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Measuring Internet Speed: Current Challenges and Future Recommendations
Speed testing methods have flourished over the last decade, but none without at least some limitations.
Technical Perspective: XNOR-Networks – Powerful but Tricky
How to produce a convolutional neural net that is small enough to run on a mobile device, and accurate enough to be worth using? The strategies in "Enabling AI at the Edge with XNOR-Networks" are the best known to date.
Enabling AI at the Edge with XNOR-Networks
We present a novel approach to running state-of-the-art AI algorithms in edge devices, and propose two efficient approximations to standard convolutional neural networks.
Regulation of AI Remains Elusive
The U.S. and EU are considering regulations on artificial intelligence, but none have been implemented...yet.
What Should Be Done About Social Media?
One of the most basic and urgent policy questions is how to tackle the rising role of social media in our public sphere.
The special section on Latin America highlights the excellent level of research in computer science that flourishes in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in the region.
I can divide my career into three phases: practicing science, enabling science, and advocating for science.
Bringing Industry Back to Conferences, and Paying for Results
David Patterson wants to boost industry submissions to conferences, while Yegor Bugayenko suggests productivity should govern coders' pay when they work from home.
Terahertz Networks Move Closer to Reality
The desire for faster, higher-frequency wireless networking is a constant. Terahertz technology could deliver large gains.
Copyright’s Online Service Providers Safe Harbors Under Siege
Reviewing the most significant changes recommended in the recently released U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study.
It Is Time for More Critical CS Education
By which 'critical' means an intellectual stance of skepticism, centering the consequences, limitations, and unjust impacts of computing in society.
Estimating Amazon Carbon Stock Using AI-based Remote Sensing
This work presents advances in the way of a more accurate estimate of the carbon captured by forest areas, in particular the Amazon rainforest and its peculiarities.
Understanding Salsa: How Computing Is Defining Latin Music
An interdisciplinary research field called music information retrieval seeks to develop computational data search and retrieval techniques applied to music.
A Technological and Innovative Approach to COVID-19 in Uruguay
This article presents a technological and innovative approach developed to help the Uruguayan government in their fight against COVID-19.
It is critical for underrepresented communities in technology to foster initiatives that are committed to developing tools for the local adoption of AI.
Three Success Stories About Compact Data Structures
Compact data structures have been at the forefront of research in data structures over the last 20 years.
Contextualized Interpretable Machine Learning for Medical Diagnosis
The explanations of prediction models must be based on features that are meaningful to physicians.
Why Me?: Shedding Light on Random Processes via Randomness Beacons
Solving the apparent paradox of potentially unpredictable random process results is the objective of a verifiable randomness service offered by the University of Chile.
Toward Smart and Sustainable Cities
Evidence-based public policymaking is starting to gain attention as governments and academic projects apply modern computer science techniques to develop tools for operating a city's daily life and guiding long-term management.
Chile’s New Interdisciplinary Institute for Foundational Research on Data
The Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data aims to be a reference center in Latin America related to state-of-the-art research on the foundational problems with data and its application to tackling diverse issues.
A Panorama of Computing in Central America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica has managed to close the gap in access to technology for its citizens, and it is now leading the way in the region.
Imaging Sciences R&D Laboratories in Argentina
A brief history of three research laboratories with the most relevant R&D activities in imaging sciences in Argentina.
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