Communications of the ACM
When Cars Fly
The idea of personal air vehicles has been around for decades. Now the concept is taking off.
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.
From ACM News
The Fight to Save Thousands of Lives with Sea-Floor Sensors
Jerry Paros is worried about the geological time bomb ticking away just off the coast near his home in Washington state.
From ACM TechNews
Smart Doll Fitted With AI Chip Can Read Your Child's Emotions
Researchers have developed a doll equipped that can run artificially intelligent algorithms, and have programmed it to recognize emotions in facial images.
From ACM TechNews
What's New in Google's Go 1.9 Language
The 1.9 iteration of Google's Go language is expected to enhance performance, compilation, and scaling to large code bases.
From ACM TechNews
Government Researchers Hope to Teach New Robots Some of the Old Tricks of Etiquette
Researchers are working to enable robots to learn human etiquette.
From ACM TechNews
New Operating System Will Improve Navy Computing Power
A Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University professor has developed a prototype operating system for compiling different coding languages into one.
From ACM TechNews
X-Ray Eyes in the Sky
Researchers have demonstrated three-dimensional (3D) imaging of objects through walls using Wi-Fi signals.
From ACM News
How an Entire Nation Became Russia's Test Lab for Cyberwar
The clocks read zero when the lights went out.
From ACM TechNews
From Drinking Straws to Robots
Researchers at Harvard University have created a type of semi-soft robot that can stand and walk, and a different robotic water strider that can push itself along...
From ACM TechNews
New Database Allows Stanford Researchers to Find Disparities in Officers' Treatment of Minority Motorists
Researchers at Stanford University have created a national database comprised of data on state patrol stops to uncover evidence of a double standard applied to...
From ACM News
'Internet of Ships' Tells Tale of USS Fitzgerald Tragedy, Or Half of It
On early Saturday morning off the coast of Japan, the Philippines-flagged cargo container carrierACX Crystal struck the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) on its starboard...
From ACM News
AI for the Common Good
Considering guiding principles for artificial intelligence with regard to privacy and security.
From ACM TechNews
How to Build Software for a Computer 50 Times Faster Than Anything in the World
Argonne National Laboratory scientists aim to produce exascale-enabled software by surmounting problems in memory, power, and computational resources.
From ACM News
Bots and Trolls Are Swaying Opinions on Facebook, Twitter
A new study shows bots and trolls are using the biggest social media sites to manipulate your views.
From ACM News
DeepMind Now Learns from Human Preferences, Just Like a Toddler
AI systems continue to get increasingly powerful, but still need far too much hand-holding by their human masters. New research from DeepMind and OpenAI suggests...
From ACM News
World's Most Powerful Particle Collider Taps AI to Expose Hack Attacks
Thousands of scientists worldwide tap into CERN's computer networks each day in their quest to better understand the fundamental structure of the universe.
From ACM News
NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet Candidates
NASA's Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces 219 new candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting...
From ACM TechNews
Top500: U.S. Knocked Out of 'Top Three Most Powerful' List
The U.S. is no longer among the top three in the Top500's latest ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers.
From ACM TechNews
Data-Mining 100 Million Instagram Photos Reveals Global Clothing Patterns
Researchers applied data-mining technology to determine the global variance of clothing styles from 100 million Instagram photos taken in 44 cities.
From ACM TechNews
New Prospects for Universal Memory
Researchers have found a way to control the oxygen concentration in tantalum oxide films produced by atomic layer deposition.
From ACM TechNews