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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Combining data about the human body with patients’ personal data to create digital twins of their organs could lead to personalized treatments and help avoid medical...The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2023
San Francisco-based startup Humane is pinning its hopes on what's being billed as the first artificially intelligent device.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2023
An international team of researchers developed a smartphone application that provides a personalized risk score for patients undergoing liver surgery.
Medical University of Vienna (Austria) From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new approach to robotics that uses insights from extinct organisms to create soft robots.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
Computer scientists at the University of Southern California considered which knowledge graph representations are best for different applications.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
A new deep learning algorithm can predict whether an individual's age-related macular degeneration will progress to geographic atrophy, which is more severe, within...Duke University School of Medicine From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
A new artificial intelligence model could boost U.K. telecommunications providers' bandwidth efficiency and augment mobile networks' environmental sustainability...University of Surrey (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
Researchers at Germany's Bamberg Graduate School of Affective and Cognitive Sciences enlisted 132 people to examine 1,001 selfies and characterize their first impressions...Frontiers Science News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
The Feature Fields for Robotic Manipulation method helps robots identify nearby objects by forming three-dimensional scenes from two-dimensional images and vision...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
Singapore-based Weston Robot is supplying uncrewed surface vessels to clean Singapore's rivers by collecting garbage and monitoring water quality.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of artificial intelligence tools has raised doubts among doctors about their ability to improve patient care.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
Students developed prototype assistive technologies that could enable children with cerebral palsy to play video games.
Pursuit - The University of Melbourne (Australia) From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
GPTs promises to let users create their own fully-customizable chatbots with zero coding experience required.
Daily Beast From ACM News | November 7, 2023
The award is given annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence...Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada From ACM News | November 7, 2023
Far from being threatened by artificial intelligence, many creative practitioners are already embracing it—with some novel and unexpected results.
Karen Emslie From ACM News | November 7, 2023
Scientists have created "acoustic touch" technology that uses sound to help blind people "see."
University of Technology Sydney (Australia) From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2023
A smart scalpel developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh measures the amount of force applied during surgical procedures and could facilitate...The University of Edinburgh (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2023
University of Maryland researchers helped the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office roll out the state's first Prosecution Data Dashboard to clarify its handling...Maryland Today From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2023