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.
From Communications of the ACM
How Universities Deploy Student Data
Personalizing efforts to drive greater student retention and success.
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Education Robots Offer Leg-Up to Disadvantaged Students
Some education experts think robots can help disadvantaged children.
From ACM News
Speak Math, Not Code
Lamport said thinking mathematically can help programmers clarify their thinking and make programs more efficient.
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How One University Is Attracting Women to Computer Science
The percentage of women enrolling and graduating in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University has exceeded national averages for many years.
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Carbonell Pioneered Use of Computers for Translation
The Distinguished Professor founded Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute.
From ACM TechNews
How to Stop an Iceberg in Its Tracks
Researchers used a small robot to generate detailed three-dimensional maps of icebergs in Greenland's Sermilik Fjord.
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NeurIPS Requires AI Researchers to Account for Societal Impact and Financial Conflicts of Interest
"The norms around the societal consequences statements are not yet well established," NeurIPS 2020 communications chair Michael Littman said. "We expect them to...
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Should All Children Learn to Code by the End of High School?
Supporters say coding know-how is good for students in an increasingly digital world. Opponents say public schools shouldn't serve as job-training sites for tech...
From Communications of the ACM
Across the Language Barrier
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
From Communications of the ACM
Algorithms to Harvest the Wind
Wake steering can help ever-larger turbines work together more efficiently on wind farms.
From ACM TechNews
Mapping Coronavirus: South Koreans Turn to Online Tracking as Cases Surge
Private software developers have launched websites and apps to help people in South Korea track cases of coronavirus and avoid places where infected people have...
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$1.3M in State Funding to Support Virginia's CS SOLs
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said his state is providing more than $1.3 million in grants to school systems to help prepare students for Virginia's Computer Science...
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Half of Technology Workers Want to Find a New Job in 2020
A survey by recruitment firm Harvey Nash found half of 1,200 technology professionals in the U.K. would like to switch jobs in 2020, with salary and work-life balance...
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The High Cost of a Free Coding Bootcamp
Students at Lambda School say the program hasn't delivered on its promise.
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Google, LinkedIn, Others Send Employees Into New York Classrooms
Tech companies with offices in New York City—including Google, LinkedIn, and Spotify—are sending employees to teach 22 computer science courses at the City University...
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Making 3D Printing Smarter with Machine Learning
Researchers have spent six years to improve the printing accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) printing software by 50% or more.
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Improving AI's Ability to Identify Students Who Need Help
A new artificial intelligence model can predict the extent of students' absorption of knowledge via educational gameplay.
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How to Design AI that Eliminates Disability Bias
AI has proven to magnify the prejudices that skew human decision making against women and ethnic minorities.
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Scramble to Stop Misinformation About Coronavirus
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are struggling to prevent misinformation on their platforms about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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