Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Future online meetings could include people in disparate locations cutting a virtual birthday cake together.
Bennie Mols Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | October 14, 2021
A machine learning platform uses augmented reality to detect and quantify radiation-induced defects in parts and testing materials in nuclear reactors.
Forbes From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Google said it intends to test the use of artificial intelligence to optimize traffic-signal timing in Rio de Janeiro.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
University of Arizona engineers have developed personalized biosymbiotic devices that can operate without recharging.
University of Arizona News From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Vendor-customized Android variants transmit significant amounts of data from mobile phones to the operating system developer and third parties.
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Allstate Corp. is in talks with state insurance regulators to spur an industry-wide transition to the use of telematics to set car insurance rates.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2021
New technology lets filmmakers create foreign-language versions of their movies using samples of the original actors' voices.
From ACM News | October 8, 2021
The Hectar venture hopes to address France's farmer shortage by nurturing technologically adept next-generation growers.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 8, 2021
International Data Corp. predicts the insurance industry will spend approximately $602 million globally on robotic systems, including drones, this year.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2021
A drift diffusion model could make self-driving vehicles safer for pedestrians by helping to predict when people will cross the road.
University of Leeds (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2021
Microsoft’s DeepMC framework uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict local weather.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2021
The leaders of Venice, Italy, are gathering the cellphone data of tourists and are using it, along with surveillance cameras, to monitor them.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week authorized the use of the first artificial intelligence tool designed to help diagnose prostate cancer.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2021
Stanford University scientists found training is critical for reaping the benefits of exoskeleton use.
Stanford News Service From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2021
Technology has retrieved secret correspondence from French queen Marie-Antoinette to Swedish count Axel von Fersen, that a censor blotted out with dark ink.
Smithsonian Magazine From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2021
An uncrewed surface vehicle built by California-based company Saildrone shot video from inside a hurricane.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2021
Combining quantum computing with artificial intelligence could lead to the rapid diagnosis and identification of remedies for electrical grid problems.
Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2021
Smartphone accelerometers could be used to eavesdrop on phone conversations, according to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2021
Artificial intelligence can forecast extremely short-term rainfall more accurately than current models.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2021