Communications of the ACM
An 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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Stanford-Led Team Shows How to Store Data Using 2D Materials Instead of Silicon Chips
Researchers led a project to store data by sliding two-dimensional metal layers over each another, which could increase data density with greater energy efficiency...
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Lyft Releases Self-Driving Vehicle Data Set, Launches $30,000 Challenge
Lyft has released a Prediction Dataset, which contains the logs of movements of cars, pedestrians, and other obstacles encountered by its 23 autonomous vehicles...
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Amazon Launches Cloud Service to Help Non-Coders Build Apps
Amazon Web Services has launched a service that enables non-coders to write applications, which could broaden the cloud service's audience beyond programmers.
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How the Pandemic Impacts U.S. Electricity Usage
Researchers at Texas A&M University and Tsinghua University in Beijing are studying how the coronavirus pandemic has changed U.S. electricity consumption.
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Bolstering Bandwidth with Dual-Channel Wi-Fi
Looking at solutions to handle growing Wi-Fi traffic.
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Digitize Your Dog Into a Computer Game
Researchers have digitized the movements of 14 dog breeds.
From Communications of the ACM
Reducing and Eliminating E-Waste
We need to mitigate the environmental impact of disposing of electronics at their end of useful life.
From Communications of the ACM
The Quantum Threat
Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.
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The First Intuitive Programming Language for Quantum Computers
Computer scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have created the first intuitive high-level quantum programming language.
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China is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Boys and Men, Using U.S. Equipment
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing's growing surveillance capabilities.
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Ceze, Strauss Share ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture named Luis Ceze and Karin Strauss to share the 2020 Maurice Wilkes Award.
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Pandemic to Jumpstart Spending on Data Tools at Manufacturers
Chief information officers predict manufacturers will spend more on data management and analytics tools following the coronavirus pandemic.
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Germany, France Hope Cloud Data Project to Boost Sovereignty
Germany and France have launched a project to establish a European cloud computing platform.
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Weird Behavior During the Pandemic Is Messing with AI Models
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks — forcing humans to step in to set them straight.
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NIST Scientists Create New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their colleagues at the University of Maryland have developed a step-by-step recipe to produce...
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Pocket-Sized Device Tests Blood Samples for Genetic Conditions
A new smartphone-powered DNA detector can identify DNA in blood, urine, and other samples, on the spot.
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Australian Researchers Tap Cloud to Save the Tasmanian Devil
Researchers in Australia have partnered with Amazon Web Services on using cloud-based services to process, analyze, and categorize genomic data to protect endangered...
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Companies Seek to Pool Medical Records to Create Coronavirus Patient Registry
Software and healthcare companies are seeking to create a registry of COVID-19 patients by gathering medical records from across the country.
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'Punch-Card' DNA Could Mean Cheaper High-Capacity Data Storage
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have proposed an alternative to custom-synthesizing DNA for high-capacity data storage.
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