Taking an Age-Old Approach to i
Web and app designers need to be mindful of the changing capabilities of aging users.
News
Advertisement
Bouncing Robot Could Soften Future Nasa Landings
‘Tensegrity’ provides an alternative to lots of rugged equipment.
Cuban-Americans Hack For Information Freedom
A network of students and young professionals strive to empower youth in Cuba.
Brands Take Advantage of Hci Technologies
Technologies demonstrated in motion pictures are coming to life for advertisers.
The first steps have been taken toward enabling a computer to perceive one's thoughts.
Capturing electricity from ambient RF transmissions can keep low-power applications off the grid.
Brainy Computer Chip Ditches Digital For Analog
Part of the European Human Brain Project aims to mimic the brain for better computing.
Researcher Michael Cook thinks his ANGELINA software can design a video game—and that's not all.
The Growing Need to Recycle Electronics
e-Cycling allows reclamation of valuable materials, and helps prevent pollution.
‘alan Turing: His Work and Impact’ Named 2013 Prose Award Winner
The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious competitions in professional and scholarly publishing, praised the work as a fitting tribute to the life of the legendary mathematical and scientific genius.
Expert witnesses in computing sciences navigate complex issues and sometimes-hostile lawyers in order to bring focus and resolution to high-profile legal disputes.
Should Everybody Learn to Code?
Not everyone needs coding skills, but learning how to think like a programmer can be useful in many disciplines.
New discoveries expand the scope of computer-assisted proofs of theorems.
ACM has recognized 50 of its members for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.
Computational Photography Comes Into Focus
Advances in computational photography are making image capture the starting point. The technology is transforming the field.
How the Incite Project Allots Supercomputer Hours
Researchers vie for some of the billions of computer-hours available on two of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
STEM Festival Aims To Enthrall The Young With Robot Zoo
The USA Science & Engineering Festival this year will include a "Robot Zoo" where robot-builders can show their creations.
Computer Techniques Aim to Save Animals from Experiments
"Organs on a chip" and quantitative structure–activity relationship modeling are among the technologies increasingly standing in for animal testing.
‘master the Mainframe’ Contest Lures Next Generation to Big Iron
IBM's zEnterprise Academic Initiative is using a contest to spark student interest in coding for mainframes.
French Team Invents Faster Code-Breaking Algorithm
New method can crack certain cryptosystems far faster than earlier alternatives.
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.
Learn More