acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

Medical Robotics Experts Advance Nasa 'satellite Surgery' Project
From ACM Careers

Medical Robotics Experts Advance Nasa 'satellite Surgery' Project

Johns Hopkins University engineers are applying their expertise with medical robotics to show NASA how to fix valuable satellites that are breaking down or running...

Study Suggests Flexible Workplaces Promote Better Health Behavior and Well-Being
From ACM Careers

Study Suggests Flexible Workplaces Promote Better Health Behavior and Well-Being

A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management...

Facebook Auditions Kid Hackers with All-Night Codefest
From ACM Careers

Facebook Auditions Kid Hackers with All-Night Codefest

"Yes! We have elegance!" says a student from the University of Waterloo. Then he pauses, and his shoulders slump.

From ACM Careers

Retailers Are Losing the Software Talent Wars

For a decade, Target outsourced its website operations to Amazon.com. The Minneapolis retail giant began preparing two years ago to take control of the site when...

STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations
From ACM TechNews

STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations

A new report from Georgetown University defines why science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy is important both inside and outside STEM fields,...

IT's Most Wanted: Mainframe Programmers
From ACM TechNews

IT's Most Wanted: Mainframe Programmers

Although mainframes remain a key component of enterprises, many mainframe personnel are getting ready to retire and there are not enough students interested in...

Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site
From ACM Careers

Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site

Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.

The Search For Analysts to Make Sense of 'big Data'
From ACM News

The Search For Analysts to Make Sense of 'big Data'

Businesses keep vast troves of data about things like online shopping behavior, or millions of changes in weather patterns, or trillions of financial transactions—information...

The Search For Analysts To Make Sense Of 'big Data'
From ACM Careers

The Search For Analysts To Make Sense Of 'big Data'

Businesses keep vast troves of data about things like online shopping,  weather patterns, or financial transactions. Companies hoping to make use of the big data...

Science Pubs Create Lively Intellectual Exchange
From ACM Careers

Science Pubs Create Lively Intellectual Exchange

Science Pubs are a new forum for freewheeling exchange between people who love science and researchers of all stripes. Organizers say the discussions reveal a broad...

Digital Downtime
From ACM Careers

Digital Downtime

During the holidays, you might look forward to the time away from work — unless you feel a nagging need to check emails and voice mails. You wouldn't be alone....

Why Free Software Is Not a Job Killer
From ACM Careers

Why Free Software Is Not a Job Killer

Computerworld UK author John Spencer laments that free and open source software's (FLOSS) cost benefits have been taken to heart, so much so that there are hardly...

Does Free Software Cost Jobs?
From ACM Careers

Does Free Software Cost Jobs?

Open Source companies' mantra to education is 'reduce overheads, reduce support, save money, do more for less.' Trouble is this approach has not created a single...

Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization
From ACM Careers

Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization

Can you visualize data? That’s the question raised by the Data Visualization Student Challenge, a U.S. Department of Transportation competition that invited college...

Zynga's Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain
From ACM Careers

Zynga's Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain

Zynga's chief executive, Mark Pincus, got an earful from employees last month.

Reverse Mentoring Cracks Workplace
From ACM Careers

Reverse Mentoring Cracks Workplace

In an effort to school senior executives in technology, social media and the latest workplace trends, many businesses are pairing upper management with younger...

How to Retain Your Startup Workforce
From ACM CareerNews

How to Retain Your Startup Workforce

Startups need to provide a unique and exciting atmosphere to retain top talent. Startup workers want to be a part of a team that shapes a company through its development...

Using Linkedin to Track Down Your Dream Job
From ACM CareerNews

Using Linkedin to Track Down Your Dream Job

Your LinkedIn profile can showcase your skills and help the right people and opportunities find their way to you. Members with at least one past position on their...

Cloud Centers Bring High-Tech Flash but Not Many Jobs to Beaten-Down Towns
From ACM Careers

Cloud Centers Bring High-Tech Flash but Not Many Jobs to Beaten-Down Towns

Here in this once-thriving town of furniture makers and textile mills, where Main Street businesses have vanished, nearby fast-food joints have closed and unemployment...

Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders, Search and Monitor Hazardous Environs
From ACM Careers

Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders, Search and Monitor Hazardous Environs

Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects equipped with cameras, microphones, and other sensors to...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account