Electronic patient records contain a treasure trove of data, and researchers are using natural language processing technology to mine the structured data and free...Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2012
Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement...Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2012
Researchers are exploring networked computational analysis, formal classification, and topic modeling to better identify relevant scientists, ideas, and trends.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012
Natural user interface developments, such as Microsoft's Kinect, may indicate the beginning of the end for the mouse.
Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2011
With recent advances in laser rangefinders, faster algorithms, and open source robotic operating systems, researchers are increasing domestic robots' semantic and...Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010
Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
The Expeditions in Computing program provides scientists with the funding to work on ambitious, often multidisciplinary research.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009