Computer Science

The extremely wide field of view comes from a specially designed spherical lens. I Photo courtesy of Donald Dansereau and Gordon Wetzstein

Jul 24, 2017

A new kind of camera could improve robot vision and virtual reality

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #27

Researchers have found clues about obesity by counting steps via smartphones. | Illustration/Stefani Billings

Jul 10, 2017

By counting steps, researchers discover ‘activity inequality’

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society Issue #26

Who will control the swarm? | iStock/Chesky_W

Jun 19, 2017

Who will control the swarm?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Transportation & Robotics Issue #25

A simple “if this, then that” concept could help identify genes that work together in cancer cells. | Illustration/Stefani Billings

Jun 6, 2017

A new technique pinpoints the ‘partners in crime’ of cancer genes

Health Issue #24

Many factors could drive racial disparities in respectful speech," say the researchers. | iStock/aijohn784

Jun 5, 2017

A study finds racial disparities in police officers’ use of language

Technology & Society Issue #24

Natural language processing is a key part of the artificial intelligence revolution. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

May 22, 2017

Chris Manning: How computers are learning to understand language

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #23

The co-existence between humans and robots has begun. | iStock/Tokichiro

May 15, 2017

Oussama Khatib: “Bringing a new revolution in robotics”

Transportation & Robotics Issue #24

How do we responsibly prepare for artificial intelligence and smart machines? | Illustration by Farrah Yoo

May 15, 2017

Fei-Fei Li and Chris Gerdes: The future of artificial intelligence and self-driving cars

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics Issue #22

A new way to verify the accuracy of computerized neural networks treats their structures like the branches of a tree. | iStock/trekandshoot

Apr 25, 2017

Finally, a peek inside the ‘black box’ of machine learning systems

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #21

Simulating how transporter proteins move molecules into cells will help us improve drug delivery. | istock/NNehring with Stefani Billings

Apr 18, 2017

How transporter proteins open and shut doors in cells

Health

Artificial intelligence now powers just a small fraction of the online interactions that will soon be possible. | Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Mar 14, 2017

Why AI could be as transformational as electricity

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

Six expert views on different aspects of the data security conundrum. | iStock/mattjeacock

Mar 2, 2017

How can we keep data safe, secure and private in our wired world?

Computation & Data, Security

"We wanted to understand why trolling is so prevalent today," said Justin Cheng, a computer science researcher at Stanford. | Stocksy/Mosuno

Feb 9, 2017

Under the right circumstances, anyone can become an Internet troll

Computation & Data, Security Issue #17

Joining a social network boosted the physical activity of people who had already shown a commitment to exercise. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Jan 31, 2017

Can joining a social network prompt us to do more exercise?

Health, Technology & Society Issue #16

A dermatologist using a dermatoscope, a type of handheld microscope, to look at skin. | Image by Matt Young

Jan 25, 2017

How researchers trained an algorithm to diagnose skin cancer

Health Issue #18

Stocksy/Blai Baules

Dec 1, 2016

Balancing design and technology to tackle grand global challenges

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 17, 2016

Crowds, computation, and the creation of a globally-networked mind

Technology & Society

Stocksy/Catherine MacBride

Nov 17, 2016

How understanding probability helps us make better decisions

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #11

Could a technology that hitch hikes off radio signals one day control the tiny devices that will comprise the Internet of Things? | iStock/a-image

Nov 16, 2016

How a new mini WiFi device could link the Internet of Things

Electronics & Networking Issue #11

“You should kind of go into the internet assuming everything you go to someone might learn about someday.” | Stocksy/Alita Ong

Oct 20, 2016

You are less anonymous on the web than you think — much less.

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society Issue #12

Can today's speech recognition software outperform a generation that grew up texting? | iStock/tamergunal

Aug 25, 2016

Smartphone speech recognition is faster and more accurate than typing

Computation & Data Issue #4

Advances in computer science make it possible to map poverty by gleaning new insights from existing satellite images. | Photo courtesy of NASA

Aug 19, 2016

Machine learning uses satellite data to zero in on poverty pockets

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

As more people text rather than call crisis hotlines, data science can help discover the best counseling strategies. | Photo by TommL/Getty Image

Aug 10, 2016

How computer science can help crisis hotlines work more effectively

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #5

Computers must be able to interpret information, not just access it. | REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Jul 27, 2016

How do we get computers to understand human language?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #6