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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.
Machine intelligence significantly reduces the time needed for an MRI scan, which can help reduce patient anxiety.
Paul Marks From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2021
Majorana particles would make perfect qubits to build a large quantum computer, but their creation and detection in 2018 was probably no more than overinterpreted...Arnout Jaspers Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | March 11, 2021
A theorem about computations that exploit quantum mechanics challenges longstanding ideas in mathematics and physics.
Don Monroe From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Northwestern University have devised a novel type of quantum error correction where errors are spontaneously...University of Massachusetts Amherst From ACM News | February 19, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have proposed a new optical computing method for solving higher-order...University of Cambridge From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2021
IBM researchers have proposed reducing the number of computer bits from the current industry standard of 16 to just four.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2020
The math puzzle was resolved by translating it into satisfiability problem.
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science From ACM News | October 5, 2020
A lighthearted method for calculating π is analogous to a fundamental algorithm for quantum computing.
Don Monroe From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2020
Frances E. Allen was the first woman recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2020
Researchers from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications have demonstrated secure measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) transmission...The Optical Society From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2020
Researchers at the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have created knowledge-primed neural networks which utilize signaling...Austrian Academy of Sciences From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2020
A survey by recruitment firm Harvey Nash found half of 1,200 technology professionals in the U.K. would like to switch jobs in 2020, with salary and work-life balance...ComputerWeekly.com From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2020
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are struggling to prevent misinformation on their platforms about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2020
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
The ability to produce fake videos that appear amazingly real is here. Researchers are now developing ways to detect and prevent them.
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2020
Nuro has announced a partnership with Walmart to pilot-test grocery delivery via robot vehicles in Houston.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2019