A new study followed players of the computer games "Halo: Reach" and "StarCraft 2" to learn how they acquired and maintained their skill level.
News from Brown From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2017
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence system to play Nintendo's "Super Smash Bros. Melee" using deep-learning algorithms, and then challenged and defeated...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2017
More work is needed to make synthesized speech more natural, easier to understand, and more pleasant to hear.
Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2017
Researchers have created a playable visualization of 16,000 video games grouped according to shared commonalities such as gameplay, cultural reactions, and game...CSC NewsCenter From ACM TechNews | February 21, 2017
Researchers say they have developed a device that could generate the highest-quality holographic images ever produced and may lead to imaging technologies similar...R&D Magazine From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2017
Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.
Bloomberg From ACM News | January 31, 2017
An artificial intelligence system called Libratus has gained the upper hand against human poker players in the first week of a 20-day tournament in Pittsburgh.
...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | January 20, 2017
A former world champion of correspondence chess who later helped develop game-playing computers, Hans Berliner died on Friday in Riviera Beach, FL, at the age of 87... From ACM News | January 18, 2017
Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...Time From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2017
A new mathematical solver enables the graphics cards found in gaming computers to solve computationally intensive mathematical problems.
KAST Discovery From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2017
University of California, Los Angeles researchers applied their knowledge of math, physics, and computer science to help animate "Moana," a three-dimensional computer...CLA Newsroom From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2017
Four top professional poker players will challenge an artificial intelligence system in a 20-day Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament billed as an "epic...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2017
Computer scientists and literature scholars at University College Dublin in Ireland have teamed up to create a multimedia version of James Joyce's novel "A Portrait...The Irish Times From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2017
The U.S. government quietly began requesting that select foreign visitors provide their Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts upon arriving in the country...Policito From ACM News | December 23, 2016
A University of North Florida program is now in its third year of adapting toys from store shelves for disabled children.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | December 23, 2016
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
Gregory Mone From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2017