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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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Supercomputers With 100 Million Cores Coming By 2018
A key topic at this week's SC09 supercomputing conference, which takes place Nov. 14-20 in Portland, Ore., is how to reach the exascale plateau in supercomputing...
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Stanford-Led Research Helps Overcome Barrier For Organic Electronics
Stanford University researchers have determined why some transistors made of organic crystals do not allow electricity to flow through them as easily as other electronics...
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Tough Choices For Supercomputing's Legacy Apps
The future of supercomputing holds several significant software challenges, writes Numerical Algorithms Group's Andrew Jones. The first challenge is the rapidly...
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What Computer Science Can Teach Economics
Professor Constantinos Daskalakis in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is applying the theory...
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Intel Says Shape-Shifting Robots Closer to Reality
Researchers at Intel and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) say distributed computing and robotics could be used to make shape-shifting electronics a reality in the...
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Working Together to Design Robust Silicon Chips
Cooperation between researchers, chipmakers, and tool suppliers working on the EUREKA MEDEA+ microelectronics Cluster ROBIN project has led to improved design methods...
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Two Rival Supercomputers Duke It Out For Top Spot
A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked...
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Creating 3D Models With a Simple Webcam
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a simple and affordable method for constructing virtual three-dimensional (3D) models, which should make 3D modeling...
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India Prof Tips Fastest Prime Number Detection Algorithm
Manindra Agrawal, an Indian professor who developed a deterministic polynomial time algorithm for detecting prime numbers, will receive the 2009 G.D. Birla Award...
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Google Launches New Programming Language: Go
Google has unveiled Go, a new programming language the company says offers the speed of working in a dynamic language such as Python and the performance and safety...
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Quantum Computer Gets Closer: Quantum Particles Pinned Down
Scientists at the Delft University of Technology were able to gain control over the environment of a quantum particle, which is a key step in the potential development...
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Minority Students Earned Greater Number of Degrees in Fiscal 2006
Students in underserved populations earned a greater number of academic diplomas in almost all categories in fiscal year 2006 compared to fiscal year 2004, according...
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Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis
The economic crisis and the reduced costs of high-tech tools and materials are fueling a resurgence in tinkering and experimentation. U.S. engineering schools...
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Face-Recognition Technology May Be sed at Hong Kong Border Checks
Face-recognition technology might be used to screen the residents at Hong Kong border checkpoints, Hong Kong's Security Secretary Ambrose Lee said Thursday (Nov...
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Spdy: An Experimental Protocol For a Faster Web
As part of the "Let's make the web faster" initiative, we are experimenting with alternative protocols to help reduce the latency of web pages. One of these experiments...
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Secret Math of Fly Eyes Could Overhaul Robot Vision
By turning the brain cell activity underlying fly eyesight into mathematical equations, researchers have found an ultra-efficient method for pulling motion patterns...
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Inventing a Programming Language
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Barbara Liskov, winner of ACM's 2008 A.M. Turing Award, recently delivered the first lecture of MIT's 2009...
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3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students a View Inside the Body
James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device's buttons and joystick to fly through a patient's chest cavity for...
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Software Looks to Solve Life-Threatening Medical Puzzles
New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively. A new software tool can integrate...
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