Communications of the ACM
Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm
Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis… From ACM NewsAn 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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Solving for Why
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
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Accelerating Search
The latest in machine learning helps high-energy physicists handle the enormous amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider.
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Just the Facts
In repackaging other companies' news, some news aggregators are diverting readers and ad dollars, and, critics argue, undercutting the incentive to spend money...
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Garbage In, Info Out
Security researchers used malware to investigate large-scale Internet censorship in Egypt and Libya.
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All the News That's Fit For You
Personalized news promises to make daily journalism profitable again, but technical and cultural obstacles have slowed the industry's adoption of automated personalization...
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India's Elephantine Effort
An ambitious biometric ID project in the world's second most populous nation aims to relieve poverty, but faces many hurdles.
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Yahoo! Labs Competition Yields Better Ranking Model
The Learning to Rank Challenge showed Yahoo! that its approach to search is on target, but there’s still room for improvement.
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