Underwater drones offer scientists a glimpse into the world's least-known frontier.
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Technical Perspective: The Scalability of CertiKOS
The authors of "Building Certified Concurrent OS Kernels" illustrate that formal verification can scale up to a moderate-size program (6,500 lines of C) that has substantial shared-memory concurrency.
Pinning Down Variables, and Taking an Agile Approach
Robin K. Hill tries to better define variables, while Edwin Torres acknowledges he is his own greatest obstacle.
Closing In on Quantum Error Correction
Quantum computers will only become practical when they implement quantum error correction.
The Cloud as an Innovation Platform for Software Development
How cloud computing became a platform.
How Might We Increase System Trustworthiness?
Summarizing some of the changes that seem increasingly necessary to address known system and network deficiencies and anticipate currently unknown vulnerabilities.
Unlocking Data to Improve Public Policy
When properly secured, anonymized, and optimized for research, administrative data can be put to work to help government programs better serve those in need.
Sampling-Based Robot Motion Planning
To address the computational challenges that arise when planning for robotic systems, traditional CS algorithms, tools, and paradigms must be revisited.
Protein Design by Provable Algorithms
Protein design algorithms can leverage provable guarantees of accuracy to provide new insights and unique optimized molecules.
Building Certified Concurrent OS Kernels
In this work, we present CertiKOS, a novel compositional framework for building verified concurrent OS kernels.
Sabotage-resistant industrial machinery combats Stuxnet-like attacks.
Hacking the Smart Home via the Internet of Things
A group of researchers uncovered implementation flaws in Internet of Things devices.
Brain-computer interfaces, like so much else, may be migrating to the cloud.
Digital Transformation: A Business Imperative
Advancing to Digital 2.0 can help the modern company anticipate the needs of the customer.
Sustaining Open Collaboration in Universities
Increasing international tension and distrust, and its projection into universities, is eroding open collaboration and inquiry.
Why Programmers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm, and Thinking About Computational Thinking
Yegor Bugayenko ponders the dangers of "hazardous enthusiasm," while Mark Guzdial considers whether the need to teach computational thinking can be "designed away."
Technical Perspective: From Virtual Worlds to Digital Fabrication
The authors of "OpenFab" propose to revisit the processing pipeline that turns a 3D model into machine instructions in light of the solutions developed in computer graphics.
Big data and modern analytics offer enormous possibilities for research, provided scientists can produce consistent results.
Can You Locate Your Location Data?
Smartphone apps offering location data services may be desirable, but their ability to collect personal data that can be sold to third parties is less attractive.
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