New data protection laws raise questions about whether certain jurisdictions are trying to thwart the ability of foreign governments to obtain data on their citizens.
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A Domain-Specific Architecture for Deep Neural Networks
Tensor processing units improve performance per watt of neural networks in Google datacenters by roughly 50x.
Peer Assessment of CS Doctoral Programs Shows Strong Correlation with Faculty Citations
Strong correlation indicates notable research productivity of individual faculty members in turn boosts the standing of their programs.
Emotion Recognition Using Wireless Signals
This paper demonstrates a new technology that can infer a person's emotions from RF signals reflected off his body.
Technical Perspective: Is Your WiFi a Sensor?
"Emotion Recognition Using Wireless Signals" shows that not only can the heartrate be counted with accuracy comparable to ECG devices, but the variabilities of the heart signals—in each pulse—can be recognized as well.
Research for Practice: FPGAs in Datacenters
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
Can Beyond-CMOS Devices Illuminate Dark Silicon?
The "new Dark Silicon" model benchmarks transistor technologies at the architectural level for multi-core processors.
Blockchain's undeletable data can address privacy and security issues in the fine art markets.
Maturing bug bounty programs spot data abuse, secure the Internet of Things.
Adopting a Culture of Transparency
Software is used increasingly to determine the existence of scientific fraud in published studies.
Designing Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Through the Lens of OpenCellular
Understanding the unique local context, as well as technical considerations, are essential components of successful project deployment.
Providing Equitable Access to Computing Education
Seeking the best measures to reach advantaged and less-advantaged students equally.
Point: Foundations of E-Democracy
Considering the possibility of achieving an e-democracy based on long-established foundations that strengthen both real-world democracies and virtual Internet communities.
Counterpoint: E-Democracy Won't Save Democracy. Democracy Will Save Democracy
Increased technology is not the solution to the fundamental issue of declining democratic culture.
Queueing theoretic models can guide design trade-offs in systems targeting tail latency, not just average performance.
How to Teach Computer Ethics through Science Fiction
Science fiction in particular offers students a way to cultivate their capacity for moral imagination.
Multiparty Privacy in Social Media
Online privacy is not just about what you disclose about yourself, it is also about what others disclose about you.
Technical Perspective: Graphs, Betweenness Centrality, and the GPU
"Accelerating GPU Betweenness Centrality" by McLaughlin and Bader ably addresses the challenges to authors of efficient graph implementations in the important context of a computation called betweenness centrality.
Accelerating GPU Betweenness Centrality
We present a hybrid GPU implementation that provides good performance on graphs of arbitrary structure rather than just scale-free graphs as was done previously.
Regulating Automated Decision Making
A group assembled by Informatics Europe and the policy committee of the ACM Europe Council produced a report entitled "When Computers Decide" that makes 10 recommendations to policy leaders regarding automated decision making.
A primary topic of consideration at a recent workshop on cybersecurity was how to preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet while protecting against the harmful behaviors that have emerged in this global medium. That this is a significant challenge cannot be overstated.
Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
Electronics Are Leaving the Plane
Stacking chips and connecting them vertically increases both speed and functionality.
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