Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
CCC 2022 Conference
I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences—Arnold Schwarzenegger Computational Complexity Conference CCC is about to happen...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Being Different
In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them—John von Neumann. Harvey Friedman is a famous mathematical logician who spent most of his...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Hilbert’s Lost Problem
Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way—Pólya. David Hilbert famously presented 23 important open mathematical problems...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Take Wing
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data—Sherlock Holmes Jeannette Wing is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. She was recently...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Rafail Is No Secret
Never say anything in an electronic message that you wouldn’t want appearing, and attributed to you, in tomorrow morning’s front-page headline in the New York Times...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Differential Privacy
I’m low-key. I like my privacy—Kemba Walker. Avrim Blum, Irit Dinur, Cynthia Dwork, Frank McSherry, Kobbi Nissim, and Adam Smith, received the ACM 2021 Paris Kanellakis...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Peter’s Face
Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding—Bill Thurston. Peter Weinberger is a computer scientist who...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Sedgewick to Emeritus Status
Retire from your job, but never retire your mind. Bob Sedgewick is becoming an emeritus professor: When Faculty transfer to emeritus status and retain a professional...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Math Monthly
Just because we can’t find a solution, it doesn’t mean there isn’t one—Andrew Wiles. Della Dumbaugh is a professor of mathematics at the University of Richmond....
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Paradox
If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you’re playing by the rules—Paul Arden Dietrich Braess is a professor of mathematics at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Discussion About Proving—Again
Deja Vu All Over Again—Yogi Berra Rich DeMillo is one of my greatest friends, colleagues, and terrific co-authors. He is currently fighting an illness, and we wish...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Blogs that are Current
Just because we can’t find a solution, it doesn’t mean there isn’t one—Andrew Wiles. Harry Lewis is the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in Harvard’s...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The 2021 Turing Award
If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.—Alan Turing Jack Dongarra has just won the 2021 Turing Award. Congrats to him. Dongarra...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Waiting For Self-Deriving Cars
Once you trust a self-driving car with your life, you pretty much will trust Artificial Intelligence with anything—Dave Waters. ITProToday src Keith Kirkpatrick...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Meta Wishes
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. Neil...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
I Am Now A Cyberman
Cybermen: You will be upgraded. Cyberman: Upgrading is compulsory. Doctor Who page I am now carrying a full power CPU embedded in my chest. If I could use it directly...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
ACM: Celebrating 75 Years
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter—Jack Benny Jennifer Chases, Francine Berman, Susan Dumais, Deborah Estrin, James...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Simons Awards for 2022
To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful—James Welch Jin-Yi Cai is one of the 2022 winners of the Simons...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Inequalities on the Gridiron
Q: Why are Buffalo Bills unlike Dollar Bills? A: Dollar Bills are good for 4 quarters Reddit “outsmarting math” source Josh Allen is not appearing in today’s Super...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP