Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new algorithm can take two-dimensional videos and turn them into three-dimensionally-printed "motion sculptures" that show how a human body moves through space...MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2018
Researchers are using two main approaches to replacing black-box machine learning models with prediction methods that are more transparent.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2018
Dense Object Nets is a system that lets robots inspect random objects and visually understand them enough to accomplish specific tasks without having seen them...MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 12, 2018
A new neural network model can analyze raw text and audio data from clinical interviews to detect speech patterns signaling depression.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2018
A new "in-body global-positioning system" can locate ingestible implants within the body using low-power wireless signals.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2018
Researchers have embedded high-speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices within fibers woven into soft, washable fabrics, and converted them into communication...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 14, 2018
A new optical filter on a chip can process optical signals from across an extremely wide spectrum of light simultaneously.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2018
An analysis found doctors' "gut feelings" about an intensive-care patient's condition played a significant role in determining how many tests were ordered for the...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2018
A personalized deep learning network is designed to help robots gauge the effect of autism therapy on children, using data that is unique to each patient.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2018
A new machine learning algorithm can register brain scans and other three-dimensional images about 1,000 times faster than previously possible using novel learning...MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2018
Researchers have developed an ultra-high-frequency radio-frequency identification tag-sensor configuration that senses spikes in glucose and wirelessly transmits...MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2018
A new transmitter can hack-proof wireless data by frequency hopping each individual 1 or 0 bit of a data packet, every microsecond.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2018
A new algorithm developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can refresh data within a simple wireless communication system.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2018
Researchers have highly maneuverable autonomous boats that, in waterway-rich cities, could be used to transport people or deliver goods.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 30, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have created an albatross-like robot that can skim along the water's surface while also surfing the waves like a...MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2018
Systems of mathematical equations can forecast the most informative data to collect for an autonomous underwater vehicle mission and the best way to reach the sampling...MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 15, 2018
Researchers have used a deep neural network to build the first model that can replicate human performance on auditory tasks such as identifying a musical genre....MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2018