Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Bad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth.
Wired From ACM News | February 2, 2023
Sinanoglu's backers include the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Defense, which is supporting his research through its Defense Advanced Research...OZY From ACM News | February 2, 2023
A multi-institutional team of California researchers engineered an artificial intelligence to design bacteria-destroying proteins that actually worked.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2023
Researchers used survey data from 3,000 residents of Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Denver to determine which are likely to alter their behaviors to conserve water in...Penn State News From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2023
Technology that measures the presence of alcohol in digital images could help recovering alcoholics evaluate their exposure to alcohol marketing on social media...La Trobe University (Australia) From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2023
"The court's ruling in the Meta/Within case is consistent with decades of legal precedent," said Matt Schruers, president of the Computer and Communications Industry...Barron's From ACM News | February 2, 2023
Waymo and Cruise hope to widen their projects to more of the city. But local officials are increasingly concerned about breakdowns causing congestion.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 2, 2023
ChatGPT is in the spotlight, but it's Whisper — OpenAI's open-source speech-transcription program — that shows us where machine learning is going.
The New Yorker From ACM News | February 1, 2023
The Footsim digital sole model created by U.K., Canadian, and Swiss researchers can map the signals continuously streaming from the foot to the brain as a tool...The Engineer From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2023
Researchers at Stanford University and Ireland's University College Dublin built analog quantum simulators that could solve the most significant puzzles in physics...Popular Mechanics From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2023
Sandia National Laboratories computer scientists have been developing a "black start" computer model to help grid operators quickly restore power after a disruption...Sandia Labs News From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2023
Following its launch in June 2021, the Task Force embarked on a rigorous, open process that culminated in this final report.
The White House From ACM News | February 1, 2023
Although the brain's architecture is very shallow, brain-inspired artificial neural networks' learning capabilities can outperform deep learning.
Bar-Ilan University From ACM News | January 31, 2023
Cleveland State University asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review a district court ruling that "room scans" by exam proctoring software...Bloomberg Law From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2023
A new artificial intelligence tool can perform lung cancer risk assessments without the help of a radiologist.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2023