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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Not Stuck on Silicon
Researchers have developed a new technique they say could reduce the overall cost of wafer technology.
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Explained: Neural Networks
Deep learning is a new name for the neural-networking approach to artificial intelligence.
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Researchers 'iron Out' Graphene's Wrinkles
Researchers have developed methods to reduce and "iron out" wrinkles in graphene, potentially enabling faster and more efficient electronic and photonic devices...
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Faster Page Loads
Flowtune is a new system for allocating bandwidth in datacenter networks.
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A Big Leap Toward Tinier Lines
Researchers have developed a method that could make it possible to produce some of the narrowest microchip wires ever.
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Protecting Web sers' Privacy
Splinter is a new encryption system that disguises users' database queries so they reveal no private information.
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Toward Printable, Sensor-Laden 'skin' For Robots
Researchers believe three-dimensional printing of flexible electronics integrating sensors and processing circuitry is key to bulk manufacturing of a robot "skin...
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Sharing the Fares
The potential for urban ride-sharing is similar for a variety of cities all over the world.
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Artificial Data Give the Same Results as Real Data--Without Compromising Privacy
The Synthetic Data Vault is a new machine-learning system that automatically creates synthetic data, which can be used in data science efforts that otherwise would...
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New Resource For Optical Chips
Researchers have demonstrated that silicon optical devices can reproduce physical phenomena used by high-end telecommunications optoelectronic components.
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Researchers Devise Efficient Power Converter For Internet of Things
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Microsystems Technologies Laboratories recently unveiled a power converter that stays efficient at currents...
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Wearable AI System Can Detect a Conversation's Tone
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system that utilizes a wearable device and artificial intelligence to detect whether the...
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Smart Automation
Researchers at the Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology have spent the last several years developing autonomous...
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Taming Data
A new big data management system aims to simplify the process of aggregating large datasets for analysis.
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Driverless Platoons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a mathematical model to study the effects of scheduling policies on fuel consumption and travel...
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Data Diversity
Selecting diverse subsets from a much larger dataset promises to be much more practical using a new algorithm designed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute...
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Making Big Data Manageable
Researchers presented a new coreset-generation technique for handling big data at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Barcelona, Spain.
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Printable Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.
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Design Your Own Custom Drone
Researchers have developed a way for consumers to design and develop drones to meet their unique specifications.
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