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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Paper says JiuZhang 3 is a million times faster than its predecessor and light years ahead of the world's fastest supercomputer
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | October 11, 2023
U.K. computer scientist and 2019 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Geoffrey Hinton said advanced artificial intelligence (AI), for all its promise, could conceivably...CBS News From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2023
Software can identify complex hidden emotions by mapping facial features and evaluating the intensities of multiple facial expressions.
University of Bristol News (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2023
A multilingual app developed by researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design aims to use gamification to help ward off dementia in older adults...Singapore University of Technology and Design From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
Researchers applied a new segmentation network trained by point annotations and synthetically produced image-segmentation pairs to microscopy images.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
The U.A.E. city of Dubai will launch its first wave of robotaxis this month in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
CNN From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
Attendees at this year's Heidelberg Laureate Forum anticipate future applications of the technology.
Sandrine Ceurstemont From ACM News | October 10, 2023
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Oxford three-dimensionally (3D)-printed human neural cells to emulate the cerebral cortex's architecture.
University of Oxford (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has exceeded the 1-exabyte threshold, amassing 1 million terabytes (TB) of disk space.
CERN (Switzerland) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023
Researchers found that one hour of training is sufficient to make working with supernumerary robotic arms as effective as working with a partner.
Queen Mary University of London (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Rice University scientists have characterized the three-dimensional structure of one of the smallest known CRISPR-Cas13 systems for shredding or altering RNA.
Rice University News From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Robots increasingly are being used by security services firms to address a shortage of labor and high turnover rates.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
A new post office in Bengaluru, India, is the first in the world to be built using a three-dimensional (3D) printer.
New Atlas From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Researchers from the universities of Texas and Tennessee used Raspberry Pi computers to track unseen drones with sound.
Tom's Hardware From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2023
Scientists used the computer game "Age of Empires" to simulate ant ‘warfare’, in efforts to eradicate an invasive ant species.
ABC News (Australia) From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2023
A research team led by Northwestern University scientists created an artificial intelligence capable of designing robots from scratch almost immediately.
Northwestern Now From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2023