The Toronto Paper Matching System calculates the affinity between submitted papers and reviewers' expertise by comparing the text in submissions and reviewers'...Science From ACM News | April 5, 2021
Years before Covid, Zvi Galil launched Georgia Tech's successful online master's in computer science. Is Zoom U. the future?
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 5, 2021
Microsoft said it will hire 50,000 people for jobs requiring technology skills over the next three years, as part of a broader campaign with LinkedIn to re-skill...Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2021
The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.
Gregory Goth Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | March 25, 2021
Start-ups hope there's no turning back for online learning, even as more students return to the classroom.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 22, 2021
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2021
The U.K. Cyber Security Council aims to serve as a "one-stop shop" for people seeking careers in information security.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2021
Better known as a sociologist than a computer scientist, Anderson specialized in secondary data analysis—finding new uses for data collected for another purpose...Simson Garfinkel and Eugene H. Spafford From ACM News | February 22, 2021
Many facial recognition systems used by law enforcement are shot through with biases. Can anything be done to make them fair and trustworthy?
Paul Marks From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
Edmund Melson Clarke, Jr., a celebrated American academic who developed methods for mathematically proving the correctness of computer systems, died on December...Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
A team of cognitive scientists and computational linguists has developed a modeling framework based on large-scale simulation of infants' language learning process...News-Medical Life Sciences From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2021
The Pentagon is consulting with U.S. universities to evaluate software on aerospace company Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet in the hope of correcting the buggy...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.
Keith Kirkpatrick Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | January 28, 2021
Computer scientists are using generative adversarial networks to train robots about objects.
Texas Advanced Computing Center From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Computer science concepts have been part of the official English curriculum for over a decade, but reforms have encouraged wider participation in the last six years...Brookings From ACM News | January 22, 2021
Software company Burning Glass Technologies projected quantum computing and connected technologies will be among the 10 most "disruptive" information technology...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2021