Communications of the ACM
Good Algorithms Make Good Neighbors
Many computer scientists doubted ad hoc methods would ever give way to a more general approach to finding nearest neighbors. … From Communications of the ACMAn 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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About Faces: Geometric Style of Portrait Artwork
Researchers have developed a technique to automatically analyze portrait artwork, factoring in fine-grained detail, accuracy, and individual artistic style.
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Chip Startup Uses Light to Turbocharge AI
Luminous Computing has developed an optical microchip that runs AI models much faster than other semiconductors while using less power.
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The Chatbots are Coming!
Advances in chatbots are changing the way we interact with computing devices.
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Microsoft Wants More Security Researchers to Hack Into Its Cloud
Microsoft is encouraging security researchers to try hacking its flagship Azure cloud-computing service, so the company can find and correct vulnerabilities.
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Creating an AI can be 5x Worse for the Planet than a Car
The training of a single artificial intelligence program can require as much as 284 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or about five times the lifetime emissions...
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Python Predicted to Overtake C and Java in Next 4 Years
Tiobe analysts believe Python probably will become the most popular programming language in the world within three or four years.
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Computer Virus Has Thrown Philadelphia's Court System Into Chaos
A computer virus has crippled Philadelphia's online court system for more than three weeks, raising issues about how cities can respond when essential services...
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Swinburne Researchers Train Robots to Relieve Chronic Pain
A new collaborative robot system can treat back, neck, and head pain caused by soft tissue injury, automatically.
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Your Cadillac Can Now Drive Itself More Places
The automaker has expanded the range of Super Cruise to include trickier divided highways in the U.S. and Canada.
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Tech Skills Shortages are Increasing Every Year, and Large Corporates are Worst Affected
Every year, the IT skills shortage worsens, warns Harvey Nash CEO Albert Ellis, with the fields of big data, security and AI most acutely affected.
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Students Build App That Empowers Teachers in Remote Corners of the World
Students have developed an Android app built specifically for teachers in developing countries that may have limited or no Internet access.
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How China's Smart-City Tech Focuses on Its Own Citizens
Deloitte and other sources say China is home to about half the approximately 1,000 smart cities currently under development worldwide.
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Image-Recognition Technology May Not Be as Secure as We Think
Evidence is growing that image recognition technology may be more susceptible to deception than previously assumed.
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How Tech Needs to Change for Coders with Disabilities
Programmers with disabilities continue to face serious accessibility issues.
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Computer Attack Mimics User's Keystrokes, Evades Detection
Researchers have identified a malware technique designed to evade detection via individualized keystroke characteristics.
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A Single Punctuation Mark Has Been Skewing Our Entire System of Scientific Ranking
A study has determined that academic papers with hyphens in their titles are counted less frequently in citation-tallying datasets.
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The Day Computers Can Break All Encryption Is Coming
With quantum computing advancements threatening to expose all encrypted data, technology companies and security agencies are pursuing projects to preserve information...
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Supercomputing Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Models
Researchers have developed physics-based dynamic rupture models that can simulate complex earthquake ruptures using supercomputers.
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Driverless Congestion
A simulation of Zurich, Switzerland, demonstrated that driverless taxis would not replace personal transportation in cities, as long as private autonomous vehicles...
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