News – Page 9 – Communications of the ACM

Apr 1 2023

ACM Publications Finances for 2021

One requirement for ACM's multiyear transition to become a fully Open Access publisher is to develop and implement a sustainability plan to ensure ACM Publications continues to operate at a high level with the quality of its publications and the services it provides to the community.

Wendy Hall, Divesh Srivastava, and Scott E. Delman

Computing Applications

bar graphs and electronic components form a blue skyline, illustration

Mar 30 2023

Will AI Replace Computer Programmers?

Advances in artificial intelligence tools that can code could improve productivity, but portend disruption.

Logan Kugler

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artist's representation of an AI that writes code.

Mar 29 2023

More Details, but Not Enough

Disputed Google research is receiving further scrutiny, despite the company's inaction in open-sourcing its data or source code as promised.

Gregory Goth

Computing Applications

Mar 23 2023

Capturing What is Said

Artificial intelligence is boosting the capabilities of automatic speech recognition.

Esther Shein | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

A very basic flow chart for the conversion of speech to text.

Mar 16 2023

Boosting Photodiode Efficiency to 220%

Researchers at the Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology are chasing quantum efficiency.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Mar 14 2023

Passkeys Unlock a New Era for Authentication

A potential alternative to passwords.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Mar 9 2023

COVID Modelers Expand their Missions

Team science is writ (very) large.

Gregory Goth

Computing Applications

Mar 1 2023

Neural Networks for Drug Discovery and Design

Architectures suited for molecules streamline the identification of pharmaceutical candidates.

Don Monroe

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

connected neurons over a graph plain, illustration

Mar 1 2023

Adding Smarts to Vending Machines Drives Convenience, Efficiency

Advanced feature sets and functionality are projected to drive the market for connected vending to nearly nine million units by 2024.

Keith Kirkpatrick

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

man using a smart vending machine, illustration

Mar 1 2023

Virtual Influencers in the Real World

We are increasingly engaging with these digital personalities, online and offline.

Logan Kugler

Computing Applications

Feb 28 2023

Fending off Cyberattacks on Collaborative Robots

Hackers leverage IoT, IIoT vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to cobots.

David Geer | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Feb 23 2023

MXenes Shield EMI, More

Feather-light yet providing near-total shielding capability, MXenes effectively conduct electricity, tune frequencies, and enhance the integrity of communications signals better than traditional materials.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

A free-standing film of MXene (Titanium Carbide - Ti3C2Tx) functioning as a microwave disc resonator with an operation frequency of 3.0 GHz.

Feb 16 2023

Ears on AI and Data

A round-up of podcasts focused on artificial intelligence and/or data.

Karen Emslie | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Feb 14 2023

Ambient IoT Gets Down to Business

Highly flexible, inexpensive low-energy sensors combined with pervasive connectivity and artificial intelligence deliver real-time triggers without human intervention.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Feb 9 2023

Space Robots Prepare to Grapple and Repair Satellites in Orbit

An interview with William Vincent, Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program manager at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Paul Marks

Architecture and Hardware

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory robotics engineer John Kinch prepares Robotic Arm System #2 for kinematic calibration.

Feb 7 2023

The Holy Grail of Electric Vehicles: Solid-State Batteries

Manufacturers look to make batteries safer and help them last longer by replacing liquid cores with solid ones.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Feb 1 2023

Post-Quantum Cryptography

Cryptographers seek algorithms quantum computers cannot break.

Don Monroe

Architecture and Hardware

key encircled by swirling atomic particles

Feb 1 2023

Computational Linguistics Finds Its Voice

Advances in artificial intelligence permit computers to converse with humans in seemingly realistic ways.

Samuel Greengard

Architecture and Hardware

cute bot with red-lettered 'S'up?' on front, illustration

Feb 1 2023

Can AI Demonstrate Creativity?

When fed a sufficient amount of training data, artificial intelligence techniques can be used to generate new ideas in several different ways. Is that creativity?

Keith Kirkpatrick

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jan 31 2023

Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm

Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis.

Allyn Jackson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jan 24 2023

NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Candidate Cracked

It took researchers in Belgium just an hour to crack the SIKE cryptographic algorithm.

David Geer | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Computing Profession

Jan 17 2023

Mining the Margins to Save Lives

Using artificial intelligence to ensure fewer donated kidneys are discarded, and that food donations make it to those in need via what is fast becoming an Internet of Food.

Gregory Goth

Computing Applications

Volunteers distribute free food at the mobile pantry in Hurley, VA.

Jan 5 2023

Computers Aid Dentistry

Small-scale CAD/CAM tools are among the high-tech capabilities being added to the arsenals of increasingly digital dentists.

Jake Widman | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Architecture and Hardware

Jan 1 2023

The Outlook for Crypto

Can cryptocurrencies cut their environmental impact?

Neil Savage

Architecture and Hardware

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