Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Thinking Deeply to Make Better Speech
More work is needed to make synthesized speech more natural, easier to understand, and more pleasant to hear.
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Graph Matching in Theory and Practice
A theoretical breakthrough in graph isomorphism excites complexity experts, but will it lead to any practical improvements?
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The Key to Privacy
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
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When Computers Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Classification algorithms can lead to biased decisions, so researchers are trying to identify such biases and root them out.
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Seeing More Clearly
Computer understanding of images has improved rapidly, but true visual intelligence is still a long way off.
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Artificial Precognition ses Data to See the Future
Using large data sets and machine learning to recognize unseen patterns.
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Split Second
The issue of whether to add a "leap second" to square the clock with the Earth's orbit pits time specialists against IT.
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Head-Mounted Displays to Aid the Disabled
Products like the Oculus Rift and Google Glass could help ameliorate physical and perceptual impairments.
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Forging Relationships
Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.
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Plenty of Proteins
The growth of structural biology brings new challenges for the world's protein data archive.
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Visualizing Sound
New techniques capture speech by looking for the vibrations it causes.
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Software Tackles Inflatable Structures
Creating optimal 3D shapes in inflatables requires the power of computation.
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Gradual Evolution
Dynamically typed languages adopt features of static typing to cope with growth.
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It Certifications Pay Off, If Chosen Wisely
The proper certification can help you get a job, a raise, and sometimes a promotion.
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General Agreement
Leslie Lamport contributed to the theory and practice of building distributed computing systems that work as intended.
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Time For a Change
4D printing combines the dimension of time with the hope of building objects with new capabilities.
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Bouncing Robot Could Soften Future Nasa Landings
‘Tensegrity’ provides an alternative to lots of rugged equipment.
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Playing at Health
Developers try to tap the beneficial effects of video games.
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