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Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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More Details, but Not Enough
Disputed Google research is receiving further scrutiny, despite the company's inaction in open-sourcing its data or source code as promised.
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Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm
Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis.
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Higher Education Readies for a Quantum Leap
The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.
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Majorana Meltdown Jeopardizes Microsoft's Quantum Computer
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...
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ACM Awards Knuth Prize to Pioneer for Advances in Algorithms and Complexity Theory
Georgia Tech's Lipton cited for introduction of new ideas and techniques
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Nancy Lynch Named 2012 Athena Lecturer
MIT's Nancy Lynch was named the 2012 Athena Lecturer for her advances in distributed systems that enable dependable Internet and wireless network applications.
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Researchers Break Vanish Security System
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Princeton and the University of Michigan claim to have broken the Vanish security system, a research prototype...
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Paris Event to Showcase Informatics Advances, Honor European Pioneers
The fifth edition of the European Computer Science Summit (ECSS) will take place in Paris on October 8-9, 2009, with a special workshop for new (and not so new)...
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