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...CACM Staff From ACM News | October 27, 2009
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,...SA Today From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2009
European researchers developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process... From ICT Results | October 26, 2009
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...SiliconValley.com From ACM News | October 26, 2009
With $16.75 million in funding from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch a new interdisciplinary research center devoted... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | October 26, 2009
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... From ICT Results | October 23, 2009
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...niversity of Southern California From ACM News | October 23, 2009
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...ScienceDaily From ACM TechNews | October 22, 2009
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...ACM From ACM News | October 21, 2009
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...AScribe Newswire From ACM TechNews | October 21, 2009
The Expeditions in Computing program provides scientists with the funding to work on ambitious, often multidisciplinary research.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Despite a number of challenges, patients' medical records are slowly making the transition to the digital age.Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Software developed by European researchers allows citizens and local governments to exchange official documents over mobile phones. The software could help usher... From ICT Results | October 21, 2009
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...niversity of Maryland, College Park From ACM News | October 20, 2009
Florida State University (FSU) researcher Kathleen Burnett has received a two-year, $380,226 U.S. National Science Foundation grant to study scientific researchers...Florida State niversity From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2009
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,...niversity of California, Santa Barbara From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2009
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...National Science Foundation From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
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...eWeek From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
At the recent International Conference on Applied Modeling and Information Security Systems, high-performance computing researchers cautioned that worldwide computer...niversity of Alabama at Birmingham From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009