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.
Movie audiences who went to theaters this fall to see The Theory of Everything got a glimpse of the challenges physicist Stephen Hawking has overcome to deliver...Scientific American From ACM News | December 2, 2014
On June 28, 2009, the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne...Scientific American From ACM News | September 3, 2014
To protect your financial and personal data, most mobiles come with PIN-based security, biometrics or number grids that require you to retrace a particular pattern...Scientific American From ACM News | June 17, 2014
The electric grid was designed as a one-way highway, with power cascading out from big power plants to cities and towns at the end of the line.Scientific American From ACM News | May 22, 2014
When your home computer is hacked, the things at risk are your identity, finances and other digital assets.Scientific American From ACM News | April 2, 2014
When Microsoft launched its research labs in 1991, the personal computer was just beginning to blossom into a worldwide phenomenon, thanks in no small part to Windows...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 27, 2013
The job of a materials scientist—to warp matter into new and useful forms—has historically involved a ridiculous amount of guesswork.Scientific American From ACM News | December 2, 2013
Computers as we know them have are close to reaching an inflection point—the next generation is in sight but not quite within our grasp.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2013
Rugged individualists aside, many people find themselves increasingly connected not just to one another but also to the devices that make those connections possible...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2013
Have rover, need payload. That's the state of things for NASA, which is planning to launch its next rover to Mars in 2020.Scientific American From ACM News | September 27, 2013
In the three months since Edward Snowden began his whistle-blowing campaign against the National Security Agency (NSA) the former government contractor has exposed...Scientific American From ACM News | September 23, 2013
A bill working its way through Congress is an opportunity to update an unfair, outmoded cybersecurity lawScientific American From ACM News | August 19, 2013
As computers have matured over time, the human brain has no way of keeping up with silicon's rapid-fire calculating abilities.Scientific American From ACM News | August 8, 2013
Our homes will get a lot smarter in the coming years, allowing us to use a smartphone to manage an integrated system of appliances and other electronics from any...Scientific American From ACM News | July 2, 2013