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From ACM NewsKaren Emslie Commissioned by CACM Staff| March 2, 2021
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Nanoengineers have developed a new machine learning method that uses low-quality data to predict material properties with greater accuracy than existing models....UC San Diego News Center From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2021
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to develop a Quantum Computing Applications Lab.
Mint From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2021
Computer scientists are using generative adversarial networks to train robots about objects.
Texas Advanced Computing Center From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Ethical-source leaders are trying to find more support for their open-source approach by creating the Organization for Ethical Source.
From ACM News | January 26, 2021
Researchers have uncovered seven vulnerabilities that affect Dnsmasq, a domain name system forwarding client for *NIX-based operating systems.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Finnish and Danish researchers have developed an algorithm that boosts diversity of exposure on social networks, while still ensuring widely shared content.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Scientists have developed a validation protocol for simulations of the atomic structure of an interface between a solid metallic oxide and liquid water.
Argonne National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Special three-dimensional printing patterns designed by researchers at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology were inspired by lobster shells.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia) From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Robot technology in many ways hassurpassed the vision presented in Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots"), which introduced the word "robot"...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Computer science concepts have been part of the official English curriculum for over a decade, but reforms have encouraged wider participation in the last six years...Brookings From ACM News | January 22, 2021
The agreement comes after several months of talks between Google France and France's Alliance de la Presse d'Information Generale.
CNBC From ACM News | January 22, 2021
According to cybersecurity company Wandera's Cloud Security Report 2021, malware attacks increasingly targeted remote workers last year.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021
Researchers at Facebook claim to have developed software that can forecast the probability of a Covid-19 patient's symptoms escalating, based on their chest x-rays...CNBC From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021
A robot developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh and University of Southampton mimics the efficient swimming movements of the moon jellyfish...Daily Mail (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021
A new optical flow-based learning process lets robots calculate distances through the visual appearance of objects in view.
TU Delft (Netherlands) From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021
Researchers at Texas A&M University and the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh have developed a system that uses machine learning to optimize the timing of traffic...Texas A&M Today From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021