Could combining quantum computing and machine learning with Moore’s law produce a true “rebooted computer”? This article posits that a three-technology hybrid-computing approach might yield sufficiently improved answers to a …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020068-abs.html

The maker revolution, in which 3D printers and other innovative technologies let us produce many types of prototypes and products quickly and easily, is profoundly affecting research and industry. …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/03/mco2018030062-abs.html

Assisted by centralized data collection and analytics, IoT-based mechanisms can substantially reduce food waste, improve transportation and distribution efficiency, and support quick removal of contaminated or spoiled products from the …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020076-abs.html

A summary of articles published in Computer 50 and 25 years ago. …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/03/mco2018030010-abs.html

The authors describe Lucy, a digital assistant that monitors eating behaviors to help users lose weight. Lucy’s design was informed by a study of clients in a nutrition clinic, as …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/03/mco2018030043-abs.html

Unless you want to be the next data-breach headline, develop and maintain an inventory of all the software, including open source packages, that your organization uses. …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020060-abs.html

The brave new world of blockchain potentially transforms the financial structures we have come to know and feel ambivalent about. What does a decentralized, secure system mean for our society? …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020054-abs.html

A broad, long-term research project is described, which will lead to the computer becoming an equal member of the system-development team, continuously making proactive contributions, akin to those expected from …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020014-abs.html

Software and systems engineering combine artifacts from diverse domains and tools. This article explores how incremental consistency checking is able to automatically and continuously detect inconsistencies among these artifacts. …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/02/mco2018020028-abs.html

Scalable and coherent shared memory has been a long-sought-after but elusive goal. In contrast to today’s popular distributed-computing models, the authors present a software-defined server architecture that is a scale-up …read more

Source: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2018/01/mco2018010040-abs.html