Saurabh Misra work spans machine learning, large-scale systems, and software performance, with a consistent focus on building faster, more efficient, and more sustainable technology.

But an internal research project is looking at ways to automate the translation of millions of lines of code per month into ...

The same, I must presume, applies to videogame names. Or at least, that's the gossamer-thin justification I concocted to take 12 game names, filter them through 25 layers of Google Translate, and turn ...

After asking for help on social media, Bernardo Quintero has managed to locate the creator of the software that, besides infecting the university’s computers in the 1990s, sparked his passion for cybe ...

Tools for translating natural language into code promise natural, open-ended interaction with databases, web APIs, and other software systems. However, this promise is complicated by the diversity and ...

Software built into the cameras on iPhones and Android phones makes quick work of decoding QR codes. How do you do that on a laptop or desktop computer? I have a friend who calls me occasionally to ...

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Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

When I heard about the “Live Translation” feature of Apple’s newly released AirPods, what came to mind was my first night out in Berlin more than 20 years ago. I was just out of college, an American ...

Learning to program taps into neural machinery you already use for logic. Brain scans show that after a beginner course, reading code lights up those problem solving regions. Even before any training, ...

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...