Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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IBM announced that it will provide Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a Watson supercomputing system. IBM says RPI's artificial intelligence researchers...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2013
They seem right out of a Hollywood fantasy, and they are: Cars that drive themselves have appeared in movies like "I, Robot" and the television show "Knight Rider...The Associated Press From ACM News | January 25, 2013
The potential risks that super intelligent technologies pose to humans will be the focus of the proposed Center for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2012
Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts—but a milestone for a paralyzed man. True, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 12, 2011
After years of poring through images from space and debating where on Mars the next NASA rover should land, it comes down to four choices.The Associated Press From ACM News | May 16, 2011
NASA is sending a humanoid robot, called Robonaut 2, to the International Space Station for the first time. R2 has more than 350 electrical sensors throughout...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2010
The European Research Council's 8,000-mile robotic car test, which began in Italy on July 20, came to a conclusion as four unmanned electric vans successfully completed...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2010
University of Parma researchers recently embarked on an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China to test the limits of driverless vehicles. The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2010
It can traverse rough terrain, accelerate quickly and negotiate sharp turns like other high-performance sports cars, but there's one thing that sets this Audi coupe...The Associated Press From ACM News | April 9, 2010
Scientists and legal scholars are studying the likely effects of the inevitable bond that will form between humans and robots in the coming decade. Although robots...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2009