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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.
Allen Mi and colleagues at Yale University warn that even carefully wiping quantum computers of data would not thwart its theft by hackers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2022
Researchers at Austria's Johannes Kepler University Linz bested an algorithm developed by DeepMind with a program that can perform matrix multiplication more efficiently...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 17, 2022
Computer modeling determined the western U.S. power grid could be strained if electric vehicle owners primarily charging their vehicles at home overnight.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2022
Pennsylvania State University researchers built a soft computer from rows of rubber blocks that performs different calculations based on how it is squished.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2022
New research suggests the required computing power could diminish quantum computing's exponential speed advantage.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2022
Researchers built a nanomechanical logic gate that uses vibrations for information processing rather than electrons.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2022
A new system incorporates a robotic arm that generates sound waves to levitate and move objects to build complex structures in mid-air without touching the parts...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2022
Stanford University researchers trained a microphone-outfitted robotic arm to locate objects like keys in a handbag by listening for telltale sounds while searching...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2022
Researchers used the Codex neural network of artificial intelligence research company OpenAI to translate mathematical problems from plain English into formal code...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2022
The researchers behind a quantum computer that encodes data in pulses of light have connected it to the Internet and made it available for public use.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2022
A team of Austrian and German scientists has constructed a 16-quantum bit computer that runs error-free calculations.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
Researchers have programmed a chemical computer to solve specific problems, following earlier research on encoding data into the system.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2022
New York University researchers have built a small surveillance drone able to extend its battery life by attaching itself to a wall and powering down its rotors...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2022
A circuit board's power consumption can reveal malicious tampering designed to facilitate Trojan attacks to steal sensitive data or crash a device when triggered...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2022
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed an approach that enables a neural network to run a code like a standard computer.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2022
Researchers at driverless car company Waymo and Google Research used self-driving vehicles to create a virtual model of San Francisco.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2022
Researchers trained an algorithm to remove facial tattoos from images, in order to improve facial recognition systems.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 22, 2022
Artificial intelligence can eliminate errors from a group of quantum bits, thanks to researchers at Germany's RWTH Aachen University.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2022
A multinational team determined that methane "ultra-emitter" sites account for about a tenth of the oil and gas industry's global methane emissions.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 9, 2022