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Cornell Video Game Speeds Language Learning
Adding "fun" and "chat" aspects to the game enhances memorization and understanding of context.
Tim Berners-Lee and others want a more reliable Web that ensures integrity and privacy.
Hand Jive: A Robot Hand Learns to Spin
A five-fingered robotic hand teaches itself how to manage a complex task.
Augmented Reality Not Just For Gaming
Beyond entertainment, applications for augmented and virtual reality are being developed for business.
A new low-cost technique allows the use of light-emitting diodes to track people’s locations and gestures within a room.
The Beginning of the Internet of Robot Things
Robots will take the Internet of Things to the next level.
When Computers Are The Hackers
A Pittsburgh company's cyber reasoning system takes the $2-million grand prize in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.
Why U.s. Broadband Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
U.S. broadband Internet could be faster—a lot faster. Several companies are trying to make that a reality.
In Memoriam: Seymour Papert 1928-2016
Papert was known for focusing on the impact of new technologies on learning, and on technology use in schools as learning organizations.
During my presidency I will work to develop new initiatives to ensure that ACM provides ever-greater value to the global computing community.
The power of deep neural networks has sparked renewed interest in reinforcement learning, with applications to games, robotics, and beyond.
Smartphone Apps For Social Good
Mobile apps make it easier, faster, and cheaper to create massive impact on social causes ranging from world hunger to domestic violence.
Open Source Software No Longer Optional
Open development and sharing of software gained widespread acceptance 15 years ago, and the practice is accelerating.
Homeowners’ Groups Fill .s. Last-Mile Broadband Gap
Private homeowners associations are sidestepping incumbents by contracting with alternative network providers.
Will Ecole 42 Crack the Code of Learning?
A French institution may be a window into the future of coding education.
Will genetic material supplant other substances for archival data storage?
In Memoriam: Rudolf Kalman 1930–2016
The engineer and mathematician was best known for the eponymous Kalman filter.
Iot Transforming Taiwan’s Tech Sector
As desktop and laptop computer sales recede, hardware-proud Taiwan searches for new directions in the Internet of Things.
Graph Matching in Theory and Practice
A theoretical breakthrough in graph isomorphism excites complexity experts, but will it lead to any practical improvements?
The latest in machine learning helps high-energy physicists handle the enormous amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider.
The Computing Research Association works to quantify the extent, and causes, of a jump in undergraduate computer science enrollments.
Drones Too Complicated? We’ll Take Care of That
A new category of company is offering 'drones as a service' to customers who want to outsource the planning, compliance, and execution of commercial drone flights.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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