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 Scientists Model Cell Division
Harvard University computer scientists have developed a model for studying the arrangement of tissue networks that are created by cell division. "We developed a...
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China Linked to 70 Percent of World's Spam, Expert Says
Nearly three-quarters of the Web sites advertised in computer spam studied by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Spam Data Mine so far in 2009 are tied...
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Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater
IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are building the Aquasar, a new supercomputer that will use water to keep the system cool and will recycle some...
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North Korea Tries to Ramp Up Tech Infrastructure
North Korea is trying to stimulate its dire economic fortunes by slowly opening its economy to foreign business. Investors now have an ally in Kim Jong Il, who...
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Ties That Bind: Organizing Large-Scale HPC in the European Union
The European Union (EU) is making a substantial investment in pan-European resources in an effort to place its members on the cutting edge of the computational...
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Intel Toots Its Research Horn For Chips and More
Intel's recent Research Day provided demonstrations and previews of the variety of projects that extend beyond the company's core computer processor business....
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Computer Idle? Now You Can Donate Its Time to Find a Cure For Major Diseases
More than 6,000 volunteers around the world are contributing computing power to the University of Delaware (UD) in an attempt to help biomedical researchers find...
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Eu Lays Out Plans For the 'internet of Things'
The European Commission (EC) has developed a 14-point action plan to address some of the problems that could develop when everyday objects such as food packaging...
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'governor' Would Teach Military Robots the Rules of War
Georgia Institute of Technology robotics engineer Ron Arkin is researching how military robots could be programmed to act ethically and obey the rules of engagement...
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Finding Could Help Electronics Industry Enter New Phase
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have made a discovery that could lead to smaller, faster, more powerful, and more...
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Researchers Ready Personal Energy Monitoring Devices
Embedded data mining, inertial sensors, and global positioning systems are used in a wireless device being developed to monitor the amount of energy a person consumes...
From ICT Results
Beating the Bullies: Changing Real-World Behavior Through Virtual Experience
Social problems like bullying and stereotyping involve thoughts, feelings and reactions that resist change. New research shows that when students play active roles...
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Twitter Message Could Be Cyber Criminal at Work
Cyber criminals are setting snares that move at the speed of news. Panda Security, a Spain-based antivirus maker, has been monitoring an onslaught of links with...
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Futurephile: Knowledge Embedded in Everything
The day will come when everyone will wear glasses with a computer overlay capable of processing the faces of passersby and tell wearers if they have met someone...
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Better Games Through Long-Distance Networking
University of Melbourne researcher Florian Mueller was awarded this year's Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship in Technology for his research into video games that...
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Carnegie Mellon Java Tools Employ Human-Centered Design Techniques
Carnegie Mellon NewsCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed Jadeite and Apatite, two tools designed to help programmers choose between the thousands...
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Hybrid System of Human-Machine Interaction
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) scientists have developed Virtual Partner Interaction (VPI), a hybrid system capable of examining real-time interactions between...
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Administration Plans to Scale Back Real Id Law
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is calling on lawmakers to change the Real ID Act to make it more palatable to states. Eleven states have refused...
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E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress
A National Security Agency (NSA) operation involving surveillance of American residents' communications, especially domestic email, is fueling debate in the U.S...
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