Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.
Keith Kirkpatrick Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | January 28, 2021
Computer scientists are using generative adversarial networks to train robots about objects.
Texas Advanced Computing Center From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Computer science concepts have been part of the official English curriculum for over a decade, but reforms have encouraged wider participation in the last six years...Brookings From ACM News | January 22, 2021
Software company Burning Glass Technologies projected quantum computing and connected technologies will be among the 10 most "disruptive" information technology...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2021
Researchers have developed self-learning algorithms that can help analyze medical image data.
Technical University of Munich (Germany) From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2020
Amazon researcher Aleksander Kubica won the world's first quantum chess tournament during the virtual Practical Quantum Computing (Q2B) conference.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2020
Some fear artificial intelligence could replace teachers, but it has a long way to go.
Sandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | December 29, 2020
Clarke was best known for his work in model checking, an automated method for detecting design errors in computer hardware and software.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From ACM News | December 29, 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University neuroscientists have found that reading computer code activates different brain regions than reading...MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2020
Machine-learning models are trained by low-paid online gig workers. They're not going away—but we can change the way they work, says Saiph Savage.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | December 17, 2020
Johns Hopkins University scientists mapped computer programmers' brain activity during coding exercises to uncover the underlying neural processes.
News-Medical Life Sciences From ACM TechNews | December 17, 2020
"Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade," a database collecting archives and entries documenting the lives of those who were enslaved, owned slaves, or...Kansas State University From ACM News | December 8, 2020
Mathematicians have added new symbolic integration functionality to the Sage computerized algebra system.
SciTechDaily From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2020
Researchers found a weak relationship between early technology use and later technology use, indicating fears of widespread, long-lasting tech addiction may be...Business Standard From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2020
You've likely never heard of 82-year-old computer scientist Lynn Conway, but her discoveries power your smartphones and computers.
Forbes From ACM News | November 23, 2020
An unequal distribution of compute power in academia is exacerbating inequality in deep learning, say researchers at Virginia Tech and Western University.
Venture Beat From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2020
Schools struggling to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic are being targeted by ransomware, as hackers threaten to post sensitive student information online....The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2020