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.
Amazon is pilot-testing a wheeled electric robot that travels on pavements to deliver packages to customers in Snohomish County, WA.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2019
Researchers have constructed a three-dimensional virtual reality model of tumor samples, with each individual cell mapped.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2019
Broken and scorched black by fire, the dense, wedge-shaped marks etched into the ancient clay tablets are only just visible under the soft light at the British...BBC News From ACM News | December 13, 2018
Computers can be tricked into misidentifying objects and sounds, raising issues about the real-world use of artificial intelligence; experts call such glitches...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 10, 2018
Generative design is being employed to design seatbelt brackets in cars, motorbike chassis, cabin partitions in passenger aircraft, and other everyday industrial...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2018
The defunct Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, Cumbria in the U.K. is a toxic environment that must be cleaned up by robots.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2018
China's Xinhua state news agency has debuted a virtual newsreader that the agency said "can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor."
BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 12, 2018
A robot recently addressed the U.K.'s Parliament on the future role of artificial intelligence in British education.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 22, 2018
Researchers have developed an x-ray tomography technique to reveal hidden text inside damaged and unreadable scrolls.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2018
High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and...BBC News From ACM News | September 20, 2018
Wireless signals can penetrate bags to measure the dimensions of metal objects or estimate the volume of liquids, researchers claim.
BBC News From ACM News | August 15, 2018
Facial recognition tech has been around for decades, but it has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years due to advances in computing vision and artificial...BBC News From ACM News | July 17, 2018
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
BBC News From ACM News | June 5, 2018
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will change how companies and individuals collect, store and share data.
BBC News From ACM News | April 25, 2018
In Ridley Scott's seminal blockbuster Blade Runner, humanity has harnessed bio-engineering to create a race of replicants that look, act and sound human—but are...BBC News From ACM News | April 19, 2018