The Codon compiler, from a team led by researchers from MIT CSAIL, allows developers to create new domain-specific languages
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Inside a small laboratory in lush countryside about 50 miles north of New York City, an elaborate tangle of tubes and electronics dangles from the ceiling. This...Technology Review From ACM News | February 23, 2018
Scientists are investigating silicon as a key ingredient in the creation of scalable quantum computers.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2018
A new algorithm can identify who is swiping a smartphone screen, which could lead to child-proof devices.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 15, 2018
After atmospheric scientist Ivana Cvijanovic began pushing a computerized climate simulation to its limits, she noticed a disturbing result: as Arctic sea ice nearly...Technology Review From ACM News | February 9, 2018
An experiment by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China used quantum computers to calculate Betti numbers. The work "suggests that data...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2018
In an office at Tsinghua University in Beijing, a computer chip is crunching data from a nearby camera, looking for faces stored in a database.
Technology Review From ACM News | February 2, 2018
You've seen the headlines: "Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs—and We're Not Ready for It." "You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot—and Sooner Than You Think." "Robots May...Technology Review From ACM Careers | January 31, 2018
Researchers say they have analyzed how well crowdsourcing can predict decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court by crunching data from the online FantasySCOTUS league...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 3, 2018
Ever since scientists first used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit living human cells in 2013, they've been saying that the possibilities for using it to treat disease are virtually...Technology Review From ACM News | December 20, 2017
The Moments in Time Dataset is a massive archive of three-second video clips annotated with minute details of the action being performed.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2017
A prototype augmented reality display can show a virtual image that both blocks real-world objects sitting behind it and can itself be blocked by other real-world...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2017
Google has released an artificial intelligence tool that uses gene sequencing data to build a more accurate genomic model.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2017
MozzWear is a low-cost smartphone sensor system that can identify and monitor mosquito populations.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2017
Angelina is an artificial intelligence that can imagine new video games from scratch, which has produced hundreds of experimental games since 2011.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 1, 2017
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can identify an art forgery by examining the piece's brush strokes.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2017
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence that can skillfully play a Battleship-like game by determining how to ask questions as efficiently as possible...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2017
IBM last week announced a 50-quantum bit quantum computer, as well as the availability of a 20-qubit system via its cloud computing platform.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2017
Professional player Song Byung-gu won a recent "StarCraft" tournament in South Korea, beating four artificial intelligence programs in less than 30 minutes.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2017
When Brandon Araki arrived at MIT in 2015 as a master's candidate in mechanical engineering, he brought along the picobug, a tiny robot that can fly, crawl, and...Technology Review From ACM Careers | November 1, 2017