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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers have developed an enhanced approach to the Traveling Salesperson Problem that yields high-quality solutions at a faster rate than other cutting-edge...University of Cambridge (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2022
Researchers found that people have a hard time distinguishing images of human faces created by artificial intelligence from images of real faces.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2022
A novel methodology using pigeons has uncovered universal principles in categorization learning.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) From ACM TechNews | February 10, 2022
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2022
Researchers at the University of Alberta's Computer Poker Research Group pioneered game theory mathematics that transformed how professional poker players approach...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2022
Two styles of understanding visual processing—discriminative and generative approaches—have guided researchers on separate paths for decades, but now are being...Simons Foundation Global Brain From ACM News | January 12, 2022
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a tool that monitors the electrical activity inside heart cells using tiny "pop-up" sensors that...University of California San Diego From ACM News | December 28, 2021
In highly regulated industries, it is critical that laws are translated precisely into code that reflects their intent.
Esther Shein From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2022
What is your private data worth, to you and to the companies willing to pay you for it?
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2022
Errors and biases in artificial intelligence systems often reflect the data used to train them.
Don Monroe From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2021
Japan's Inamori Foundation has named Chinese computer scientist Andrew Yao Chi-chih recipient of the international Kyoto Prize in advanced technology.
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2021
Algorithms can have a devastating impact on people's lives, especially if they already are struggling economically.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2021
Develops theory behind record-setting experiment for most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers
University of Texas at San Antonio From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2021
MIT researchers find new way to quantify the uncertainty in molecular energies predicted by neural networks
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2021
A new blockchain-based technology is changing how the art world works, and changing how we think about asset ownership in the process.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2021