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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.
When he was in elementary school, Scott Aaronson, like many mathematically precocious kids of his generation, dreamed of making his own video games.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2014
Researchers plan to demonstrate an analytics technique suggesting that, in a wide range of real-word scenarios, lock-free algorithms can provide wait-free performance...MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2014
Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is hard enough; write one for multiple...MIT News Office From ACM News | February 12, 2014
By translating images into the language spoken by object-recognition systems, then translating them back, researchers hope to explain the recognition systems'...MIT News From ACM Careers | September 19, 2013
Artificial intelligence research has advanced significantly, but much work remains before computers can truly replicate or surpass human intelligence. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2013
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...MIT News Office From ACM News | September 10, 2013
DBSeer could alleviate cloud computing inefficiencies that arise from the overprovisioning that occurs with database-intensive applications. MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 13, 2013
MIT researchers have developed genetic circuits in bacterial cells that perform logic functions and remember the results.MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 13, 2013
Quantum computers are devices—still largely theoretical—that could perform certain types of computations much faster than classical computers; one way they might...MIT News Office From ACM News | November 30, 2012
During the opening ceremonies of this summer’s Olympic games in London, a musical performance culminated with a stage-set house rising into the rafters to reveal...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2012
MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that enables a robot to quickly learn an individual's preference for a certain task and adapt accordingly to help complete...MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2012
MIT researchers have developed a system that can analyze several surveillance cameras more accurately and in less time than it would take a human operator. MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2012
MIT professor Nancy Leveson recently hosted a workshop to educate more than 250 safety engineering professionals from around the world about System-Theoretic Accident...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system that can produce recognizable three-dimensional images of objects located around corners...MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 21, 2012
Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size—the diameter of a human...MIT News Office From ACM News | February 29, 2012
To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity—and the technical expertise to build them may reside...MIT News Office From ACM News | February 17, 2012
MIT researchers have developed a system that enables robots to create and continuously update a three-dimensional map of their environment using a low-cost camera...MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2012
Consider the following scenario: A scout surveys a high-rise building that's been crippled by an earthquake, trapping workers inside. After looking for a point...MIT News Office From ACM News | November 30, 2011