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Research Highlights May 1 2023

Technical Perspective: Finding Connections between One-Way Functions and Kolmogorov Complexity

"Toward Basing Cryptography on the Hardness of EXP," by Yanyi Liu and Rafael Pass, establishes surprisingly tight bidirectional connections between one-way functions and the cross-domain notion of Kolmogorov complexity.

Gil Segev

one-way and don't-walk signage on a city street corner

News Apr 27 2023

Artificial Intelligence Still Can’t Form Concepts

Concepts and abstraction are key to unlocking AI's full potential.

Bennie Mols | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Apr 20 2023

Turning AI to Crime

How cybercriminals use ChatGPT in creating malware and cyberattacks.

David Geer | Commissioned by CACM Staff

BLOG@CACM Apr 18 2023

ChatGPT Helps or Hurts our Cybersecurity?

The specter is that when fully mature, this technology would be able to generate undetectable attacks and the defenders will be constantly fighting these fires. I do not subscribe to this dystopian view of the future.

Saurabh Bagchi

News Apr 18 2023

Lighting the Way at Nanometer Scales

Light waves bouncing around could replace a significant portion of digital computation.

Arnout Jaspers | Commissioned by CACM Staff

A nanophotonic analog processor developed at the George Washington University have developed a nanophotonic analog accelerator to solve partial differential equations.

News Apr 11 2023

Rage Against the Intelligent Machines

AI safety concerns mount as Large Language Model risks are revealed.

Paul Marks

Artist's representation of a large language model.

News Apr 6 2023

Can Digital Wallets Save Cryptocurrency?

Seeking a better deal for bitcoin and its ilk in Web3 and the Metaverse.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

BLOG@CACM Apr 6 2023

A Year Embedded in the Crypto-NFT Space

From digital ownership to artistic communities.

Carlos Baquero

News Apr 4 2023

Smartphone-based Satellite Connectivity to Move Beyond Emergency Services

Different approaches emerge in the race to provide direct-to-satellite smartphone services.

Keith Kirkpatrick | Commissioned by CACM Staff

While some organizations are utilizing existing satellites to provide satellite connectivity, Lynk Global Inc., a direct-to-satellite company, is building out its own network of satellites designed to support broadband connectivity.

News Apr 1 2023

AI Rewrites Coding

Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.

Samuel Greengard

News Apr 1 2023

. . . And the Computer Plays Along

Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.

Esther Shein

colorful jumble of music notes, illustration

News Apr 1 2023

Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery

Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.

Don Monroe

3D chemical compounds floating in space, illustration

News Apr 1 2023

ACM Publications Finances for 2021

One requirement for ACM's multiyear transition to become a fully Open Access publisher is to develop and implement a sustainability plan to ensure ACM Publications continues to operate at a high level with the quality of its publications and the services it provides to the community.

Wendy Hall, Divesh Srivastava, and Scott E. Delman

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Opinion Apr 1 2023

Contracting for Artificial Intelligence

Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.

Mari Sako

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Practice Apr 1 2023

OCCAM-v2: Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Effective and Efficient Whole-Program Specialization

Leveraging scalable pointer analysis, value analysis, and dynamic analysis.

Jorge A. Navas and Ashish Gehani

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Research and Advances Apr 1 2023

Protecting Autonomous Cars from Phantom Attacks

Enabling object detectors to better distinguish between real and fake objects in semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles.

phantom figure sits inside autonomous vehicle surrounded by human figures, illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Scaffolding as Catalyst

As with the huge hotel and condo complex being constructed adjacent to the building where my office is located, tools for building new systems often require temporary scaffolding to reach the point where the intended system can support itself.

Vinton G. Cerf

Apr 1 2023

Hoping for the Best as AI Evolves

Gary Marcus on the systems that "pose a real and imminent threat to the fabric of society."

Gary Marcus

Opinion Apr 1 2023

All Sliders to the Right

Hardware overkill.

George V. Neville-Neil

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Opinion Apr 1 2023

Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech

Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.

Marshall Van Alstyne, Michael D. Smith, and Herbert Lin

multicolor beam pierces a ring of text stating 'Section 230', illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience

Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.

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Opinion Apr 1 2023

Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly

A unique viewpoint on risks to senior citizens from academia.

David A. Patterson

businessman faces an older woman who's using a cane

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?

Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.

David Ott, Kenny Paterson, and Dennis Moreau

shield-like structure with image of a key at its center, illustration

Research and Advances Apr 1 2023

Eight Reasons to Prioritize Brain-Computer Interface Cybersecurity

Defining and analyzing the impact of cyberattacks on novel generations of BCIs.

Sergio López Bernal, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, and Gregorio Martínez Pérez

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