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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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Belgian design organization Imec is expanding into new territory with its latest computer chip technology research projects. CNet From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2016
The New Yorker magazine is using crowdsourcing algorithms to mine a massive volume of cartoon caption submissions to identify the funniest captions. CNet From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2016
Researchers at the University of Southampton have designed an insole to sit inside a person's shoe and harvest energy from their footsteps.CNet From ACM TechNews | March 22, 2016
Apple shouldn't have to comply with a search order for an iPhone used by one the San Bernardino, California, terrorists because the Constitution forbids it, the...CNET From ACM News | March 16, 2016
Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...CNET From ACM News | December 22, 2015
It was about 10 seconds into the robotic spider dance that you had to remind yourself you were watching a presentation by the world's largest chipmaker, Intel.CNET From ACM News | August 19, 2015
It may not be able to do grocery shopping or hang out laundry to dry, but a project involving current telepresence technology could help people with limited mobility...CNET From ACM News | June 25, 2015
Image recognition is a complicated business. For Google, that means an artificial neural network—software capable of learning.CNET From ACM News | June 19, 2015
Researchers have shown they can extract personal information from two smartwatches because none of the data is encrypted. CNet From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2015
I am not fond of depressing you. So I'm going to leave it to a new study performed by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For Communication.CNET From ACM News | June 11, 2015
Edward Snowden and an unlikely interviewer squared-off on HBO over the leaks that exposed the National Security Agency's extensive surveillance programs.CNET From ACM Opinion | April 6, 2015
Object recognition makes up one part of autonomous car technology, but then comes the question of what the car does in response to what it detects.CNET From ACM News | March 18, 2015
Startups as well as large tech firms now realize their products need to be both visually appealing and deliver great user experiences.CNet From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2015