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Computer Models Help Fight Climate Change
Salt marsh modeling holds the potential to protect coastal locations from rising sea levels.
Stepping Stones in an Ocean of Data
An interview with science writer, entrepreneur, and National Public Radio’s “Math Guy,” Keith Devlin.
Vr Trauma Surgery 101: Going For the Grisly
Medical students experience the controlled chaos of trauma surgery, virtually.
The U.S. Goes All-In on Tech Inclusion
A wave of U.S. federal funding aims to make the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields more inclusive.
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
Pure Randomness Extracted from Two Poor Sources
Developments from several disparate areas of computer science provide "a huge jump, both technically and also quantitatively."
Mapping the Internet of Things
Researchers are discovering surprising new risks across the fast-growing IoT.
Exploring Post-Quantum Cryptography
The New Hope post-quantum algorithm to protect encryptions against quantum computers won its developers Facebook’s 2016 Internet Defense Prize (and $100,000); Google is experimenting with its use for part of its data traffic.
Settling p via Closed Loop Digital Wallets
Starbucks and others are providing app-based alternatives to Apple Pay, Android Pay.
Swearing Dolls, Other Iot Intrusions Threaten Children’s Well-Being, Privacy, Data
The Internet of Playthings is not necessarily a safe place.
Who Decides the Future of Work?
The beginning of “a broad conversation” on whether technology should drive society, or should people make decisions about how technology supplements (or supplants) employment?
Harvested data could hold the key to solving some of society’s greatest problems.
In Memoriam: Andrew Birrell 1951-2016
He specialized in "in the general area of operating systems and distributed systems, with occasional excursions into security."
Macarthur Fellow Gene Luen Yang's graphic novels introduce kids to computer programming.
AI Contest Aims to Build the Communications Network of the Future
Participants in the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge can win millions of dollars for developing a radio frequency spectrum allocation system powered by artificial intelligence.
Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons?
Nations consider using defense systems that can make their own lethal decisions.
Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server
The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.
Genetic engineering promises to revolutionize everything from agriculture and biofuels to medicine and food safety.
Network Operators Beef Up Last Mile For Cord-Cutters
Consumers increasingly are bypassing traditional content providers to download content a la carte via broadband connection.
Making Sense of Exabytes of Data at Sc16
“Think about how you got here,” said Katharine Frase, head of strategy and business development for IBM’s Watson Education unit, at the SC16 conference in Salt Lake City last week.
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