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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.
A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has three-dimensionally (3D) printed hair follicles in lab-grown human skin tissue.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute News From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2023
Researchers demonstrated improved training of machine learning models using a method that combines the best features of classical and quantum computers.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2023
Google DeepMind developed a machine-learning weather-forecasting model that outperformed the best conventional forecasting tools.
Nature From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2023
About an hour after delivering a speech in California on Wednesday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appeared in Singapore via hologram.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2023
Meta's goal is to get more people to use more of its apps and to monetize those people to the greatest extent possible.
New York Magazine From ACM News | November 16, 2023
A new system calculates the fastest routes for emergency services to respond to calls while factoring in traffic disruptions that may result from climate-related...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2023
The implant delivers bursts of electrical signals, stimulating his spinal cord to make his leg muscles move.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | November 13, 2023
Combining data about the human body with patients’ personal data to create digital twins of their organs could lead to personalized treatments and help avoid medical...The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2023
An international team of researchers developed a smartphone application that provides a personalized risk score for patients undergoing liver surgery.
Medical University of Vienna (Austria) From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new approach to robotics that uses insights from extinct organisms to create soft robots.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
Computer scientists at the University of Southern California considered which knowledge graph representations are best for different applications.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
A new deep learning algorithm can predict whether an individual's age-related macular degeneration will progress to geographic atrophy, which is more severe, within...Duke University School of Medicine From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
Researchers at Germany's Bamberg Graduate School of Affective and Cognitive Sciences enlisted 132 people to examine 1,001 selfies and characterize their first impressions...Frontiers Science News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
The Feature Fields for Robotic Manipulation method helps robots identify nearby objects by forming three-dimensional scenes from two-dimensional images and vision...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of artificial intelligence tools has raised doubts among doctors about their ability to improve patient care.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
Students developed prototype assistive technologies that could enable children with cerebral palsy to play video games.
Pursuit - The University of Melbourne (Australia) From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
Far from being threatened by artificial intelligence, many creative practitioners are already embracing it—with some novel and unexpected results.
Karen Emslie From ACM News | November 7, 2023