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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers have shown that a specific neural network can learn the cause-and-effect structure of a navigation task it is taught.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed and applied a predictive model of pedestrian traffic to Melbourne, Australia.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2021
Researchers explored humans' ability to play a card game with an artificial intelligence model trained to play with teammates never before encountered.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2021
A robotic arm can track down lost items using a camera and radio frequency antenna attached to its gripper.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2021
Scientists have programmed a universal algorithm to enable a silicon chip to decode any data transmitted across a network, irrespective of structure.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2021
Scientists suggest crowdsourced assessments from groups of normal readers can virtually match those of professional fact-checkers in vetting news stories.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2021
MIT researchers find new way to quantify the uncertainty in molecular energies predicted by neural networks
MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2021
Engineers have constructed an inflatable neuroprosthetic hand that restored rudimentary sensation to an amputee's residual limb.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2021
Researchers have developed an approach that uses experimental chemistry and artificial intelligence to facilitate delivery of a drug to treat Duchenne muscular...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2021
A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and China's Southern University of Science and Technology has designed a touch-sensing glove capable...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 9, 2021
A technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology removes common errors in the operation of a two-quantum bit (qubit).
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2021
The Reconnaissance of Influence Operations program was developed to identify disinformation narratives and the individuals spreading them via social media.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2021
Researchers have developed a slender robot finger with tactile sensing capabilities that can help locate and identify buried objects.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 28, 2021
A Twitter field experiment found that after corrections to tweeted misinformation, there was an increase in retweeting lower-quality and more partisan news.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2021
A system developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology automatically cleans "dirty data."
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2021