Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Honeywell Introduces Quantum Computing as a Service with Subscription Offering
Each subscriber gets eight or sixteen hours per month of dedicated time with Honeywell scientists to run algorithms on the trapped-ion hardware.
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Motorists' Smartphones May Help Highway Bosses Keep Roads Safe
High-resolution three-axis accelerometers and GPS tracking built into smartphones, along with an app, can provide useful measures of road roughness for civil engineers...
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Hacker Releases Georgia County Election Data After Ransom Not Paid
A computer hacker publicly released election-related files from Hall County, GA, after county officials failed to pay a ransom.
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Dog Training Methods Help JHU Teach Robots to Learn New Tricks
Computer scientists at Johns Hopkins University used positive reinforcement to show a robot how to teach itself new tasks quickly.
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Scientists Use 3D Printer to Create World's Smallest Boat
Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands created the world's smallest boat using an electron microscope and a high-resolution three-dimensional printer...
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The Algorithm That Could Get You Back in the Office
As company offices reopen, some are using software to help them shuffle employees, schedule meetings, map office hot spots, and practice social distancing.
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AI Can Diagnose COVID-19 Through Cellphone-Recorded Coughs – Even if You Don’t Have Symptoms
Results might provide a convenient screening tool for people who may not suspect they are infected.
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Website Predicts Likelihood of Cyberattacks Between Nations
Computer scientists have created a database that aims to predict the likelihood of cyberattacks between nations.
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Smarter Models, Smarter Choices
A new high-confidence approach to artificial intelligence-based models incorporates uncertainty, error, physical laws, expert knowledge, and missing data within...
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Throwable Robot Car Always Lands on Four Wheels
Researchers at the U.S. Military Academy have developed robot that can be thrown or dropped and always lands the right way up.
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With Deep Learning Algorithms, Standard CT Technology Produces Spectral Images
Engineers have developed a deep neural network that produces spectral images almost as well as dual-energy computed tomography imaging technology.
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Brazil Launches AI Center
Brazil's Artificial Intelligence Center officially launched earlier this month.
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Officials Warn of Cyberattacks on Hospitals as Virus Cases Spike
Government officials warned that hackers were seeking to hold American hospitals' data hostage in exchange for ransom payments.
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Does Palantir See Too Much?
The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of data — to mysterious and, some say, dangerous ends.
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A Wearable Sensor to Help ALS Patients Communicate
A stretchable, skin-like device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis communicate using small...
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Scientists Create Synthetic Human Tongue Using 3D Printing
Researchers at the University of Leeds in the U.K. report the development of what they are calling the first biomimetic tongue using three-dimensional printing....
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App to Help Voters Locate Ballot Drop Boxes
George Mason University's Massimiliano Albanese developed the myBallotBox app to help people locate drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots.
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National Guard Called in to Thwart Cyberattack in Louisiana Weeks Before Election
The Louisiana National Guard has been called in to investigate a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across the state.
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