Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2016
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 1, 2015
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.New Scientist From ACM News | October 21, 2014
With the successful launch just hours ago of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India has passed the first test in its bid to orbit the Red Planet. Next up is a nail...New Scientist From ACM News | November 5, 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have developed AutoMan, an automated artificial intelligence-based system that can delegate tasks to human workers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 10, 2012
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2012
It is more than a year since Watson, IBM's famous supercomputer, opened a new frontier for artificial intelligence by beating human champions of the quiz show Jeopardy...New Scientist From ACM News | August 23, 2012
Small, cheap smart-tag devices that are printed as digital circuits in rolls like newspapers could help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known...New Scientist From ACM News | August 14, 2012
The controller for the next Xbox might be able to take biometric readings of your hand, according to a recent Microsoft patent.New Scientist From ACM News | May 14, 2012
As protests against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational...New Scientist From ACM News | October 25, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE Euronext...New Scientist From ACM News | October 17, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE...New Scientist From ACM News | October 6, 2011
Openness is the Internet's great strength—and weakness. With powerful forces carving it up, is its golden age coming to an end?New Scientist From ACM News | July 21, 2011
You might imagine that vast patent royalties flow into the organisation that invented the touchscreen and the World Wide Web. But the atom-smashing outfit CERN...New Scientist From ACM News | September 7, 2010
A trick used in theme-park animatronics could help people act more naturally during videoconferences. Shader lamps is a technique that projects an animated face...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2009
Aircraft manufacturers eager to reduce the weight of planes are looking into the replacement of copper wiring with wireless networks. Imbuing fly-by-wireless networks...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2009