Communications of the ACM
The Drones of War
Drone makers are donating, or selling at cost, unmanned aerial drones to Ukraine.
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Robert L. Ashenhurst, Former Communications Editor-in-Chief, Dies
Robert L. Ashenhurst, professor emeritus of applied mathematics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a former editor-in-chief of Communications...
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Internet Set For Change With Non-English Addresses
Internationalized domain names (IDNs) will be one of the central topics at ICANN’s 36th International Public Meeting, which takes place October 25-30 in Seoul,...
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Robot Integrates Audio, Visual Data
European researchers developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process...
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Overseas Chinese Return to Start Companies
TIANJIN, China — This city in northeastern China is a long way from Sand Hill Road, home to the world's greatest concentration of venture capitalists. But a deal...
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Rensselaer To Lead Research Center for Social and Cognitive Networks
With $16.75 million in funding from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch a new interdisciplinary research center devoted...
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Biosensor to Help Enlist Cancer Resistance Fighters
Cancer is a major killer and an intractable problem confronting medical science, but now the Cochise team of European researchers have developed a biosensor that...
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Center Finds Gaps in Internet se Based on Age, Education, and Income
The total number of Internet users in the United States reached its highest point to date this year — 82 percent of Americans say they go online, a percentage that...
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Algorithm Predicts Fate of Emergency Medical Service Callers
A computer algorithm that can predict the risk of dying for individuals who place calls for emergency medical service has been developed by researchers in Japan...
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Congress Endorses Computer Science Education as Driver of Innovation, Economic Growth
ACM joins with several partners from the computing community to commend the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of a resolution to raise the profile of computer...
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Acm, Ieee-CS Honor Pioneer of Grid Computing
ACM and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) have named Francine Berman the winner of the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award. Established this year, the award, named for...
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Exploring New Frontiers
The Expeditions in Computing program provides scientists with the funding to work on ambitious, often multidisciplinary research.
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Implementing Electronic Medical Records
Despite a number of challenges, patients' medical records are slowly making the transition to the digital age.
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Jumping the Queue For Official Documents
Software developed by European researchers allows citizens and local governments to exchange official documents over mobile phones. The software could help usher...
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First Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources Awarded
The first $1,000 Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources goes for an essay written by researchers from Harvard and Dresden, Germany. Maryland's Robert...
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Researchers to Model the Life Cycles of Successful Virtual Teams
Florida State University (FSU) researcher Kathleen Burnett has received a two-year, $380,226 U.S. National Science Foundation grant to study scientific researchers...
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CSB Joins With Leading Asian Institute to Develop Green Electronics
The research and development of "green" nanoscale devices with ultra-low power leakage is the focus of a new collaboration between the University of California,...
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Nsf's Cyber-Network Now Connects Half the Globe
The Taj network, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), and...
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IT Jobs Will Expand Globally by Nearly 6 Million in 4 Years
IDC predicts that by 2013, jobs in information technology (IT) will expand by 5.8 million worldwide, and that 75,000 new businesses will be created during that...
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