The Potential to Provide More Power For Portables
Graphene may hold the key to creating a power source for portable electronics that charges in seconds.
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An Interview with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith
Recently appointed U.S. CTO Megan Smith discusses her evolving governmental role.
Klaus Tschira, the entrepreneur, software pioneer, and patron and supporter of scientific research who died unexpectedly on March 31st, 2015, made numerous lasting contributions to the scientific community.
The growth of structural biology brings new challenges for the world's protein data archive.
Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.
Estonia: A Model For E-Government
Over the next decade, the population of Estonia is expected to soar more than 600% as the country becomes the first in the world to open its borders to an influx of e-residents.
Smartphone apps are driving changes in the way people park. Sensors, crowdsourcing, and big data are making it easier to find open parking spots.
Predictive Analytics Provides Powerful Benefits to Healthcare
Medical treatment is on the verge of a "radical transformation" thanks to statistical data analysis techniques that predict future outcomes.
Light and Sound Together Might Be Just-Right Wireless Solution
RF and laser technologies cancel out each other’s shortcomings.
Putting the Data Science Into Journalism
News organizations increasingly use techniques like data mining, Web scraping, and data visualization to uncover information that would be impossible to identify and present manually.
Empowering smart machines with tactile feedback could lead to tremendous new applications.
A new Google algorithm would influence search results based on the "trustworthiness" of websites.
ACM Honors Wing, Hall For Service, Contribution
Recognizing the vision and achievement of two leaders who have transformed the way the world views computing.
Rashid, Tevanian to Receive ACM 2014 Software System Award
Microsoft's Rashid and former Apple executive Tevanian were selected for their roles as lead developers of a pioneering operating system.
A new generation of autonomous robots will usher in changes in the hospitality industry and beyond.
A switch to machine learning techniques has led to steady improvements in automated translation.
Google’s Project Zero Aims to ‘improve Security Across the Internet’
Google has assembled 'the best practically-minded security researchers' to 'significantly reduce the number of people harmed by targeted attacks.'
Computer Graphics Education, Siggraph Supporter Cunningham Dies
American computer scientist and long-time ACM SIGGRAPH volunteer Robert Stephen (Steve) Cunningham died last week following a lengthy illness.
An Interview with Juris Hartmanis
A pioneer in the field of computational complexity theory reflects on his career.
Synthetic biologists may be closing in on potentially world-changing breakthroughs, but they are often hamstrung by a shortage of software tools.
Secure-System Designers Strive to STEM Data Leaks
Attackers using side-channel analysis require little knowledge of how an implementation operates.
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