Communications of the ACM
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A Traffic Cop for Low Earth Orbit
Who will be the space traffic controller for orbiting objects?
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Technological Responses to COVID-19
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
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Natural Language Misunderstanding
How do we eliminate bias in automated speech recognition?
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Across the Language Barrier
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
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Tracking Shoppers
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...
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The Edge of Computational Photography
Smartphones and consumer cameras increasingly give professional photographers a run for their money.
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Technologizing Agriculture
An array of technologies are making farms more efficient, safer, and profitable.
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Bringing the Internet to the (Developing) World
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
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3D-Printing Human Body Parts
Bioprinting has generated bones, cartilage, and some muscles; hearts and livers are still years away.
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Bionics in Competition
Developers of innovative assistive devices compete as a means of networking with each other.
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It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data
In risk assessment and predictive policing, biased data can yield biased results.
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Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons?
Nations consider using defense systems that can make their own lethal decisions.
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Battling Algorithmic Bias
How do we ensure algorithms treat us fairly?
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Legal Advice on the Smartphone
New apps help individuals contest traffic, parking tickets.
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Existing Technologies Can Assist the Disabled
Researchers consider how to adapt broadly available technology products for those battling physical impairments.
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Technology Brings Online Education in Line with Campus Programs
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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The Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars
Autonomous vehicles will need to decide on a course of action when presented with multiple less-than-ideal outcomes.
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Putting the Data Science Into Journalism
News organizations increasingly use techniques like data mining, Web scraping, and data visualization to uncover information that would be impossible to identify...
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Using Technology to Help People
Companies are creating technological solutions for individuals, then generalizing them to broader populations that need similar assistance.12