ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter – December 16-31, 2018
Chapter Activities, Upcoming Events, Tech News
Chapter Activities
Reelection of Chapter Office Bearers is being planned.
Upcoming Events
~ Middle of January: nominations and election for new office bearers for the chapter.
Headlines at a Glance
1. When Good Engineers Write Bad Software 2. The biggest technology failures of 2018 3. Twisting light to enable high-capacity data transmission 4. Experts Debate Merits of AI in Education 5. Best of Last Year—The top Tech Xplore articles of 2018
News in Detail
** When Good Engineers Write Bad Software spectrum.ieee.org | Stephen Cass | 27 December, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Our lives are plagued by software failures. Usually it happens on a personal scale, but sometimes the impact can be international in scope, as when an ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** The biggest technology failures of 2018 MIT Tech Review | Antonio Regalado | 27 December, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ From gene-edited babies to guaranteed-fatal brain uploads, it was a bumper year for technology misfires and misuses ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Twisting light to enable high-capacity data transmission ScienceDaily.com | The Optical Society | 21 December, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ For the first time, researchers have used tiny gears made of germanium to generate a vortex of twisted light that turns around its axis of travel much like a corkscrew ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Experts Debate Merits of AI in Education campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffhauser | 20 December, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Will artificial intelligence make most people better off over the next decade, or will it redefine what free will means or what a human being is? Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Best of Last Year—The top Tech Xplore articles of 2018 TechXplore.com | Bob Yirka | 24 December, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ It was a great year for technological innovation as a team at MIT announced that they had flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of turbines, propellers or even fans ... Full Article
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