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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Lego to Expand Online Ambitions by Tripling Total of Software Engineers
The world's largest toymaker has long feared the digital world could erode the appeal of its bricks.
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Ballet's Brave New World in VR
The Boston Ballet has commissioned three choreographers to develop original ballets designed for viewing entirely in virtual reality.
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Lennon or McCartney? Machine Learning Tries to Crack Disputed Beatles Authorship
Researchers used machine learning to ascertain the authorship of disputed Beatles songs.
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Online Gaming Yields First Results For Alzheimer's Research
Stall Catchers is an online computer game in which players use to analyze movies of blood flow to the brain as part of Alzheimer's disease research.
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How to Raise a Personable Robot
Social roboticist Heather Knight's research focuses on making robots socially expressive so they can interact with people on a more personable level.
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Technology Shows What's on a Customer's Mind
Foviance founder Catriona Campbell, an expert on human-computer interaction, provides clients with research studies that measure Internet users' subconscious, emotional...
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