In the ever-evolving world of technology, the influence of computer science on society is both profound and far-reaching. Once a niche field reserved for specialized researchers, computing has transformed into an essential discipline that shapes nearly every aspect of modern life. With the rise of online education and the growing accessibility of computer science degrees, […]

2024年5月13日 · This article is a description of Charles Babbage’s first computer program, which he sketched out almost 200 years ago, in 1837. The Analytical Engine (AE), the computer for which the program was intended, did not actually exist; sadly, it was to remain unfinished. Only some portions of Babbage’s calculating machine were built during the lifetime of the English mathematician and inventor ...

2025年1月6日 · In the first four parts of this Communications Historical Reflections column series, I have followed the artificial intelligence (AI) brand from its debut in the 1950s through to the reorientation of the field around probabilistic approaches and big data during the AI winter that ran through the 1990s and early 2000s. Aside from the brief …

2024年10月21日 · Key Insights Kuhn’s framework of scientific progress helps us understand how artificial intelligence has gone through several paradigm shifts during its scientific history, and how the representation and use of knowledge has widened in scope and scale. The current general intelligence paradigm has breached a major barrier where machines can learn through self-supervision, transforming AI ...

2024年12月18日 · Igor Markov's “Reevaluating Google’s Reinforcement Learning for IC Macro Placement” in the November 2024 Communications looks at two non-peer-reviewed papers and makes baseless allegations of scientific integrity issues, all already found to be without merit.

2018年1月1日 · The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code) is being updated by the Code Update Task Force a in conjunction with the ACM’s Committee on Professional Ethics. The Code was initially written in 1992, and this is the first update since then. In previous articles we detailed the motivations for updating the Code, b gave our responses to feedback on the initial draft, and produced ...

2024年12月27日 · Use the term “algorithmic photography” and you might draw a blank reaction from many people, but not from British digital artist Alex May. He, it appears, invented both the term and the technique. Not to be confused with AI-generated images (although there is a connection) or with what at first glance might appear to be time-lapse photography, algorithmic photography, as May practices it ...

Communications of the ACM is the leading online and print publication for the computing and information technology fields. Read by computing’s leading professionals worldwide, Communications is recognized as the most trusted and knowledgeable source of industry information for today’s computing professional. In the traditions of the Communications print magazine, which each month brings ...

2024年12月3日 · Earthquakes are among the deadliest natural disasters that strike human societies. Major quakes in the last decade alone have killed tens of thousands of people, including an earthquake in 2023 on the Turkey-Syria border that alone resulted in 50,000 deaths. Among the most difficult problems in seismology, the study of earthquakes, is not just dealing with the causes and effects of earthquakes ...

2025年1月3日 · Advances in robotics have arrived at a fast and furious pace. Yet, for all their remarkable capabilities, these machines remain fairy dumb. They are unable to understand all but a few human commands, they cannot adapt to conditions that fall outside their rigid programming, and they are unable to adjust to events on the fly. These challenges are prompting researchers to explore ways to build ...