Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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That's the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly.
Technology Review From ACM News | September 12, 2018
Fusion is a robotic project to explore how people may be able to work together to control, or augment, a person's body.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2018
The first forensics tools for catching revenge porn and fake news created with AI have been developed through a program run by the US Defense Department.
Technology Reviewe From ACM News | August 7, 2018
AI researchers have demonstrated a self-teaching algorithm that gives a robot hand remarkable new dexterity.
Technology Review From ACM News | August 1, 2018
Many experimental robots that live in research laboratories around the world may be wide open to hackers.
Technology Review From ACM News | July 25, 2018
Neural networks are the crown jewel of the AI boom. They gorge on data and do things like transcribe speech or describe images with near-perfect accuracy (see "10...Technology Review From ACM News | June 12, 2018
Artificial-intelligence programs could develop some much-needed common sense by competing in scavenger hunts inside virtual homes filled with simulated coffee tables...Technology Review From ACM News | May 3, 2018
Researchers are exploring machine learning as a tool for identifying signs of Alzheimer's disease that physicians and loved ones may otherwise overlook.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 22, 2018
A new test will pose elementary-school-level multiple-choice science questions to artificial intelligence systems.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2018
When Amit Khera explains how he predicts disease, the young cardiologist's hands touch the air, arranging imaginary columns of people: 30,000 who have suffered...Technology Review From ACM News | February 26, 2018
Inside a small laboratory in lush countryside about 50 miles north of New York City, an elaborate tangle of tubes and electronics dangles from the ceiling. This...Technology Review From ACM News | February 23, 2018
A new algorithm can identify who is swiping a smartphone screen, which could lead to child-proof devices.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 15, 2018
After atmospheric scientist Ivana Cvijanovic began pushing a computerized climate simulation to its limits, she noticed a disturbing result: as Arctic sea ice nearly...Technology Review From ACM News | February 9, 2018
In an office at Tsinghua University in Beijing, a computer chip is crunching data from a nearby camera, looking for faces stored in a database.
Technology Review From ACM News | February 2, 2018
You've seen the headlines: "Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs—and We're Not Ready for It." "You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot—and Sooner Than You Think." "Robots May...Technology Review From ACM Careers | January 31, 2018
Ever since scientists first used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit living human cells in 2013, they've been saying that the possibilities for using it to treat disease are virtually...Technology Review From ACM News | December 20, 2017
When Brandon Araki arrived at MIT in 2015 as a master's candidate in mechanical engineering, he brought along the picobug, a tiny robot that can fly, crawl, and...Technology Review From ACM Careers | November 1, 2017