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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A team led by researchers at China's Huazhong University of Science and Technology developed a self-configuring optical chip for applications requiring optical...Optica From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
A team of Disney Research scientists last week unveiled a bipedal robotic character combining a child-size frame with stubby legs, wiggling antennae, and an expressive...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
A study by independent U.K. biologist Sholto David found that artificial intelligence can identify image manipulation in research papers faster and more accurately...Nature From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2023
A proof-of-concept sensor for millimeter wave radars can detect vibrations 1,000 times smaller and target-position changes 100 times smaller than a strand of human...UC Davis News Center From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2023
The study uses social media and machine learning to show environmental injustices in Philadelphia's urban parks.
UDaily From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2023
Paper says JiuZhang 3 is a million times faster than its predecessor and light years ahead of the world's fastest supercomputer
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | October 11, 2023
U.K. computer scientist and 2019 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Geoffrey Hinton said advanced artificial intelligence (AI), for all its promise, could conceivably...CBS News From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2023
Software can identify complex hidden emotions by mapping facial features and evaluating the intensities of multiple facial expressions.
University of Bristol News (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2023
Code.org reported that every U.S. state had a law or policy in place promoting K-12 computer science education by 2022.
Education Week From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2023
A multilingual app developed by researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design aims to use gamification to help ward off dementia in older adults...Singapore University of Technology and Design From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
Researchers applied a new segmentation network trained by point annotations and synthetically produced image-segmentation pairs to microscopy images.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
The U.A.E. city of Dubai will launch its first wave of robotaxis this month in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
CNN From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
Attendees at this year's Heidelberg Laureate Forum anticipate future applications of the technology.
Sandrine Ceurstemont From ACM News | October 10, 2023
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Oxford three-dimensionally (3D)-printed human neural cells to emulate the cerebral cortex's architecture.
University of Oxford (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has exceeded the 1-exabyte threshold, amassing 1 million terabytes (TB) of disk space.
CERN (Switzerland) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023