Science
This Quantum Discovery Expands Our Concept of Time
A recent quantum discovery expands our concept of time, proving that "before" and "after" can happen...
Security
Battlecode: Banking on Bot Brilliance?
Battlecode is an MIT competition which pits teams against each other to develop robust AI for...
Pioneers
Hidden Figures: The Unsung Heroes Behind NASA’s Breakthroughs
"Hidden Figures" tells the true story of African American women whose mathematics, engineering and computer work...
Pioneers
Alan Turing: Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Folly
At the height of World War II, mathematician Alan Turing decrypted top-secret German military messages. Earlier...
Pioneers
Mathematics and Statistics Shape the Work of Northrop Grumman's Anil Deane
Anil Deane recognizes the importance of mathematics and statistics in his work as a Northrop Grumman...
Pioneers
Women in STEM: Innovative Companies are Pushing for More Female Engineers
Women in STEM are underrepresented, but many companies are striving to become more inclusive.
Pioneers
Remembering Computer Science Pioneer Frances Allen
Frances Allen was the first woman to win the Turing Award, a prestigious award that is...
Engineering
Microchips and Moon Landings: Technology From the 1960s
Technology from the 1960s includes one of the world's greatest scientific discoveries: the microchip.
Futuristic Technologies
Microelectronics — Where Small Is Mighty
The first computers in the 1940s and 1950s were often described as "giant electronic brains." But...
Security
Cyberwar: The Most Stealthy Weapon Is Information
Cyberwar accelerated over the last decade with stolen secrets, data breaches and even physical destruction of...
Security
How ‘Dunkirk’ Started the Digital Transformation of Warfare
Yesterday, today and tomorrow, time counts. From the opening scene of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster movie 'Dunkirk'...
Frontiers
Image Processing Gets a Boost with Sensor Tech and AI
Combining EO/IR sensors with radar, LiDAR and cameras is the best approach to image processing and...
Security
C4ISR: An Ugly Acronym for a Key to Global Security
Perhaps it was someone's dark sense of humor, but whoever created the acronym 'C4ISR' surely did...
Tech
The Turing Test Aims to Understand Advancing Computers
The Turing Test challenges computer scientists to create a program with a conversational ability that a...