Research and Advances – Page 8 – Communications of the ACM

Jul 1 2022

Technical Perspective: Visualization Search: From Sketching to Natural Language

"Expressive Querying for Accelerating Visual Analytics," by Tarique Siddiqui et al., provides a general abstraction, along with advanced interfaces, focusing on visualization search.

Bill Howe

Computing Applications

Jun 1 2022

Methods Included: Standardizing Computational Reuse and Portability with the Common Workflow Language

The growing popularity of computational workflows is also a cause for concern. How can we enjoy the common benefits of the workflows and eliminate the risks?

Architecture and Hardware

patterned, connected orbs on backdrop of bubbles

Jun 1 2022

Responsible Data Management

Perspectives on the role and responsibility of the data-management research community in designing, developing, using, and overseeing automated decision systems.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

individuals working with data in a control room setting, illustration

Jun 1 2022

Challenges, Experiments, and Computational Solutions in Peer Review

Improving the peer review process in a scientific manner shows promise.

Nihar B. Shah

Computing Applications

Jun 1 2022

Technical Perspective: Computation Where the (inter)Action Is

"SoundWatch," by Dhruv Jain et al., provides an example of HCI research's vital role in designing architectures that trade off different computational capabilities and latencies.

Jeffrey P. Bigham

Computing Applications

Jun 1 2022

SoundWatch: Deep Learning for Sound Accessibility on Smartwatches

We present SoundWatch, a smartwatch-based deep learning application to sense, classify, and provide feedback about sounds occurring in the environment.

Computing Applications

Jun 1 2022

Technical Perspective: The Compression Power of the BWT

"Resolution of the Burrows-Wheeler Transform Conjecture," by Dominik Kempa and Tomasz Kociumaka, finally settles the question of how well r in the BWT captures repetitiveness.

Gonzalo Navarro

Systems and Networking

Jun 1 2022

Resolution of the Burrows-Wheeler Transform Conjecture

In this paper, we show that r = (z log2 n) holds for every text. This result has numerous implications for text indexing and data compression.

Dominik Kempa and Tomasz Kociumaka

Systems and Networking

Jun 1 2022

Learning New Things and Avoiding Obstacles

ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Jack Dongarra never intended to work with computers.

Leah Hoffmann

Architecture and Hardware

2021 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Jack Dongarra

May 1 2022

Artificial Intelligence for Synthetic Biology

The opportunities and challenges of adapting and applying AI principles to synbio.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

May 1 2022

Rateless Codes for Near-Perfect Load Balancing in Distributed Matrix-Vector Multiplication

We propose a rateless fountain coding strategy and prove that its latency is asymptotically equal to ideal load balancing, and it performs asymptotically zero redundant computations.

Computing Applications

May 1 2022

Set the Configuration for the Heart of the OS: On the Practicality of Operating System Kernel Debloating

This paper presents a study on the practicality of operating system kernel debloating, that is, reducing kernel code that is not needed by the target applications.

Hsuan-Chi Kuo, Jianyan Chen, Sibin Mohan, and Tianyin Xu

Computing Applications

measuring tape and scissors and computer code

May 1 2022

Explorations in Cyber-Physical Systems Education

Explorations in CPS education and related research projects over the past two decades unveil where CPS learning is headed.

Sanjit A. Seshia

Architecture and Hardware

steps of books with light bulb at top, illustration

May 1 2022

A Data-Driven Exploration of the Race between Human Labor and Machines in the 21st Century

To understand automation and the future of work, this study explores how human labor competes, or cooperates, with technology in performing a range of tasks.

Jiyong Park and Jongho Kim

Architecture and Hardware

robots and people in job interview line, illustration

May 1 2022

The Go Programming Language and Environment

Released as open source in November 2009, Go has become the foundation for critical infrastructure at every major cloud provider. Its creators look back on how Go got here and why it has stuck around.

Architecture and Hardware

May 1 2022

Technical Perspective: ‘What Is the Ideal Operating System?’

The authors of "Set the Configuration for the Heart of the OS" put a fresh view on the practicability of automatic kernel debloating.

Daniel Lohmann

Computing Applications

scissor cutting through lines of computer code

May 1 2022

Technical Perspective: Balancing At All Loads

"Rateless Codes for Near-Perfect Load Balancing in Distributed Matrix-Vector Multiplication" addresses the problem of selecting code rates to optimize system performance by making the codes rateless.

Emina Soljanin

Computing Applications

servers on each end of an imbalanced seesaw

Apr 1 2022

Welcome

The second Communications Regional Special Section spotlighting European countries and Israel highlights selected research and innovation projects in areas of traditional European CS strengths.

Jessica R. Cauchard, Matthias Jarke, and Nuria Oliver

Computing Applications

images from April 2022 CACM Europe Region Special Section

Apr 1 2022

Robotic Process Automation Platform UiPath

The UiPath platform provides core capabilities that make it easy to build, deploy, and manage software robots that emulate humans' interactions with information systems to perform certain tasks in business processes.

Liliana Dobrica

Computing Applications

Apr 1 2022

On-Skin Computing

A new generation of wearable devices, so-called epidermal devices modeled after human skin, promises significantly better compatibility with the human body.

Jürgen Steimle

Computing Applications

Apr 1 2022

Internet of Production: Entering Phase Two of Industry 4.0

The Excellence Cluster "Internet of Production," started in 2019, aims at a new level of digital collaboration with data, models, and knowledge in production. The core idea is establishing a "worldwide lab" for cross-domain learning.

Gertrude Kappel, Christian Brecher, Matthias Brockmann, and István Koren

Computing Applications

Apr 1 2022

Toward a Broad AI

AI research and machine learning in particular aims at a new level of AI with considerably enhanced and broader capabilities for skill acquisition and problem solving.

Sepp Hochreiter

Computing Applications

Apr 1 2022

A Federated Infrastructure for European Data Spaces

The Gaia-X project, with more than 300 members, aims at a federated data architecture that comprises not only data and smart services, but also cloud infrastructure services.

Boris Otto

Computing Applications

Apr 1 2022

Privacy-Preserving AI for Future Networks

Traditional management solutions for telco networks are reaching their limits in dealing with today's complex ecosystem. Novel solutions are required to guarantee strict service requirements and effective resource management.

Computing Applications

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