Communications of the ACM
Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm
Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis… From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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True Story? Lie Detection Systems Go High-Tech
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University uses electrodes affixed to the face to determine if someone is lying.
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Algorithm That Mapped Omicron Shows Path Forward
The antigenic cartography algorithm, which can two-dimensionally map laboratory data on viral strains, has helped scientists keep up with genetic variants.
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Physical Systems Perform ML Computations
Cornell University researchers have trained physical systems to execute generic machine learning computations.
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Bug Lurking for 12 Years Gives Attackers Root on Most Major Linux Distros
Polkit, a system-wide privilege manager for Unix-like operating systems, contains a 12-year-old memory-corruption vulnerability.
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Smartphone, MD: Going Viral
A smartphone application and laboratory kit can diagnose COVID-19, COVID variants, and flu virus infections.
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How Cookie Banners Backfired
An extensive digital privacy law aimed to give internet users more control over their data. Instead, experts say, it's created "almost a useless exercise."
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IRS Wants to Scan Your Face
By this summer, Americans wanting to access their Internal Revenue Service records online will be required to submit a facial video to confirm their identity.
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What Does a Forehand Winner Sound Like? Clink, Blip-Blip-Blip!
At the Australian Open tennis tournament, new technology is translating the movement of the ball into sounds to help blind and low-vision fans follow the action...
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Quantum Computers a Million Times Too Small to Hack Bitcoin
Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to hacking by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times larger than those that exist today...
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Engineers Build Molecular Framework to Bridge Experimental, Computer Sciences for Peptide-Based Materials Engineering
Engineers have closed the gap between experimental and computer sciences to better predict peptide structures with a molecular framework.
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Researchers Use Mobile Device Data to Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks
Yale School of Public Health researchers used location information from mobile devices to accurately forecast COVID-19 outbreaks in Connecticut municipalities. ...
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AI Can Analyze Eye Scans To Identify Risk of Heart Attack
The system—which has 70% to 80% accuracy—predicts if patients are at risk of a heart attack over the next year.
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Robot Umpires at Home Plate Moving Up to Triple-A for 2022
Major League Baseball is extending its automated strike zone test to Triple-A, the highest minor-league level, for 2022.
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AI's Potential Boon to Businesses
E-commerce companies can more efficiently organize products and help customers find what they want with artificial intelligence.
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Solving for Why
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
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Virtual Duplicates
Digital twins aim to model reality so we can see how it changes.
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Fight Against World Hunger
Advancements in AI, machine learning, and next-gen technologies are transforming the fight against world hunger.
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The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots
Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes. Can the technology be trusted?
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