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Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Pioneer, Wins Turing Award

By Ben Brubaker
March 22, 2023
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The American researcher was recognized for his central role in inventing, standardizing and commercializing the ubiquitous networking technology.

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artificial intelligence

New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

By Allison Whitten
November 10, 2022
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An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.

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The Computer Scientist Who’s Boosting Privacy on the Internet

By Steve Nadis
October 18, 2022
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Harry Halpin wants our internet conversations to be more private. He’s helped create a new kind of network that might make it possible.

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The Computer Scientist Who Parlays Failures Into Breakthroughs

By Mordechai Rorvig
June 13, 2022
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Daniel Spielman solves important problems by thinking hard — about other questions.

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How to Write Software With Mathematical Perfection

By Sheon Han
May 17, 2022
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Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other. Now he’s working on how engineers talk to their machines.

neural networks

AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware

By Allison Whitten
February 17, 2022
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Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.

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To Boldly Go Where No Internet Protocol Has Gone Before

By Susan D'Agostino
October 21, 2020
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Vinton Cerf helped create the internet 40 years ago, and he’s still working to connect people around the world — and off it.

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Abstractions blog

How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice

By Stephen Ornes
July 8, 2020
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Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines.

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The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories

By Susan D'Agostino
April 16, 2020
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For pioneering computer scientist Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautiful expression.


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