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.
A new machine learning approach could speed up vehicle routing algorithms, which tend to slow down when applied to large urban datasets.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2021
Scientists designed a machine learning model to identify medical treatments that could pose greater potential danger than alternatives.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 17, 2021
Researchers come up with a machine learning method to reduce the amount of memory required for Internet of Things devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2021
The deep learning GeoMol model can rapidly predict the three-dimensional shapes of drug-like molecules, which could expedite drug discovery.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2021
Architects and engineers could design truss structures minimizing embodied carbon by using a new set of computational tools.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2021
An international research team developed a visual analytics tool to address challenges faced by child welfare specialists using machine learning models to screen...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2021
Researchers have developed a less costly, less wasteful machine learning system for identifying three-dimensionally-printable materials.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 21, 2021
Researchers have shown that a specific neural network can learn the cause-and-effect structure of a navigation task it is taught.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed and applied a predictive model of pedestrian traffic to Melbourne, Australia.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2021
Scientists suggest crowdsourced assessments from groups of normal readers can virtually match those of professional fact-checkers in vetting news stories.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2021
Researchers have developed an approach that uses experimental chemistry and artificial intelligence to facilitate delivery of a drug to treat Duchenne muscular...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2021
The Reconnaissance of Influence Operations program was developed to identify disinformation narratives and the individuals spreading them via social media.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2021
Researchers have developed a slender robot finger with tactile sensing capabilities that can help locate and identify buried objects.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 28, 2021
A system developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology automatically cleans "dirty data."
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2021
Software developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses machine learning to transform healthcare data into insights that can inform...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2021
A new robot can locate and grasp hidden objects using radio waves in combination with traditional computer vision.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to detect and reduce errors when patients administer their own medication.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 22, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a Web-based Covid-19 testing impact calculator.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 17, 2020