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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.
Researchers have developed a new approach to deep-learning computer systems that uses light instead of electricity.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2017
Researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that can take a still image of a scene and model a video simulating the future of that scene.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say they have developed a new approach to information extraction that inverts conventional machine learning. MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2016
Researchers have developed an autonomous mobility scooter using the same sensor configuration and software used in previous trials of autonomous cars and golf carts...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2016
Researchers have developed a method for training neural networks so they provide not only predictions and classifications, but also rationales for their decisions...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2016
Researchers have used machine learning to develop a computer system that can automatically screen young children for speech and language disorders. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 27, 2016
Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...MIT News Office From ACM News | April 21, 2016
Researchers say they have developed an algorithm that can predict how memorable or forgettable a given image is almost as accurately as humans. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 18, 2015
The dream of full automation is outdated and does not lead to the best outcomes, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell.MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a computer system that uses multiple types of data to help predict the effects of disease on brain...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers plan to present a machine-learning technique that enables semantically-related concepts to reinforce each other...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a machine-learning system that can learn to distinguish spoken words.MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2015
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Robust Robotics Group want to teach unmanned aerial vehicles and other robots to think for themselves...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 27, 2015
John Leonard's group in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering specializes in SLAM, or simultaneous localization and mapping, the technique whereby mobile...MIT News Office From ACM News | July 24, 2015
A robotic cheetah built by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers is now the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2015
Researchers have developed a new approach to programming autonomous underwater vehicles that increases their "cognitive" capabilities.MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2015
Programs of less than 50 lines in a probabilistic programming language are as effective as conventional systems for completing some standard computer-vision tasks...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2015