Communications of the ACM
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August 2008
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The Rise of the Data Engineer
03.30.2020The combination of AI and cloud infrastructure is changing the roles of certain engineers and creating a new requirement that …
Powerful Online Learning is a Distributed System
03.25.2020In the midst of a pandemic, universities are now rapidly shifting to online and remote learning. Here, I will suggest …
As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets
04.02.2020Many countries scrambling to contain the coronavirus pandemic are deploying …
Wearable Strain Sensor Using Light Transmittance Helps Measure Physical Signals Better
04.02.2020A new wearable strain sensor can complete sensitive, stable, and …
Research by University of Chicago Ph.D. Student, EPiQC Wins IBM Q Best Paper
04.02.2020A new approach for using a quantum computer to realize …