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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
As robot technology advances, and their use puts them in closer contact with humans, safety has become a top priority for some researchers. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2010
The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) applauds the introduction of legislation to enhance and expand the role of science in American foreign...US Civilian Research & Development Foundation From ACM News | March 15, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high...The New York Times From ACM News | March 15, 2010
Netflix's grassroots competition to best its recommendation algorithm was a big popularity booster for the company—but thanks to concerns over privacy (backed up... From ACM News | March 15, 2010
Black college instructors play a significant role in encouraging black science students to persist as science majors, according to a study by Cornell University...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2010
It started with Michael Coppola taking things apart at the age of five: the remote control, his mother's house lamps, the family's VCR. He was curious about how...Newsweek From ACM News | March 11, 2010
Students in Massachusetts will help fine-tune a computer-based, emotionally perceptive mathematics tutoring software developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst...niversity of Massachusetts Amherst From ACM News | March 11, 2010
Tsukuba University engineering students have developed Yotaro, a baby humanoid robot designed to teach young people about parenting. Agence France Presse From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2010
Physicist Louis Lanzerotti, chairman of the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators committee, says the board's recent report to the White House...ScienceNews From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2010
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Tuesday (March 9) the selection of New York University's Subhash Khot, an associate professor at the Courant Institute...National Science Foundation From ACM News | March 10, 2010
On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 9, 2010
In a meeting at Google in 2004, the discussion turned to an e-mail message the company had received from a fan in South Korea. Sergey Brin, a Google founder, ran...The New York Times From ACM News | March 9, 2010
Organized cyber criminals stole more than $25 million from small to mid-sized businesses in brazen e-banking heists in the third quarter of 2009 alone, federal...Krebs on Security From ACM News | March 9, 2010
The San Diego Science Festival , the largest celebration of science on the West Coast, will be held March 20-27 to raise awareness of the importance of science,...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM News | March 9, 2010
ACM has named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer...ACM From ACM News | March 9, 2010
Global IT expenditure is expected to rise slightly this year for the first time since the onset of the global economic downturn, according to industry analyst Ovum...Datamonitor Group From ACM News | March 9, 2010
A study from Thomson Reuters shows broadening international collaboration in the research of Australia and, to a lesser degree, New Zealand, over the past 10 years...PR Newswire From ACM News | March 9, 2010
Thanks to smart phones and other mobile devices, the number of applications that make use of geolocation data is exploding. But developers and device makers face...Technology Review From ACM News | March 8, 2010
Science and math educators are keeping classes knowledgeable and interesting, but they are not promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers...eSchool News From ACM TechNews | March 8, 2010
Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout NATO and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks...Times Online From ACM News | March 8, 2010