Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Computer Science Education Getting Short Shrift, Study Finds
Despite the expanding role of computing in society and the economy, quality computer science education is being "pushed out of the K-12 education system in the...
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Innovation Mandate: Has America Lost Its Innovation Edge?
There are worries that U.S. high-tech global competitiveness is eroding because, among other things, intellectual property devised by U.S. companies is leaking...
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Aircraft Software Puts Greener, Quieter Flights on the Horizon
University of Manchester researcher Antonio Filippone has developed software that accurately predicts the amount of carbon dioxide emissions airlines release into...
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Blind Inventors Revolutionize Computer Access
A visually impaired team at Queensland University of Technology has developed NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), an open source screen reader program. NVDA has a...
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Keeping a Watch on the World
Led by University of Nottingham researchers, the Earth Observation Technology Cluster will monitor the Earth's landscape and the elemental forces that mold it by...
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Computer Model Helps Pakistan's Flood Disaster Efforts
New computer model software is being used to simulate Pakistan's flooding, estimate the drawdown of the floodwaters, and predict how long it will take the waters...
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Ornl Has Key Role in Doe Cybersecurity For Energy Effort
With the transition to a smart grid comes new opportunities for hackers, but researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working...
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Ban Naughty Countries From the Net: Former Intelligence Chief
Countries in Eastern Europe and Africa that harbor cyber criminals should be locked out of the global Internet until their governments do something to reduce...
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Llnl Expertise Supports Establishment of Energy Efficiency Hub in Philadelphia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is collaborating with Pennsylvania State University and several other public and private partners to launch the Greater Philadelphia...
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Dedication at Stanford Engineering Building Good For a Few Laughs
A nerd walks into an engineering building dedication...
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China Poised to Lead World in Patent Filings
Having passed Germany (exports), Japan (gross domestic product) and the United States (auto sales) over the past year, China is now poised to lead the world in...
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Infer Project Seeks Smart Software Solution
Bournemouth University is leading INFER, an EU-funded project involving researchers and organizations in three countries. INFER will develop automated systems...
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Intel Labs Creating Robots of the Future
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and scientists from the Intel Labs site on the CMU campus recently held an open house to show off their projects, including...
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Researchers Argue For Smarter Traffic Lights
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich's Dirk Helbing and Dresden University of Technology's Stefan Lammer have proposed using a combination of sensing technology...
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Researchers Honored For Influential Contributions to Software Engineering Field
"Bandera: Extracting Finite-State Models From Java Source Code," published in 2000, received the Most Influential Paper Award at the recent International Conference...
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Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Delay
Iranian officials announced Monday that a "small leak" was the cause of the latest setback to starting up its first nuclear power plant, and said the delay had...
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Japan Recycles Minerals From Used Electronics
Two decades after global competition drove the mines in this corner of Japan to extinction, Kosaka is again abuzz with talk of new riches.
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Power Hackers: The U.s. Smart Grid Is Shaping Up to Be Dangerously Insecure
Achieving greater efficiency and control of the electricity grid requires hooking almost every aspect of it up to the Internet, making it more vulnerable to cyber...
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Tapping the Powers of Persuasion
B.J. Fogg's lab at Stanford focuses on the ways technology can influence behavior.
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