Communications of the ACM
There is Plenty of Room at The Top (of Supercomputing)
Jack Dongarra on the future of high-performance computing.
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Top niversities Join to Push 'Public Interest Technology'
Twenty-one leading U.S. universities have formed a group that aims to promote programs to teach students how to handle the consequences of technology.
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How the Internet Travels Across Oceans
The internet consists of tiny bits of code that move around the world, traveling along wires as thin as a strand of hair strung across the ocean floor. The data...
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India Fights Diabetic Blindness With Help From AI
The Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, is working with Google artificial intelligence scientists to automate the identification of diabetic retinopathy.
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Jerry Merryman, Co-Inventor of the Pocket Calculator, Dies at 86
Jerry Merryman, a self-taught electrical engineer who helped design the first pocket calculator, died on Feb. 27 in Dallas. He was 86.
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China's Tech Firms Are Mapping Pig Faces
Chinese technology companies are developing advanced systems to make certain the country's pigs are in good health.
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The Auto Show of the Future is Already Here
Top auto shows are increasingly incorporating technology, along with hands-on experiences like driving simulators and virtual reality demos.
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AI Shows Promise as Physician Assistant
Researchers in the U.S. and China have developed a system that uses artificial intelligence to automatically diagnose common childhood conditions.
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For Gamers With Disabilities, Creative Controllers Open Worlds
Erin Hawley grew up immersed in video games, progressing from Pong on the Atari 2600 to Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis to Tomb Raider on the Sony PlayStation...
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The Secret History of Women in Coding
Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?
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Girls Get Tech. They Just Need Others to Believe It.
A survey on the use of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and gaming devices found girls on equal footing with boys in terms of technology, or exceeding them in some...
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.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets
The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage Iran's missiles and rockets, according to current and former administration officials...
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Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters
As recently as Wednesday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo had brokered a meeting between Amazon executives and union leaders who had been resistant to the deal.
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Making New Drugs With a Dose of AI
An artificial intelligence designed by Google's DeepMind unit recently won the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction competition.
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Making New Drugs With a Dose of Artificial Intelligence
You can think of it as a World Cup of biochemical research.
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The Rise of the Robot Reporter
As reporters and editors find themselves the victims of layoffs at digital publishers and traditional newspaper chains alike, journalism generated by machine is...
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World Leaders at Davos Call for Global Rules on Tech
Several world leaders urged global technology regulation at last week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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'This Could Be the End' for NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover
NASA's Opportunity rover began its 15th year on Mars this week, although the intrepid robotic explorer may already be dead.
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The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class
Computer science is so sought-after on certain college campuses that some students say they have to compete just to get into popular courses.
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How Do You Govern Machines That Can Learn? Policymakers Are Trying to Figure That Out
Expert discussions on artificial intelligence took place last week in support potentially arrive at consensual recommendations for AI policy by the summer.
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