Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 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 researchers at the Flatiron Institute discovered a new phase of matter that has the potential to act as long-term quantum information storage.
ComputerWeekly.com From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2022
BigScience is a global effort to build a more transparent, accountable AI, with less of the bias that infects so many Big Tech initiatives.
The Washington Post From ACM News | July 26, 2022
A team of scientists from Japan's Hiroshima University, the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences...Hiroshima University From ACM TechNews | July 25, 2022
Scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Maryland, and Western Digital Technologies programmed a neural network...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2022
Universities, and a growing number of companies, are producing brain-computer interfaces.
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2022
A group of researchers have published the first comprehensive functional map of genes expressed in human cells.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2022
Researchers at Japan's Waseda University have developed a hybrid algorithm to improve Ising machines' efficiency with multi-spin flips.
Waseda University (Japan) From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
Clearview AI said it is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies outside of law enforcement.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2022
Duke University researchers have developed an approach that allows for real-time scanning and imaging of blood flow and oxygen levels in a mouse brain.
Duke Biomedical Engineering From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.
The New York Times From ACM News | May 24, 2022
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2022
Depending on climate conditions, the availability of renewables and other factors, immersion cooling can make a profound difference in both energy consumption and...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2022
The agency is using emerging encryption techniques to protect data in transit, in storage, and during computation.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 28, 2022
Unlike sectors such as hospitality, the cloud computing industry continued to grow in 2020 and onwards. But it's not stopping there.
The Next Web From ACM News | April 21, 2022
U.S. officials said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had seized control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances from Russian hackers.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2022