Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture named Luis Ceze and Karin Strauss to share the 2020 Maurice Wilkes Award.
University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2020
Chief information officers predict manufacturers will spend more on data management and analytics tools following the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2020
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks — forcing humans to step in to set them straight.
Technology Review From ACM News | May 15, 2020
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their colleagues at the University of Maryland have developed a step-by-step recipe to produce...NIST From ACM News | May 11, 2020
Researchers in Australia have partnered with Amazon Web Services on using cloud-based services to process, analyze, and categorize genomic data to protect endangered...Computer Weekly From ACM TechNews | May 1, 2020
Software and healthcare companies are seeking to create a registry of COVID-19 patients by gathering medical records from across the country.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have proposed an alternative to custom-synthesizing DNA for high-capacity data storage.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | April 10, 2020
Researchers have discovered a metal-organic molecule that can switch between three distinct, long-lived states.
University of Limerick From ACM TechNews | April 7, 2020
Data suggests that mass business closures and social-distancing edicts imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are helping reduce the numbers of fevers recorded...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2020
Waymo has expanded its Open Dataset and invited researchers to tackle one of five challenges related to the data.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2020
Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.
Gregory Mone From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2020
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne created a proof of concept platform for hard drives that will be smaller, faster, and more energy...EPFL News (Switzerland) From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2020
A U.K.-funded supercomputer in Kenya is being used to simulate locust swarm migrations ravaging East Africa.
Computer Business Review From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2020
Researchers have developed an app that will let users know what IoT technologies are operating in the immediate vicinity and what data they are collecting.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2020
To manage the coronavirus epidemic, China is requiring citizens to use software on their smartphones.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2020
A study by the nonprofit research group Center for an Urban Future offers hope for New York City employees who lack the training to qualify for upcoming technology...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2020