A new technology combines artificial intelligence with robotics for conducting chemical reactions, to expedite R&D and synthesis of materials.
NC State News From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2020
Researchers say drones and advanced machine learning can be used to detect improvised explosive devices and butterfly landmines.
The Engineer (UK) From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2020
The U.S. Government Accountability Office last month published the first half of a review of privately developed algorithms used in policing.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2020
Some improvements to artificial intelligence may come from tweaks rather than core innovations, and some of those gains may not exist at all.
Science From ACM News | June 1, 2020
Algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching.
The New York Times From ACM News | June 1, 2020
Researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya discovered a previously unknown Distributed Denial of Service exploit.
The Jerusalem Post From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2020
New software allows medical staff to obtain a patient’s hemoglobin count in real time by capturing an image of the patient's inner eyelid with a smartphone.
Purdue University News From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2020
Computer scientists have determined that nearly half of all Twitter accounts spreading messages about the Covid-19 pandemic are likely bots.
NPR From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2020
The fashion industry is seeking technological solutions to the growing problem of unwanted textiles through tailored apparel.
Al Jazeera From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2020
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients, Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan, overcame industry indifference to found Pixar and put their computer graphics expertise to work.
...Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2020
Artificial intelligence makes sense of radio signals to understand what someone in another room is doing.
Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2020
The ethics of artificial intelligence is increasingly part of school curricula. Will it lead to a better world?
Samuel Greengard From ACM News | May 22, 2020
An international team of researchers found 335 new gravitational lensing candidates in the data collected for a U.S. Department of Energy-supported telescope project...Berkeley Lab News Center From ACM TechNews | May 21, 2020
A new algorithm enables a small four-wheeled robot to perform real-time gait analysis in order to determine a walker's emotional state.
Wired From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2020