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Researchers aim to apply artificial intelligence and machine-learning methods to take cybersecurity to a new, higher, and better level.
ACM’s 2016 General Election: Please Take This Opportunity to Vote
Meet the candidates who introduce their plans — and stands — for the Association.
The Road to Regulating Self-Driving Cars Is Long, Winding
Real-world use of autonomous vehicles will depend on how they are evaluated, and whether federal regulators have the expertise to lead evaluation efforts.
Can Chatbots Think Before They Talk?
ELIZA-like programs balance modern AI with decades-old database techniques.
Search Engine’s Author Profiles Now Driven By Influence Metrics
"It’s important to be selective," says CEO Etzioni.
Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.
Intel, IBM, and others stake their claims to the future technology path for semiconductors.
Will new technology spawn mass unemployment, as the robots take jobs away from humans?
Apps Help People with Autism Speak
Smartphones and tablets make it easier for people with disabilities to communicate, and for others to communicate with them.
A Decade of ACM Efforts Contribute to Computer Science For All
President Obama has asked Congress to approve $4.1 billion in spending to support the Computer Science for All initiative, aimed at providing computer science education in U.S. public schools. CS education in public schools has been a main focus for ACM since the 1990s.
Existing Technologies Can Assist the Disabled
Researchers consider how to adapt broadly available technology products for those battling physical impairments.
Marvin Minsky, an American scientist who co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI laboratory and was honored with the ACM A.M. Turing Award, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 at the age of 88.
New hardware and services are aimed at identifying malware before it has the chance to execute.
The Need For Cognitive Computing
Companies get help digging the pearls of wisdom out of their big data.
Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.
In Memoriam: David S. Johnson 1945–2016
Johnson’s innovations helped lay the foundation for algorithms used to address optimization problems.
Security Experts Weigh in on Apple vs. the Fbi, Public Policy and the Law at Nyu Event
Most participants agreed the growing sophistication of security threats demands a shift from preventing attacks to detecting them as quickly as possible.
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