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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Clarkson Project Will Protect Cyberspace
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to five research institutions to develop a computer program for detecting weak areas in cryptographic...
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How to Harness Petaflop Performance
Several petascale computers are up and running, and others are sure to follow. All of them face many unique challenges in trying to harness a petaflop.
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Computer Game Utilizes Human Intuition to Solve Complex Problems
A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks. The online logic puzzle...
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Chicago Program Targets 12th Grade Science and Math For College Success
A $5 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to five Chicago area universities and the Chicago Public Schools will train high school teacher leaders on...
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The Led's Dark Secret
Solid-state lighting won't supplant the lightbulb until it can overcome the mysterious malady known as "droop."
From ICT Results
45-Nanometer Chips Promise ltra-Fast Wifi
Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers’ cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips...
From ACM TechNews
Ntu nveils Green and Fastest Supercomputer in Asean
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has partnered with Jardine OneSolution, IBM, and Red Hat to install a green supercomputer at its new High Performance Computing...
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Engineering Labs Going Online as Part of Remote Controlled Learning Program
Montana State University (MSU) computer engineering students will soon be able to control laboratory equipment through their home computers. A two-year, $148,000...
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Space Probe to Sport 'transforming' Hardware
A new satellite, planned for launch in 2012, will contain a flight computer built with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that can be completely reconfigured...
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Program Helps Faculty Members Develop Improved Security Assurance Programs
Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab and Information Networking Institute (INI) are hosting several faculty members for the annual Information Assurance Capacity...
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Dns Remains Vulnerable One Year After Kaminsky Bug
In the year since security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS), which could allow hackers to redirect traffic from...
From ICT Results
Taking the Hard Work Out of Software
Software development is a complex and sophisticated process that can take entire teams years to develop a program. Building, testing and releasing software consumes...
From ACM TechNews
Molecules Mean More Moore
Researchers from Rice University and North Carolina State University say that Moore's Law could be prolonged by attaching molecules to the surface of silicon....
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Iphone App Predicts Ipv4 Doomsday
Several companies and researchers have offered predictions for when the supply of IPv4 addresses will be exhausted. Hurricane Electric, for example, recently introduced...
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How Networking Is Transforming Healthcare
High-speed computer networks have the potential to transform the healthcare industry, according to Mike McGill, program director for Internet2's Health Sciences...
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Mentornet Provides Success and Service
Michigan Technological University's (MTU's) MentorNet program matches students and new educators with mentors in either educational or professional positions to...
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Dac Preview: Power Again Takes Center Stage
Low-power design will be a key theme of the 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC), with Synopsys' Cary Chin agreeing that "low power is one of the biggest challenges...
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Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have spurred a group of computer scientists to consider whether research that might lead to a loss of human control over...
From ACM News
Skilled Immigrants on Why They're Leaving the .s.
A number of highly skilled immigrants are preparing to leave the U.S. as the nation's economy slows. With the U.S. unemployment rate approaching double digits,...
From ICT Results