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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 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 of researchers at the University of Tehran in Iran has developed a fourth version of the Surena humanoid robotic system.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2020
Technology recruiting firm Dice's analysis of 6 million U.S. job postings last year found the single largest category of tech job openings was that of software...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 14, 2020
Researchers in Israel have developed a mobile robot that can change its entire body shape on a link-by-link basis, using an extra actuator to "build its own track...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 13, 2020
More than half of African countries are developing some form of biometric or digital national identification (ID).
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 10, 2020
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes students' emotions to measure their engagement level in a class.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 17, 2020
Researchers have demonstrated how to teach a PR2 robot to perform simple repairs on itself by tightening its own screws.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 12, 2019
Researchers have developed a hand-tracking system to determine how long it would take a driver to assume control of a self-driving car in an emergency.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2019
Researchers have developed a method of detecting malicious apps that sneak through Apple's App Store screening process and onto some users’ phones.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2019
A team of researchers has developed a supercomputer simulation that successfully models a key part of a process that produces solar flares.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 25, 2019
Researchers in South Korea have developed a biometric system that uses a transducer to generate vibrations and sound waves that can be used to identify individuals...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2019
Researchers at Maimonides Medical Center found that medical drones carrying emergency supplies can reach 911 callers in New York City significantly faster than...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 6, 2019
Researchers have developed a teleoperation system that allows a two-legged robot to "borrow" a human operator's physical skills to move with greater agility.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 5, 2019
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrobee robot is now up and running on the International Space Station (ISS).
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 17, 2019
Baylor University researchers have developed a free smartphone app that uses machine learning to flag eye disease from personal photos, as much as a year ahead...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2019
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories will be among the first organizations to deploy artificial intelligence computers...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 26, 2019
IEEE Spectrum's 2019 roster of leading programming languages once again ranks Python in the top slot.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2019
The present state of software engineering education at universities does not meet the needs of technology-based software startups, according to a new study.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2019
University of Houston researchers have developed a flexible wearable electronics patch that translates the wearer's movements and other instructions to a robot....IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 5, 2019
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have extended the concept of adversarial images to robot grasping, using physical objects designed to be...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2019