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.
From ACM News
Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
In a small, dark, room off a long hallway within a sprawling complex of buildings in Silicon Valley, an array of massive flat-panel displays and video cameras track ...
From ACM News
As Data Floods In, Massive Open Online Courses Evolve
In 2012, education startups attracted millions of students—and a surge of interest from universities and the media—by offering massive open online courses, or MOOCs...
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Contact Lens Computer: Like Google Glass, Without the Glasses
For those who find Google Glass indiscreet, electronic contact lenses that outfit the user’s cornea with a display may one day provide an alternative.
From ACM News
Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.
From ACM News
Marketing to the Big Data Inside S
Companies market to you according to your shopping habits, your age, your salary, and your social-media activities. In the future, they may be able to advertise...
From ACM Careers
What Will Hackers Do with the New Kinect?
Microsoft announced a new version of the Xbox One earlier this week, and with it an improved and essentially reinvented version of Kinect, the company's body- and...
From ACM News
Big Data from Cheap Phones
At a computer in her office at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, epidemiologist Caroline Buckee points to a dot on a map of Kenya's western highlands...
From ACM Opinion
Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
Don't be surprised if Stephen Wolfram, the renowned complexity theorist, software company CEO, and night owl, wants to schedule a work call with you at 9 p.m. In...
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How Today's Sensors Could Make Tomorrow's Cars Safer
Driverless cars haven’t hit the roads yet, but computers are already helping to slow down or stop a car in situations when a crash is imminent.
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Deep Learning
When Ray Kurzweil met with Google CEO Larry Page last July, he wasn't looking for a job.
From ACM Careers
A Simple Way to Turn Any Lcd Into a Touch Screen
Electromagnetic interference can screw up cell phone and radio reception. But it may also be the key to cheaply transforming regular LCD screens into touch- and...
From ACM News
How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...
From ACM Opinion
Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...
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Exposé of Chinese Data Thieves Reveals Sloppy Tactics
A beige office block in Shanghai's suburbs belonging to the Chinese army became world famous on Tuesday after Mandiant, a Washington-based computer security company...
From ACM News
Software Predicts Tomorrow's News By Analyzing Today's and Yesterday's
Researchers have created software that predicts when and where disease outbreaks might occur based on two decades of New York Times articles and other online data...
From ACM TechNews
Humans Generate Most of the World’s Data, but Machines Are Catching Up
IDC estimated in 2005 that all of the bytes in the digital universe amounted to 130 billion gigabytes. IDC's most recent estimate for 2012 put the total at 2.8...
From ACM TechNews
2013: The Year of the Internet of Things
Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization have shown how enabling technologies have rapidly matured and that the Internet...
From ACM TechNews
