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Research and Advances Jun 1 2021

Technical Perspective: A Chiplet Prototype System for Deep Learning Inference

"Simba," by Yakun Sophia Shao, et al., presents a scalable deep learning accelerator architecture that tackles issues ranging from chip integration technology to workload partitioning and non-uniform latency effects on deep neural network performance.

Natalie Enright Jerger

News May 25 2021

Is 5G Opening Security Holes in the Internet of Things?

The new 5G networks increase hacker access to the Internet of Things.

David Geer | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News May 13 2021

Quantum Simulator Beats Quantum Hardware

Toshiba's quasi-quantum optimization algorithm on Microsoft's Azure cloud outperforms today's fledgling quantum computer speeds.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

The inner workings of a quantum computer.

BLOG@CACM May 11 2021

Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Column

The elements of one of the most used and popular data designs around.

Alex Williams

News May 11 2021

Election Security: A Scientific View

Barbara Simons and the issues with Internet voting.

Allyn Jackson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Barbara Simons, former ACM president and board chair of Verified Voting.

News May 4 2021

The Doctor Will Hear You Soon

The vocal biomarker community is getting louder.

Gregory Goth

A smartphone handset can enable voice analytics.

Opinion May 1 2021

The Agency Trilemma and ACM

Three-way conflict arises in professional societies, such as ACM, which have members, elected officials, and permanent staff. Aligning the interests of these three groups can be challenging.

Moshe Y. Vardi

Opinion May 1 2021

In Response to ‘Vardi’s Insights’

Moshe Vardi's column, "The Agency Trilemma and ACM," misrepresents some decisions and actions made in regard to ACM's Open Access model.

Cherri M. Pancake and Andrew A. Chien

News May 1 2021

A Traffic Cop for Low Earth Orbit

Who will be the space traffic controller for orbiting objects?

Keith Kirkpatrick

News May 1 2021

Catching the Fakes

Applying neural networks to images helps identify counterfeit goods.

Neil Savage

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Opinion May 1 2021

Trustworthy Scientific Computing

Addressing the trust issues underlying the current limits on data sharing.

Sean Peisert

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Opinion May 1 2021

Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics

In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.

Bryan H. Choi

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Research and Advances May 1 2021

Technical Perspective: Robust Statistics Tackle New Problems

"Robustness Meets Algorithms," by Ilias Diakonikolas, et al., represents the beginning of a long and productive line of work on robust statistics in high dimensions.

Jacob S. Steinhardt

Opinion May 1 2021

Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula

Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.

Mireille Hildebrandt

Opinion May 1 2021

Let’s Be Honest

Seeking to rectify the two mutually exclusive ways of comparing computational power — encoding and simulation.

Nachum Dershowitz

Opinion May 1 2021

The 10 Best Practices for Remote Software Engineering

Focusing on the human element of remote software engineer productivity.

Vanessa Sochat

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Practice May 1 2021

Battery Day

A closer look at the technology that makes portable electronics possible.

Jessie Frazelle

charging port on hood of electric vehicle

Research and Advances May 1 2021

HCDA: From Computational Thinking to a Generalized Thinking Paradigm

As a new era in computing emerges, so too must our fundamental thinking patterns.

Yuhang Liu, Xian-He Sun, Yang Wang, and Yungang Bao

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Research and Advances May 1 2021

What Serverless Computing Is and Should Become: The Next Phase of Cloud Computing

The evolution that serverless computing represents, the economic forces that shape it, why it could fail, and how it might fulfill its potential.

Research and Advances May 1 2021

Automata Modulo Theories

Symbolic automata better balances how automata are implemented in practice.

Loris D'Antoni and Margus Veanes

Research and Advances May 1 2021

Robustness Meets Algorithms

We give the first efficient algorithm for estimating the parameters of a high-dimensional Gaussian that is able to tolerate a constant fraction of corruptions that is independent of the dimension.

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Research and Advances May 1 2021

Isomorphism, Canonization, and Definability for Graphs of Bounded Rank Width

In this paper we study the graph isomorphism problem and the closely related graph canonization problem as well as logical definability and descriptive complexity on graph classes of bounded rank width.

Martin Grohe and Daniel Neuen

Research and Advances May 1 2021

Technical Perspective: A Logical Step Toward the Graph Isomorphism Problem

In "Isomorphism, Canonization, and Definability for Graphs of Bounded Rank Width," Grohe and Neuen show that the Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm in its plain form solves the isomorphism problem for bounded-rank width graphs.

Pascal Schweitzer

Opinion May 1 2021

Behold the Ch!Ld

Opportunity can come calling when you least expect it.

P-Ray

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