acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps
From ACM Careers

Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps

Samsung Electronics and Intel are banking that a little bit of cash will jump-start interest in Tizen, their upstart operating system.

Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem
From ACM Careers

Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem

With the help of computer analysis, a team of Wheaton scholars has uncovered a 1,200-year-old secret about an Old English poem.

The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things
From ACM Careers

The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things

Software developer is generally considered a pretty good job, and with good reason.

Evolution Makes the Grade
From ACM Careers

Evolution Makes the Grade

Five US states have adopted science education standards that recommend introducing two highly charged topics—climate-change science and evolution—into classrooms...

High Potential
From ACM Careers

High Potential

In 2006, when Tomás Palacios completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he was torn between taking...

The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech
From ACM Careers

The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech

This isn't your childhood librar

Spark: Open Source Superstar Rewrites Future of Big Data
From ACM News

Spark: Open Source Superstar Rewrites Future of Big Data

Ram Sriharsha works in the engine room powering one of Silicon Valley's most influential companies. He’s an engineer at Yahoo.

Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes
From ACM News

Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes

A system which uses giant holograms to help medical students master their subject has been pioneered by two London-based junior doctors.

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
From ACM Careers

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet

In his young career, Jeffrey Hammerbacher has been a scout on the frontiers of the data economy.

From ACM Careers

New Masters of the Universe? Banks See Future in It Hires

The investment banking industry is heading into a digital revolution that could redraw not only its business model but also the traditional image of its staff.

Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes
From ACM CareerNews

Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes

Executives from leading technology firms want to require all Massachusetts public schools to teach computer science. The plan would compel classes as early as the...

Inside Pocket: How a Startup Beat Its Rivals to Build the 'DVR for Everything'
From ACM Careers

Inside Pocket: How a Startup Beat Its Rivals to Build the 'DVR for Everything'

The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View for the most important meeting of his life.

Tedglobal: Cloud Schools Offer New Education
From ACM TechNews

Tedglobal: Cloud Schools Offer New Education

Children in developing countries could educate themselves in "cloud schools" equipped with computers and online moderators but no physical teachers, Newcastle University...

Stanford Online Coursework to Be Available on New Open Source Platform
From ACM TechNews

Stanford Online Coursework to Be Available on New Open Source Platform

Stanford University recently announced that online coursework will be available starting this summer on a new open source platform called OpenEdX, one of several...

Advanced Placement Adds New Computer-Science Test
From ACM TechNews

Advanced Placement Adds New Computer-Science Test

High school students will have another opportunity to earn college credit in computer science. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program plans to add a second...

Tech, Education Leaders Talk STEM Challenges
From ACM TechNews

Tech, Education Leaders Talk STEM Challenges

Although education and technology leaders support the Obama administration's efforts to open the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to more...

Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps
From ACM News

Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps

MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

From ACM Careers

Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools

With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.

Spies Like ­s: How We All Helped Build Prism
From ACM Careers

Spies Like ­s: How We All Helped Build Prism

It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.

High-Tech Cheaters Pose Test
From ACM Careers

High-Tech Cheaters Pose Test

As computer-based testing becomes more common across the country, cheaters and those trying to prevent it are going high-tech.
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account