Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
September 2023
From BLOG@CACM
How Soon Will AI Start Firing Programmers?
Robots will likely revolutionize software engineering ranging from code reviews and bug fixing to automated refactoring, backlog prioritization, and employee appraisals.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (September 2 2023)
Physicists have a published a paper with 5154 authors. The list of authors takes 24 pages out of the 33 pages. The lesson is that if someone tell you that they have published an important paper, you should ask how many authors…
From Schneier on Security
Spyware Vendor Hacked
A Brazilian spyware app vendor was hacked by activists:
In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several security vulnerabilities that allowed them to compromise WebDetetive…From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
FY24 Planning and More: Takeaways from the UASG Administrative Meeting in Istanbul
By Anil Kumar Jain, UASG Chair To kick off FY24, the UASG administrative team recently met in Istanbul for an in-person planning meeting. This valuable face-to-face time gave us an opportunity to discuss a variety of matters,…