Communications of the ACM
Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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Computing the Arts
Artists can use software to create art, and some software creates art all on its own.
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New Studies Illustrate How Gamers Get Good
A new study followed players of the computer games "Halo: Reach" and "StarCraft 2" to learn how they acquired and maintained their skill level.
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AI Beats Professional Players at Super Smash Bros. Video Game
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence system to play Nintendo's "Super Smash Bros. Melee" using deep-learning algorithms, and then challenged and defeated...
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Thinking Deeply to Make Better Speech
More work is needed to make synthesized speech more natural, easier to understand, and more pleasant to hear.
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Gamespace Offers a Playable Visualization of 16,000 Videogames
Researchers have created a playable visualization of 16,000 video games grouped according to shared commonalities such as gameplay, cultural reactions, and game...
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Holograms From Sci-Fi Movies May Soon Become Reality
Researchers say they have developed a device that could generate the highest-quality holographic images ever produced and may lead to imaging technologies similar...
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.
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It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data
In risk assessment and predictive policing, biased data can yield biased results.
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After First Week, AI System Is Beating Human Poker Players
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. ...
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Hans Berliner, Master Chess Player and Programmer, Dies at 87
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...
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He Helped Create the 'google Brain.' Here's What He Thinks About AI Now
Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...
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Taking Graphics Cards Beyond Gaming
A new mathematical solver enables the graphics cards found in gaming computers to solve computationally intensive mathematical problems.
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CLA Mathematicians Bring Ocean to Life For Disney's 'moana'
University of California, Los Angeles researchers applied their knowledge of math, physics, and computer science to help animate "Moana," a three-dimensional computer...
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Man vs. AI Machine in Texas Hold'em Matchup
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...
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A Digital Portrayal of James Joyce's 'portrait'
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...
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Apple and Nokia Battle Over Cellphone Patents
Apple's iPhone is a technological marvel.
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.s. Government Begins Asking Foreign Travelers About Social Media
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...
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A Level Playing Field: Lab Adapts Toys For Disabled Children
A University of North Florida program is now in its third year of adapting toys from store shelves for disabled children.
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Swearing Dolls, Other Iot Intrusions Threaten Children's Well-Being, Privacy, Data
The Internet of Playthings is not necessarily a safe place.
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