https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/computer-sciences-news/ en-us The latest news on computer science, computer science technology, computer science technologies and technology science. A Japan–U.S. collaborative research team has demonstrated the world's first integrated spintronic probabilistic bit, or p-bit, fabricated on a silicon chip using semiconductor manufacturing processes. The team, consisting of researchers from Tohoku University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, experimentally verified the operation of the p-bit, a key building block for probabilistic, or p-, computers. The achievement provides a pathway toward large-scale spintronic p-computers for applications such as AI and machine learning. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-world-spintronic-p-bit-silicon.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:40:03 EDT news699614503 Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that's what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-quantum-expose-digital-secrets.html Computer Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:40:01 EDT news699540232 New research by Brown University computer scientists may be a key step in bringing volumetric video—video that can be viewed from virtually any perspective in a 3D scene—to computers and smart televisions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-scientists-path-stream-3d-volumetric.html Computer Sciences Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00:01 EDT news699204074 New research from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, has significant implications for understanding both human language development and the behavior of large-scale artificial intelligence language models. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-childlike-ai-uncovers-language-generations.html Computer Sciences Wed, 27 May 2026 14:40:05 EDT news699111121 When people watch a scene in the film "Jurassic Park" where a giant dinosaur walks toward them, they naturally imagine a heavy, rumbling sound, as if the ground were shaking. This is because humans predict sound by considering not only the shape of an object, but also physical properties such as its size, weight, and speed of movement. However, existing video-to-audio generation AI mainly generates sound based on the category of objects or scene information in the video, and has not sufficiently reflected physical properties that vary depending on weight or speed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-physics-aware-ai-generates-realistic.html Computer Sciences Wed, 27 May 2026 09:40:03 EDT news699091982 In a study published in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, researchers from Kyushu University have found that "flaky tests," which are unstable software tests that seem to randomly pass or fail, do not stay confined to the projects they originate in and often spread across entire ecosystems. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-unstable-software-ripple-openstack-days.html Software Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:04 EDT news698921041 In a bustling restaurant kitchen, efficiency requires more than just machines that wash dishes or chop vegetables. It requires a conductor to ensure the appetizer, main course, and dessert are prepared in the right sequence, that the right chef gets the right order, and that the correct dish reaches the right table on time. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-github-workflows-software.html Software Mon, 25 May 2026 10:40:01 EDT news698924222 Omnidirectional cameras are widely popular as they capture a full 360-degree view. They are often utilized for surveillance, traffic analysis, and autonomous systems. But the same wide-angle vision also leads to a technical problem. Objects far from the camera often appear distorted and tiny, making it difficult for computer vision systems to accurately recognize them. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-yolo-framework-boosts-degree-small.html Computer Sciences Fri, 22 May 2026 14:00:04 EDT news698675941 Researchers at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Information Security have developed a new security standard to counter a novel form of cyberattack—one they had previously identified themselves. The attacks specifically target web protocols used, for example, to manage login processes. This affects, among others, industries that handle sensitive data—such as health care, insurance, and banking. Researchers from Stuttgart will present their defense mechanism at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP2026) held in San Francisco May 18–21. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-defense-mechanism.html Computer Sciences Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:03 EDT news698589482 A new framework allows AI models that have already been trained to learn new tasks without sacrificing performance when performing old tasks. The framework, called CHEEM, also improves an AI model's operating efficiency by using fewer computational steps to perform simpler tasks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-ai-ability-tasks-sacrificing.html Computer Sciences Tue, 19 May 2026 15:40:01 EDT news698423761 South Korean researchers have successfully developed a core technology that can fundamentally resolve "memory shortages," a chronic bottleneck in large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) training. This technology is a next-generation memory expansion technology based on Ethernet, which is expected to drive infrastructural innovation across the entire AI and big data industries in the future. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-memory-wall-large-scale-ai.html Computer Sciences Mon, 18 May 2026 17:40:05 EDT news698344381 Recent years have witnessed the unprecedented development of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things. These two technologies have significantly facilitated data collection from different sources for numerous tasks, such as reconstruction, classification, and prediction, for next-generation applications. However, the effective fusion and interpretation of these multi-source datasets remain challenging, making it a thriving area of research. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-deep-architecture-multi-source-fusion.html Computer Sciences Fri, 15 May 2026 13:57:02 EDT news698072159 Computer scientists at UC Riverside have identified troubling flaws in a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed to take over routine computer chores while users are away—sorting emails, organizing files, analyzing data, and handling other everyday digital tasks that might otherwise consume hours. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-ambition-ai-agents-tasks-digital.html Computer Sciences Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:19 EDT news697975201 New work explaining the inner workings of artificial intelligence could provide a way around the threat of AI "model collapse," potentially averting growing numbers of AI hallucinations in the future. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-real-world-ai-collapse-analysis.html Computer Sciences Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:01 EDT news697886395 Researchers from The University of Osaka, Kyushu University, and the University of Victoria have developed a new method called Majority Voting SZZ (MV-SZZ) that accurately identifies defect-inducing software commits. By combining detailed code tracking with a majority voting system, the approach reduces false positives and outperforms existing techniques. This improvement could help developers debug software more efficiently and build more reliable systems. The work is published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-majority-voting-method-smarter-software.html Software Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:07 EDT news697460281 Over the past few decades, computer scientists have developed increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can tackle some tasks exceedingly well. These include computer vision models, systems that can rapidly analyze images and categorize them, recognize objects and faces, or make other accurate predictions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-human-pipeline-vision.html Computer Sciences Fri, 08 May 2026 09:20:05 EDT news697448555 Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a more user-friendly and efficient method to help networking engineers identify potential system failures before they cause major problems, like a cloud service outage that leaves millions of users unable to access applications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-stress-method-cloud-algorithms-network.html Computer Sciences Wed, 06 May 2026 14:40:03 EDT news697296421 Artificial intelligence systems based on neural networks—such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek or Gemini—are extraordinarily powerful, yet their internal workings remain largely a "black box." To better understand how these systems produce their responses, a group of physicists at Harvard University has developed a simplified mathematical model of learning in neural networks that can be analyzed mathematically using the tools of statistical physics. