ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter – May 1-15, 2018
Chapter Activities
We had the chapter office bearers' meeting on 10 April, the Minutes of Meeting is available for your read.
Upcoming Events
Nothing planned in the immediate future due to summer break.
Headlines at a Glance
1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/450000-woman-missed-breast-cancer-screening-exams-in-uk-due-to-algorithm-failure 2. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/05/09/u-arkansas-network-upgrade-to-support-iot-and-more.aspx 3. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44068637 4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180510150231.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180510150231.htm) 5. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2018/05/computer_science_new_mexico_graduation_requirement.html 6. https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-google-street-view-patterns-cities.html
News in Detail
** 450,000 Women Missed Breast Cancer Screenings Due to “Algorithm Failure” spectrum.ieee.org | Robert M. Charette | 11 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Nearly half a million elderly women in the United Kingdom missed mammography exams because of a scheduling error caused by one incorrect computer algorithm ... Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/450000-woman-missed-breast-cancer-screening-exams-in-uk-due-to-algorithm-failure) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** U Arkansas Network Upgrade to Support IoT and More campustechnology.com | Joshua Bolkan | 09 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (http://ualr.edu/) is upgrading its network in an effort to better serve students and employees, streamline the network ... Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/05/09/u-arkansas-network-upgrade-to-support-iot-and-more.aspx) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** US commercial drones given green light bbc.com | 10 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Drones that monitor crops, control mosquito populations and deliver defibrillators are to be tested in US airspace. Ten commercial drone projects have been ... Full Article (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44068637) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Researchers hide information in plain text sciencedaily.com | Columbia University School of Engg and Applied Science | 10 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Computer scientists at Columbia Engineering have invented FontCode, a new way to embed hidden information in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing, or perturbing ... Full Article (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180510150231.htm) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** New Mexico To Count Computer Science as Graduation Requirement edweek.org | Sarah Schwartz | 07 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Beginning next school year, students in New Mexico will be able to count computer science courses toward math and science graduation requirements. With this new policy, which the Public Education Department announced late last month, New Mexico joins a growing group ... Full Article (http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2018/05/computer_science_new_mexico_graduation_requirement.html) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Using Google Street View to estimate travel patterns in cities TechXplore | University of Cambridge | 02 May, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ A study published today in PLOS ONE indicates that Google Street View has the potential to estimate how common cycling is in cities, and potentially other travel patterns too ... Full Article (https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-google-street-view-patterns-cities.html) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Chapter Home (https://chennai.hosting.acm.org/chennai-acm/)
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