion Feb 1 2021

Let’s Not Dumb Down the History of Computer Science

Donald Knuth on the best way to recognize the history of computer science.

Donald E. Knuth and Len Shustek

Donald Knuth reading 'The Art of Computer Programming'

Research and Advances Feb 1 2021

AZERTY amélioré: Computational Design on a National Scale

A new French keyboard standard is the first designed with the help of computational methods.

hands typing on AZERTY keyboard on blue, white, and red background, illustration

News Jan 28 2021

Helping NASA Return to the Moon

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.

Keith Kirkpatrick | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson serves as launch director for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program, based at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

News Jan 26 2021

‘Are You Real?’

An ecosystem is emerging for ‘digital human’ development.

Gregory Goth

A Digital Employee developed by IPoft company Amelia.

BLOG@CACM Jan 19 2021

Superb Historical Robots

The world's most magnificent historical robots.

Herbert Bruderer

News Jan 14 2021

Just Think: The Outlook for BCI

Where Brain-Computer Interfaces are headed.

Esther Shein | Commissioned by CACM Staff

A test subject directs moves in a computer chess game with his thoughts.

News Jan 12 2021

Finally, Apps to Sink Your Teeth Into

Developers are beginning to incorporate teeth into new technologies.

Paul Marks

News Jan 7 2021

Autonomous Shipping Charts Its Course

The maritime industry wades into digitalization; will it float?

John Delaney | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Jan 5 2021

Digital IDs Make Their Mark

Encrypted identification data on a smartcard or smartphone can deliver significant benefits while boosting security, but raise concerns about privacy and the potential for abuse.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Jan 1 2021

Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19

Data science can only do so much in the face of a pandemic.

Chris Edwards

four individuals and a hand holding a mobile phone, illustration

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Boeing’s 737 MAX: A Failure of Management, Not Just Technology

Tracing the trajectory of management and engineering decisions resulting in systemic catastrophe.

Michael A. Cusumano

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Cybersecurity Research for the Future

Considering the wide range of technological and societal trade-offs associated with cybersecurity.

Terry Benzel

Opinion Jan 1 2021

The Immortal Soul of an Old Machine

Taking apart a book to figure out how it works.

Thomas Haigh

The Soul of a New Machine, stylized cover image

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