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.
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Study Uses AI to Estimate Unexploded Bombs From Vietnam War
Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU) used artificial intelligence to find unexploded Vietnam War-era bombs in Cambodia.
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That Chatbot May Be Chatty, but Is It Engaging?
Researchers have developed a technique for evaluating chatbots' conversational skills based on whether their dialogues are genuinely interesting to the user.
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CNNs Catch Animals in the Wild
Researchers are using convolutional neural networks to identify the few frames of interest among massive amounts of visual information.
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Washington State Signs Facial Recognition Curbs Into Law; Critics Want Ban
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed the first U.S. state law curbing law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology.
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Tech's Next Disruption Target: The Coronavirus
Silicon Valley technology experts are pursuing various projects to combat the coronavirus, with thousands of volunteers contributing to hundreds of hastily organized...
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A Debate Between AI Experts Shows a Battle Over the Technology’s Future
The field is in disagreement about where it should go and why.
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How AI Can Reduce Traffic Congestion, Fuel Consumption
Researchers used artificial intelligence and machine learning to design a computer-vision system to keep traffic moving efficiently through intersections while...
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Big Data Helps Taiwan Fight Coronavirus
Taiwan has largely controlled the propagation of the coronavirus, which an international team of researchers credit mainly to the emergency deployment of big data...
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Machine Learning Technique Sharpens Prediction of Material's Mechanical Properties
Scientists utilized machine learning to improve the accuracy of material testing.
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If It Quacks Like a Duck...
The looming threat of artificial intelligence-based deepfake voice conversion.
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Facebook Sent Home Thousands of Human Moderators Due to the Coronavirus. Now the Algorithms Are in Charge
Facebook has placed its army of human moderators on paid leave, forcing the company to police disinformation without them.
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System Trains Driverless Cars in Simulation Before They Hit the Road
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have created a simulation system to train driverless cars prior to their deployment on actual streets.
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AI-Powered Shoes Unlock Secrets of Your Sole
A new smart insole powered by artificial intelligence analyzes a person's gait in real time when worn in their shoe. \
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How AI Could Help Translate the Written Language of Ancient Civilizations
A collaboration by the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute and its Department of Computer Science could enable automated transcription of ancient tablets...
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There Is a Racial Divide in Speech Recognition Systems, Researchers Say
Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft misidentified 35% of words from people who were black. White people fared much better.
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Computer Scientists Develop AI System that Predicts Air Pollution Levels
A new artificial intelligence system can predict air pollution levels as much as two days in advance.
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This Drone Can Play Dodgeball
Researchers equipped a quadcopter with event cameras and algorithms to reduce its reaction time and enable it to avoid a ball thrown at it from a short distance...
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The Humble Tire Gets Kitted Out with Technology
Tire manufacturers are designing intelligent tires to improve the braking of self-driving vehicles.
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Dead Languages Come to Life
Artificial intelligence automates the translation of extinct languages.
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