Assn for Computing MachineryAdvances in materials and science are pushing optical cooling out of the lab and closer to actual semiconductors and other electronic systems.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/jlBGAmA #CACM #TechNews
JSMuellerRoemer
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How NASA Built Artemis II’s Fault-Tolerant Computer
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"To take humans back to the Moon, NASA has engineered a "fail-silent" architecture that handles everything from cosmic-ray bit flips to total processor divergence."
https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/
8.4.2026
#Artemis #ArtemisII #BFS #Computer #Ethernet #FCM #MPCV #Netzwerk #Orion #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #VanAllenBelts
Time for some soul searching, people.
Are you a techno-optimist, a techno-pessimist, or a techno-realist?
Find out in this CACM opinion piece: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/techno-optimism-techno-pessimism-and-techno-realism/
"In the qubit revolution, sustainability needs to be a forethought, not an afterthought."
What are the opportunities and challenges of benchmarking carbon in the quantum computing life cycle? Find out here: https://cacm.acm.org/research/sustainable-quantum-computing/
#technews #quantumcomputing #sustainability #CACM
Alan SaidLooking forward to getting the January issues of #CACM and #Interactions in the mail. #UMAP2026 @abellogin @ACM @sigchi @sigweb
Check it out: a roundtable discussion between a computing researcher and three senior Google engineers on the pivotal role of academia and the impact of federal funding on innovation.
Available via #CACM's special issue on Federal Funding on Academic Research: https://cacm.acm.org/federal-funding-of-academic-research/from-university-research-to-global-impact/
Are outputs of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies, such as texts, images, and music, eligible for copyright protection? In a recent column for #CACM, author Pamela Samuelson reviews the evolving policy views of the U.S. Copyright Office that address the copyrightability of outputs question. Learn more here: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/ai-authorship-revisited/
Piotr NowakAccounting for the emotional state of the person who wrote that code
Secure analytics platform engineered to protect patients' medical records could find application in other privacy-sensitive settings