acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

How Big Tech's Money Influences Academic Research
From ACM Careers

How Big Tech's Money Influences Academic Research

Tech giants have dramatically ramped up charitable giving to university campuses over the past several years, giving them "soft power" that can slow down research...

ChatGPT Took Their Jobs. Now They Walk Dogs and Fix Air Conditioners
From ACM Careers

ChatGPT Took Their Jobs. Now They Walk Dogs and Fix Air Conditioners

Artificial intelligence chatbots are coming after high-paying jobs of writers of marketing and social media content.

College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle
From ACM TechNews

College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle

Higher education institutions are seeing rising enrollment in computer science at the same time interest in humanities is declining.

72-Year-Old Congressman Goes Back to School for Degree in AI
From ACM Careers

72-Year-Old Congressman Goes Back to School for Degree in AI

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) has been moonlighting as a student at George Mason University in pursuit of a master's degree in machine learning while balancing his duties...

They're Locked Up in D.C. — And Learning How to Code from MIT
From ACM Careers

They're Locked Up in D.C. — And Learning How to Code from MIT

A program called Brave Behind Bars brings computer science education taught by Ph.D. candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to inmates at the...

Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.
From ACM News

Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.

A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...

Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects
From ACM Careers

Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects

If Kaspersky, Huawei and ZTE are suspected of helping Russia and China spy on U.S. government computer systems, they shouldn't be allowed near sensitive academic...

Why Scientists Sometimes Make Extraordinary Claims
From ACM Opinion

Why Scientists Sometimes Make Extraordinary Claims

The interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua plunged into our solar system in 2017, leaving a trail of mystery in its wake.

Harvard's Top Astronomer Says an Alien Ship May Be Among ­s, and He Doesn't Care What His Colleagues Think
From ACM News

Harvard's Top Astronomer Says an Alien Ship May Be Among ­s, and He Doesn't Care What His Colleagues Think

Before he started the whole alien spaceship thing last year, the chairman of Harvard University's astronomy department was known for public lectures on modesty....

A New Study Finds Potentially Manipulative Ads in Apps for Preschoolers
From ACM Careers

A New Study Finds Potentially Manipulative Ads in Apps for Preschoolers

Apps marketed to children 5 and younger deploy potentially manipulating tactics to deliver ads to children, raising questions about the ethics of child software...

Charlotte and Austin Outrank San Francisco in Study of Best Places to Work in Tech
From ACM Careers

Charlotte and Austin Outrank San Francisco in Study of Best Places to Work in Tech

The best places to live and work for tech professionals aren't in San Francisco or even the West Coast, according to a new study which offers a snapshot of the...

Why Academics Cannot Be Reduced to Summary Statistics
From ACM Careers

Why Academics Cannot Be Reduced to Summary Statistics

The primary means by which universities measure research impact and teaching excellence rely heavily on flawed metrics. And they are particularly flawed if you...

The ­.S. Once Again Has the World's Fastest Supercomputer. Keep ­p the Hustle.
From ACM Opinion

The ­.S. Once Again Has the World's Fastest Supercomputer. Keep ­p the Hustle.

The United States has knocked China out of the No. 1 position in supercomputing.

Google to Drop Pentagon AI Contract After Employee Objections to the 'Business of War'
From ACM Careers

Google to Drop Pentagon AI Contract After Employee Objections to the 'Business of War'

Google will not seek to extend its contract next year with the Defense Department for artificial intelligence used to analyze drone video, squashing a controversial...

Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says. 
From ACM News

Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says. 

The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...

They Were Going to Be India's Gilded Generation.
From ACM Careers

They Were Going to Be India's Gilded Generation.

They were going to be India's gilded generation.

How to Build Your Own Moonshot Lab, According to Astro Teller
From ACM Opinion

How to Build Your Own Moonshot Lab, According to Astro Teller

From balloon-based Internet to self-driving cars, Astro Teller and his team have produced some of the world's most ambitious technology products.

How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade
From ACM Careers

How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade

We all know that the technology industry has a gender problem. But how do you move the needle from awareness to action? Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Girls Who...

Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is Trump Ready?
From ACM Opinion

Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is Trump Ready?

American manufacturing job losses to China and Mexico were a major theme of the presidential campaign, and President Trump has followed up on his promise to pressure...

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
From ACM Careers

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump

Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account