Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed an optical transistor that uses one laser beam to control another, potentially forming...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 9, 2009
The Internet's susceptibility to earthquakes, accidents, and other disruptions appears to be greater than people originally assumed, and a great deal of the Net's...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2009
The latest multi-core processors and smart software are enabling physicists and engineers to simulate the real world with unprecedented accuracy to create more...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
Fears over energy security and climate change have led to record investment in renewable energy. But a major problem threatens to stall progress towards a more...New Scientist From ACM News | June 11, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University roboticist Tony Stentz says that in the near future the farming industry may undergo a significant change as robotic farmhands become...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2009
Touchscreen keyboards could stand some improvement before they become the norm in smartphones and make their way to desktop computers, gaming devices, and even...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2009
Andrea Caviglia and colleagues at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have applied a voltage to a single crystal containing strontium titanate and lanthanum...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2008
A new book by Yale University ethicist Wendell Wallach and Indiana University professor Colin Allen, titled "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong,"...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2008