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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PlaceAvoider is software that uses computer-vision techniques to identify potentially confidential or embarrassing pictures taken with new devices such as Google...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2014
The recent leaks of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs could inspire authoritarian governments in developing economies to boost NSA-style...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2013
Trying to derive a person's wants and needs—conscious or otherwise—from online browsing and buying habits has become crucial to companies of all kinds.Technology Review From ACM News | November 11, 2013
Computer hardware into which secret backdoors have been inserted by the U.S. National Security Agency and its adversaries is a tremendous security problem. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2013
Rice University researchers have found a solution to the potential for hacking an implanted defibrillator. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2013
Harvard University professor Gary King this year launched a social media site to gain firsthand experience of online censorship in China. Technology Review From ACM News | September 18, 2013
Last week, I visited the MIT computer science department looking for a very famous cryptographer.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 17, 2013
An analysis of the public log of Bitcoin digital currency transactions could enable law enforcement to pinpoint user identities. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2013
A few changes to a standard phone can block calls and text messages intended for nearby users of the same GSM cellular network.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2013
University of Texas researchers recently tricked the navigation system of an $80 million yacht and sent the ship off course in an experiment that showed how any...Technology Review From ACM News | August 14, 2013
As a growing number of Internet-connected home appliances hit the market, David Bryan and Daniel Crowley worry that digital ne'er-do-wells will get new ways to...Technology Review From ACM News | August 13, 2013
A new system designed to catch malware on medical devices by noting subtle changes in their power consumption is designated WattsUpDoc. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2013
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 ...Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2013
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.Technology Review From ACM News | June 7, 2013