Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Smartphones' growing adoption of so-called "near field communications" promises to let the device in your pocket wirelessly make payments, beam info to other phones...Forbes From ACM News | July 26, 2012
Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) with uncanny navigation and real-time mapping capabilities could soon be zipping through indoor and outdoor spaces, running reconnaissance...New Scientist From ACM News | July 26, 2012
Online behavioral advertising and sophisticated data aggregation have changed the face of advertising and put privacy in the crosshairs.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2012
The eight-person winning team used original computer algorithms to narrow the search space and then relied on human observation to move the pieces into their final...Tom Geller From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2012
With the help of supercomputers, scientists are now able to create models of large-scale astronomical events.Jeff Kanipe From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2012
Earlier this month, President Obama argued that wealthy business people owe some of their success to the government's investment in education and basic infrastructure...Slate From ACM Opinion | July 25, 2012
In the 15 years that computer hackers have gathered in Las Vegas for the Black Hat conference, an event where unknowns can become stars and tech heavyweights are...Bloomberg From ACM News | July 25, 2012
Stuart Crabb, a director in the executive offices of Facebook, naturally likes to extol the extraordinary benefits of computers and smartphones. The New York Times From ACM News | July 25, 2012
In a multibillion-dollar sport like basketball, one might expect that trainers had figured out every nuance of aerodynamics, mechanics and all things Newtonian...Reuters From ACM News | July 24, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. recently leapfrogged Apple Inc. as the world's largest seller of smartphones.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 24, 2012
Some of chip colossus Intel's biggest customers and partners are exploring a competing microprocessor design, signaling the start of a much-anticipated tech donnybrook...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | July 23, 2012
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility published a report in which researchers documented that GPU-equipped supercomputers increased application speeds by...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2012
For almost 30 years, Will Wright’s creations have attracted people who would never have played videogames. He's also managed the trick of developing games that...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2012
During a span of 40 years, since 1972, the Landsat series of Earth observation satellites has become a vital reference worldwide for understanding scientific issues...NASA From ACM News | July 23, 2012
Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology Reza Taqipour announced that Iran has successfully confronted sophisticated spy malwares and thwarted...Fars News Agency From ACM News | July 23, 2012
Scientists at Stanford University and the J. Craig Venter Institute have developed the first software simulation of an entire organism, a humble single-cell bacterium...The New York Times From ACM News | July 23, 2012
On June 19, when University of Texas researchers successfully hijacked a drone by "spoofing" it— giving it bad GPS coordinates–they showed the Department of Homeland...Wired From ACM News | July 20, 2012
If you're a student of the privacy and tech law worlds (or you just read Ars) then you're probably familiar with last year's Supreme Court decision, Jones v. United...ArsTechnica From ACM News | July 19, 2012