Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers three-dimensionally (3D)-printed a miniature peristaltic pump, in a step toward producing inexpensive mobile mass...MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2023
The four-legged DribbleBot robot developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can dribble soccer balls using onboard sensors, computing, and reinforcement...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2023
A new computational model may be used to predict which metal-organic framework structures will be most stable for a given application.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have combined computer vision and wireless perception into X-AR, an augmented reality (AR) headset that can visualize...MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2023
MIT engineers have formulated a method of controlling the spins of atomic nuclei as quantum bits using two different-colored laser beams.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 23, 2023
An ingestible sensor can be monitored as it travels through the digestive tract, helping doctors to diagnose gastrointestinal ailments more precisely.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 15, 2023
A new artificial intelligence tool can perform lung cancer risk assessments without the help of a radiologist.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers were part of a team that built a new system to simplify the process of designing fluidic devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 13, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2022
An international team of researchers taught a machine learning system with computer vision to monitor and control three-dimensional printing in real time.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2022
Researchers created a probabilistic computer model that rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells to identify cancer-driving mutations.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2022
An international team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence chip that is stackable and reconfigurable, similar to LEGO bricks.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2022
A group of researchers have published the first comprehensive functional map of genes expressed in human cells.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2022
A mathematical framework aims to quantify and evaluate the understandability of a machine learning model's explanations for its predictions.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a machine learning method that enables robots to acquire new skills using a handful of human examples...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2022
A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a framework to make quantum circuits more resilient to noise.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2022
The new Prune, Adjust, and Re-Prune (PARP) technique allows an advanced speech-learning model learn uncommon spoken languages more easily.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 5, 2021
An international research team developed a visual analytics tool to address challenges faced by child welfare specialists using machine learning models to screen...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2021
Research by neuroscientists suggests the latest predictive language models' underlying mechanism functions similarly to the human brain's language-processing centers...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2021