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Jan 1 2023

In Memoriam: Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 1931-2022

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. "was a statesman in the best sense of the word, as well as a great leader, a very kind man, and a fine engineer," said fellow ACM A.M. Turing Award winner and ACM Fellow Ivan Sutherland.

Simson Garfinkel and Eugene H. Spafford

Computing Profession

Jan 1 2023

Remembering Valérie Issarny

Computer scientist Valérie Issarny, a director of research at France's National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology and chair of the ACM Europe Council since October 2021, passed away November 12, 2022.

John Delaney

Computing Profession

Dec 15 2022

Bluetooth Security Challenged

Researchers identify a security loophole in the wireless standard.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Artist's rendition of a Bluetooth hacker.

Dec 6 2022

Developing Unbreakable Phone Screens

Seeking to head off a shattering experience when a smartphone is dropped.

Keith Kirkpatrick | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2022

Preserving the Past with Immersive Technologies

Digital technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and holograms allow museums and other institutions to preserve historical events and tell stories in an engaging way.

Esther Shein

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

demonstration of the Skin & Bones app on a tablet computer

Dec 1 2022

Swarm Robotics Moves Forward

Drawing inspiration from nature to enable complex behaviors.

Samuel Greengard

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2022

Quantum Computers and the Universe

Ideas for quantum computing change the way we think about space and time.

Don Monroe

Architecture and Hardware

quantum computing visual representation, illustration

Nov 29 2022

Cyberlaw: Where We Are and What’s On the Horizon

Legislating for cyberspace means establishing new legal frameworks and rethinking existing ones. The global picture is mixed.

Karen Emslie | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Talita Dias said viewing cyberspace as a new 'space' is misleading.

Nov 22 2022

AI is Solving Classical Computing’s Quantum Problem

Quantum computers, once thought to be "superior" to classical computers, increasingly are being seen as yet another accelerator for specialized problems, according to IBM.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

The number of equations that need to be solved to fully describe the many-body problem of the quantum interactions among this many pixels is 100,000.

Nov 17 2022

Technology Transforms Textiles

Robotic fabrics sense motion and movements, and adapt accordingly.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 15 2022

Terabit/s Optical Data Link Demonstrated for Satellites

An optical data link was demonstrated over 10km (more than six miles) of open air in a field experiment in the Netherlands.

Arnout Jaspers | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Profession

Nov 10 2022

Can We Secure Cryptography Against Quantum Attacks?

If you want your digital information to be secure, you must implement post-quantum cryptography now, according to some leaders in the field.

Bennie Mols | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Profession

The HLF post-quantum cryptography panel.

Nov 8 2022

Setting the Internet of Things Free — of Batteries

Increasingly, sensors and other Internet of Things devices will be powered by ambient energies.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 3 2022

Samsung Breach Slams Consumers

Including this writer.

David Geer | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2022

Small Sensors for Big Challenges

Shwetak Patel hopes to build something that could impact the lives of a billion people.

Bennie Mols | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2022

Go Backward, Save Energy

Reversible computing principles point a way toward more efficient computers.

Chris Edwards

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2022

The Impact of Virtual Meetings

Virtual meetings have mixed effects on employee productivity, creativity, and relationships.

Logan Kugler

Computing Applications

eight faces in windows on a laptop display for an e-meeting

Nov 1 2022

Applying the Metaverse

Business, entertainment, and fashion companies already are staking their claims in this enhanced virtual world.

Keith Kirkpatrick

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

three figures interact in the metaverse, illustration

Oct 27 2022

Is AI Becoming Sentient?

Determining AI's sentience, its capacity to experience feelings and sensations, will take some time.

Gregory Goth

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Oct 18 2022

Deep Learning is Human, Through and Through

At the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, a diverse panel of researchers discussed the applications and implications of deep learning.

Bennie Mols | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Oct 4 2022

There is Plenty of Room at The Top (of Supercomputing)

Jack Dongarra on the future of high-performance computing.

Bennie Mols | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2022

Neurosymbolic AI

Combining neural networks with symbolic representations might make them more versatile and dependable.

Don Monroe

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2022

Hidden Malware Ratchets Up Cybersecurity Risks

Cybercriminals could be hiding malware payloads in places where commercial cybersecurity software is unable to detect it.

Samuel Greengard

Computing Profession

pop-up alert stating 'That's totally not a virus, Don't tell your sysadmin'

Oct 1 2022

In Memoriam: Juris Hartmanis 1928-2022

ACM Fellow and 1993 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Juris Hartmanis, co-inventor of complexity theory, died on July 29, 2022, at 94.

Simson Garfinkel and Eugene H. Spafford

Computing Profession

1993 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Juris Hartmanis

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