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From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Geographic areas with populations at high risk of micronutrient deficiencies can be identified using publicly available satellite data and artificial intelligence...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2022
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Northwestern University scientists have unveiled a smart version of a transient pacemaker, which dissolvesView...Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2022
Duke University researchers have developed an approach that allows for real-time scanning and imaging of blood flow and oxygen levels in a mouse brain.
Duke Biomedical Engineering From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Researchers have invented technology that could reduce strain on the national power grid by controlling residential appliances more efficiently.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
A new system protects privacy in wireless communications based on intelligent reflective surfaces.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2022
A 749-gross-ton vessel is the first commercial cargo ship to be navigated entirely by artificial intelligence during a nearly 500-mile, 40-hour journey.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2022
Security researchers have found that the supposedly hard-to-counterfeit digital driver's licenses in use in New South Wales, Australia, actually can be altered...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2022
Real-time bidding is a process that runs in the background on websites and apps and tracks what you look at, no matter how private or sensitive it is.
atlasVPN From ACM News | May 25, 2022
The U.S. software company brands itself as "the world's largest facial network" holding billions of face photographs from the Internet.
Euronews From ACM News | May 24, 2022
Officials in Barcelona, Spain, are using the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's MareNostrum supercomputer to improve urban planning with a digital twin of the city...Politico Europe From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2022
A new study concluded the U.S. Census Bureau's move to DP as a de-identification mechanism for the 2020 Census was appropriate.
Columbia Engineering News From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2022
The campaign detailed by a cybersecurity firm highlights Beijing's increasingly sophisticated tactics to spy on an array of targets, including countries it considers...The New York Times From ACM News | May 20, 2022
A team of scientists in Japan has developed a multitasking weather sensor that measures rain volumes and wind speeds.
Osaka Metropolitan University (Japan) From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2022
The new Deep Learning for Unsupervised Clustering of DNA Sequences technique draws taxonomic relationships between organisms via unsupervised machine learning.
...University of Waterloo Cheriton School of Computer Science (Canada) From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2022
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2022
U.S. and South Korean researchers have designed a bioelectronic pacifier to monitor the electrolyte levels of infants in Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs).
WSU Insider From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2022
Ohio State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict how cancer could elevate the probability of spinal fractures by creating digital twins...Ohio State News From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2022
Scientists have created a deep learning algorithm that analyzes social network content to help diagnose users' potential for mental health problems.
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya News (Spain) From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2022