Network Coding: Router Revolution?
Network coding, a radical approach to improving router efficiency, has been researched and explored for years. So why isn't it ready for prime time?
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In today's real-time Web, data streaming applications no longer have the luxury of making multiple passes over a recorded data set.
Robots Gear Up For Disaster Response
After 15 years of research, robots for search and rescue may be nearing prime time.
Governments' practice of electronic surveillance—and the growing use of warrantless wiretapping—has observers deeply concerned.
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The Work of ACM’s Awards Committee
ACM currently sponsors over 100 awards for technical and professional excellence. These awards serve many purposes within the computing community.
Swarms of Helicopter Robots Could Create Huge 3-D Displays
The Flyfire project at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory is creating tiny LED-equipped helicopters that will move in concert to create dramatic, free-form displays.
Privacy in the Age of Digital Glass Houses
The private e-mails and texts that keep you closely connected could quickly turn embarrassing if made public by a spurned friend or partner. How much privacy can you find, and will courts let you keep, when more and more personal communication is electronic?
Jpl Program Cleans Mars Mission Code
Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses formal verification at every step of software development, and is applying some of those techniques to the flight code for next year's Mars Science Laboratory robotic exploration mission.
Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into the environment.
CS and Biology’s Growing Pains
Biologists can benefit from learning and using the tools of computer science, but several real-world obstacles remain.
Katayanagi Prizes and Other CS Awards
Donald E. Knuth, Jon Kleinberg, Andrew Herbert, and other members of the computer science community were recently honored for their innovative research and service.
Engineering the Web’s Third Decade
As Web technologies move beyond two-way interactive capabilities to facilitate more dynamic and pervasive experiences, the Web is quickly advancing toward its third major upgrade.
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Science Education Should Begin at Age Three
Your child comes home from pre-K and tells you to shut off the lights to save electricity. Don't feel scolded; your child may be a budding scientist. To support these interests, one academic says children should begin learning STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects as early as three years of age.
Building a Brain-Machine Interface
Researchers are tapping the brain signals of "locked-in" patients to help them control computers and communicate directly with the outside world.
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Alternate Interface Technologies Emerge
Researchers working in human-computer interaction are developing new interfaces to produce greater efficiencies in personal computing and enhance miniaturization in mobile devices.
Social networking, sophisticated imaging, and dual-use technologies promise improved disaster management, but they must be adopted by governments and aid agencies if more lives are to be saved in the wake of crises.
Type systems are moving beyond the realm of data structure and into more complex domains like security and networking.
An Interview with Michael Rabin
Michael O. Rabin, co-recipient of the 1976 ACM A.M. Turing Award, discusses his innovative algorithmic work with Dennis Shasha.
Wireless Operators Struggle to Deliver Broadband
AT&T's bandwidth crisis for iPhone users was pushed aside by wireless operators and handset developers disclosing new smartphones, netbooks, and smartbooks with broadband connections. But North American service providers still have significant holes in their overall broadband deployment strategies.
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