Collaborating to improve efficiency of the cloud in the increasingly connected world of big data
Posted by George Thomas Jr. The cloud is getting crowded. As more and more devices connect to the Internet and more and more data flows to and from the cloud, the networking fabric once deemed sufficient to handle such traffic…
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Code Hunt: creating a community with a game
Launched a year ago, Code Hunt is a coding game that challenges players first to deduce a hidden problem from clues presented as unit tests and then to write a program to solve it. The game has been enormously successful,…
In the news | Nature Chemistry
‘Quantum Reform’, Interview with Leonie Mueck
Quantum computers potentially offer a faster way to calculate chemical properties, but the exact implications of this speed-up have only become clear over the last year.
Jeannette Wing received the Association for Computing Machinery's Distinguished Service Award for helping the computing community articulate the promise of computation to broad audiences. She positioned the field to communicate the core concepts of computing in elegant and easily understood…
From the boardroom to the operating room: Making human-computer interaction for an era of more personal computing
Posted by Allison Linn A summary of Microsoft researchers' papers from CHI 2015 are listed below. About 70 Microsoft researchers are traveling this week to ACM CHI 2015, the premiere conference on human-computer interaction, to present research results and tools…
Awards | ACM
Rick Rashid receives ACM Software System Award
Rick Rashid and Avie Tevanian received the Association for Computing Machinery Software System Award for the design and engineering of the Mach operating system, whose innovative approaches to virtual memory management and microkernel architecture established a foundation for later operating…
Microsoft Azure helps build a smart campus
As any student can tell you, university life can be stressful. Many freshmen find it difficult to adjust during their first months on campus. In addition, students who come from families with limited income may worry about living within their…
Lab of Things helping seniors who live alone
Leaving an infirm, elderly relative alone at home can be a torment for both the senior citizen, who may face inconvenient or even life-threatening situations, and the family, who worries about the health and safety of their loved one. Unfortunately,…