acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data
From ACM Careers

Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data

Forget zombies. The data crunchers are invading Hollywood.

How Facebook Designs the 'perfect Empty Vessel' For Your Mind
From ACM News

How Facebook Designs the 'perfect Empty Vessel' For Your Mind

One day in March, I was sitting across from Facebook's design director, Kate Aronowitz, at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park when she told me, "It takes a lot of work...

New Chief at Intel Aims to Expand Chip Making
From ACM Careers

New Chief at Intel Aims to Expand Chip Making

Brian M. Krzanich, who on Thursday was named Intel's next chief executive, knows he faces a hefty challenge when he takes over the world's biggest maker of semiconductors...

How One College Is Closing the Computer Science Gender Gap
From ACM Careers

How One College Is Closing the Computer Science Gender Gap

There are still relatively few women in tech. Maria Klawe wants to change that. As president of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering school in Southern...

Immigration Reform: Silicon Valley Hiring Practices Threatened
From ACM Careers

Immigration Reform: Silicon Valley Hiring Practices Threatened

As Congress tries to tackle the many sides of immigration reform, one of Silicon Valley's most contentious debates is getting renewed focus: Should high-tech companies...

Jony Ive, Ios 7, and What Apple Learned from Myspace
From ACM Careers

Jony Ive, Ios 7, and What Apple Learned from Myspace

While we don't know when iOS 7 will make its debut, here's what we do know: it will be the biggest reinvention of Apple's flagship OS in years—perhaps ever.

How Big Data Is Playing Recruiter for Specialized Workers
From ACM Careers

How Big Data Is Playing Recruiter for Specialized Workers

When the email came out of the blue last summer, offering a shot as a programmer at a San Francisco start-up, Jade Dominguez, 26, was living off credit card debt...

Congress Tries to Reset Science Grants, Wants Every One to Be 'groundbreaking'
From ACM Opinion

Congress Tries to Reset Science Grants, Wants Every One to Be 'groundbreaking'

Due to Congressional rules, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology had to choose new leadership this year.

The Company That's Buying ­p All the Key Pieces of the Online-News Ecosystem
From ACM Careers

The Company That's Buying ­p All the Key Pieces of the Online-News Ecosystem

In the past couple years, an ecology of sorts has come into being among online news sites.

How Pixar Made Monsters ­niversity, Its Latest Technological Marvel
From ACM Careers

How Pixar Made Monsters ­niversity, Its Latest Technological Marvel

Monsters University, the new animated film from Disney's Pixar division that debuts on June 21, will serve as light summer entertainment for most audiences. But...

Football's Top Teams Tap Into Burgeoning Data Bonanza
From ACM Careers

Football's Top Teams Tap Into Burgeoning Data Bonanza

Half-time football team talks used to be based around eating oranges. Now they can analyse real-time data and react to presentations.

Here's Why Bitcoin Is the Future of Money
From ACM Opinion

Here's Why Bitcoin Is the Future of Money

The interesting thing about Bitcoin isn't what it is today. What's interesting is that this experiment is turning into a serious proving ground for the idea of...

Online Ads Can Now Follow You Home
From ACM Careers

Online Ads Can Now Follow You Home

Advertisers already know what people are up to on their personal computers. But understanding their online whereabouts on smartphones or tablets has remained elusive...

How Ray Kurzweil Will Help Google Make the ­ltimate AI Brain
From ACM Opinion

How Ray Kurzweil Will Help Google Make the ­ltimate AI Brain

Google has always been an artificial intelligence company, so it really shouldn't have been a surprise that Ray Kurzweil, one of the leading scientists in the field...

Infer Promises More Sales Through Better Math
From ACM Careers

Infer Promises More Sales Through Better Math

It’s hard to take Vik Singh seriously as he talks about his mathematical formula to boost almost any company's sales.

15 More Tech Skills That Can Instantly Net You A $100,000+ Salary
From ACM CareerNews

15 More Tech Skills That Can Instantly Net You A $100,000+ Salary

Based on a salary survey conducted by Global Knowledge and Tech Republic, there are more than 15 technical certifications that are in high demand for jobs that...

In the Virtual Cockpit: What It Takes to Fly a Drone
From ACM Careers

In the Virtual Cockpit: What It Takes to Fly a Drone

Drone pilots escape the physical demands and dangers of a traditional cockpit. There's no g-force pinning them to their seats, no uncomfortable pressure suit to...

Big Tech Is Struggling With Old Age
From ACM Careers

Big Tech Is Struggling With Old Age

At its heart, the tech industry is about the new.

It's Getting Harder to Make Money on Youtube
From ACM Careers

It's Getting Harder to Make Money on Youtube

Despite success stories about YouTube sensations such as Jenna Marbles, the vast majority of the site's users probably don’t think of it as a place to earn money...

A Digital Eye to Watch Soccer's Trouble Spots
From ACM News

A Digital Eye to Watch Soccer's Trouble Spots

The organization at the heart of international soccer’s technological advancement is located in a generic two-story building just off the A4 highway here, a few...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account