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-simple-physics-ai.html Computer Sciences Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:01 EDT news697101141 Today, artificial intelligence can describe images, recognize objects, and explain complex relationships. The pace of development is remarkable: So-called vision-language models (VLMs) combine text and image understanding in impressive ways. Yet, of all things, they struggle with a seemingly simple task—counting. Researchers at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) at Hof University of Applied Sciences are now working to address this issue, with a paper posted to the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-ai.html Computer Sciences Mon, 04 May 2026 10:20:01 EDT news697106582 Paintings are often made up of thousands of tiny brushstrokes, each going in a certain direction, that are not easily observed by the viewer. A cross-disciplinary research team from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and Loughborough University in England has developed an image analysis method that helps to make the underlying brushstroke structure of paintings visible, giving new insight into how artists physically created their works. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-vision-iconic-artworks.html Computer Sciences Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:03 EDT news696858541 Research conducted by Dr. Sanaz Taheri Boshrooyeh, a Ph.D. graduate of Koç University, Computer Science and Engineering Program, together with Prof. Dr. Alptekin Küpçü and Prof. Dr. Öznur Özkasap, has led to the development of a new scalable method designed to protect user privacy on online platforms that rely on invitation-based registration. The system, called "Anonyma," prevents even system administrators from identifying who invited a particular user to join the platform, addressing a significant privacy concern in such systems. The research and analysis results were published in Journal of Network and Computer Applications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-method-privacy-online-platforms.html Computer Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:00:01 EDT news696779161 Artificial intelligence that cannot explain how it makes decisions—often called "black box" AI—could soon be replaced by more transparent systems, research suggests. A study by Loughborough University, published in Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, outlines a new mathematical blueprint for building AI that can reveal how it learns, remembers, and makes decisions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-black-ai-scientists-blueprint-transparent.html Computer Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:20:02 EDT news696772801 The new trend of "vibe coding" allows people to program software without writing a single line of code. Now, a new study by ETH Zurich published in the Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems has shown that users who want to develop apps and programs successfully with AI need not only a capacity for clear written expression, but also a basic knowledge of computer science. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-skills-people-successfully-ai.html Computer Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:20:04 EDT news696762426 In today's hospitals and clinics, a dermatologist may use an artificial intelligence model for classifying skin lesions to assess if the lesion is at risk of developing into a cancer or if it is benign. But if the model is biased toward certain skin tones, it could fail to identify a high-risk patient. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-whac-mole-dilemma-smarter-debias.html Computer Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:20:03 EDT news696758402 Representing the pathway of participants in a study is a key element in clinical and epidemiological research. Flow diagrams are the standard tool to do so, as they allow the different stages of the process to be clearly visualized, from initial selection to final analysis, following international guidelines such as CONSORT or STROBE. However, their creation is often laborious. It usually involves manually entering data or programming complex structures, which makes reproducibility more difficult and may increase the risk of errors. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-package-generation-flowcharts.html Software Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:40:03 EDT news696695642 Most contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems learn to complete tasks via machine learning and deep learning. Machine learning is a computational approach that allows models to uncover patterns in data that are useful for making predictions. Deep learning, on the other hand, is a subset of machine learning that entails the use of multi-layered neural networks, which can autonomously extract features and learn complex patterns from unstructured data, sometimes with little or no human supervision. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-brain-approach-ai-overconfidence.html Computer Sciences Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:02 EDT news696520698 Attempts to define human beauty using artificial intelligence may reveal more about bias in data than universal standards, according to a new analysis from the University of Virginia's School of Data Science. Using computer vision and statistical modeling, researchers evaluated whether facial features align with the "Golden Ratio," a mathematical formula often cited as an objective measure of attractiveness. Instead, the analysis found that demographic variation, not mathematical proportion, was the strongest factor shaping model outputs. This challenges long-standing assumptions that beauty can be quantified. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-ai-quantify-beauty.html Computer Sciences Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:00:04 EDT news696613981 Cyclists can feel safe at the very moment they are most at risk, according to new Monash research that could reshape how cities design shared streets. The study, published in Accident Analysis & Prevention, found that after a vehicle overtakes a cyclist, riders often experience a short "perceptual relief period" where they feel safer, even though the risk from vehicles behind them remains high. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-cyclists-safer-busy-streets.html Computer Sciences Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:40:08 EDT news696586982 Confidence is persuasive. In artificial intelligence systems, it is often misleading. Today's most capable reasoning models share a trait with the loudest voice in the room: They deliver every answer with the same unshakable certainty, whether they're right or guessing. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have now traced that overconfidence to a specific flaw in how these models are trained, and developed a method that fixes it without giving up any accuracy. The team's research is published on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-ai-im-cases-calibration-errors.html Computer Sciences Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:20:04 EDT news696092821 A coaching tool built into artificial intelligence (AI)-powered systems may raise user awareness of bias in AI algorithms and help individuals better prompt generative AI tools to produce more inclusive content, according to researchers at Penn State and Oregon State University. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-prompt-tool-user-awareness-bias.html Computer Sciences Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:02 EDT news695543535