acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

Careers


Featured Job
bg-corner

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme
From ACM Careers

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme

There's a placard in Anne Wojcicki's office enshrining the attitude that nearly ran her company, 23andme, aground.

How Bitcoins Are Mined in Moscow Kitchens
From ACM Careers

How Bitcoins Are Mined in Moscow Kitchens

Dmitry Gutov's Moscow kitchen is home to an automated mining operation. Not for gold and industrial metals like many of his country's exporters, but for bitcoin...

­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award
From ACM Careers

­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award

Stefan Savage, who's just won a five-year, $625,000 "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation, talks about how he became interested in cybersecurity, computer...

Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?
From ACM Careers

Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?

Among hundreds of genes that might nudge your risk of Alzheimer's up or down, Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has the strongest effect.

Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations
From ACM Careers

Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has partnered with developers in Zambia and Ethiopia to develop a software solution to address two recurring challenges...

­sing Cameras to See Around Corners
From ACM Careers

­sing Cameras to See Around Corners

Researchers at MIT have developed a system that uses information about light reflections to detect objects or people in a hidden scene and measure their speed and...

Forget About It
From ACM Careers

Forget About It

Inspired by human forgetfulness — how brains discard unnecessary data to make room for new information — scientists conducted a study that combined supercomputer...

The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books
From ACM Careers

The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books

Picture this. In 1917, the United States is just entering World War One. But to begin with, its military is small and its capacity for intelligence gathering is...

Novel Circuit Design Boosts Wearable Thermoelectric Generators
From ACM Careers

Novel Circuit Design Boosts Wearable Thermoelectric Generators

Researchers have demonstrated proof-of-concept wearable thermoelectric generators that can harvest energy from body heat to power simple wearable devices.

China's AI Awakening
From ACM Opinion

China's AI Awakening

On a tropical island that marks the southern tip of China, a computer program called Lengpudashi is playing one-on-one poker against a dozen people at once, and...

Nvidia Sets Sights on the Driverless Revolution with Drive Px Pegasus
From ACM Careers

Nvidia Sets Sights on the Driverless Revolution with Drive Px Pegasus

On Tuesday, Nvidia announced a new version of its automotive-grade compute platforms, Drive PX Pegasus.

Google, Facebook and Twitter scramble to Hold Washington at Bay
From ACM Careers

Google, Facebook and Twitter scramble to Hold Washington at Bay

Google summoned about 200 policy staff from around the world last month for a debate on whether the company's size has made it too attractive as a target for government...

How Computers Turned Gerrymandering Into a Science
From ACM News

How Computers Turned Gerrymandering Into a Science

About as many Democrats live in Wisconsin as Republicans do.

This Is How Much Google Is Spending on Cutting Edge AI Research
From ACM Careers

This Is How Much Google Is Spending on Cutting Edge AI Research

Google acquired the British artificial-intelligence startup DeepMind in 2014 for a reported £400 million (roughly $525 million), a company its cofounder Demis Hassabis ...

Study Sees Digital Divide Within the Global Classroom
From ACM Careers

Study Sees Digital Divide Within the Global Classroom

A new study describes the similarities and differences between college students in the United States and India on managing students' use of digital devices in the...

The Nsa Officially Has a Rogue Contractor Problem
From ACM Careers

The Nsa Officially Has a Rogue Contractor Problem

The NSA is one of the world's most notoriously secretive and powerful government agencies, guarding its powerful hacking tools and massive caches of collected data...

It Workers Can Demand Higher Pay, More Benefits in 2018
From ACM Careers

It Workers Can Demand Higher Pay, More Benefits in 2018

Knowledgeable tech workers are in the position of power and shouldn't be afraid to ask — to demand — robust pay and benefits packages.

Google Unit Launches Group to Explore Ethical Impacts of AI
From ACM Careers

Google Unit Launches Group to Explore Ethical Impacts of AI

An artificial intelligence research company owned by Google-parent Alphabet is launching a new division to examine the ethical impacts of AI.

Texas Tech Researcher explores Cardiac Waveforms For Cyber Authentication
From ACM Careers

Texas Tech Researcher explores Cardiac Waveforms For Cyber Authentication

Changzhi Li is looking to develop a method of continuous authentication that utilizes the waveform of the human heartbeat to ensure the security of sensitive information...

New Cars Increasingly Crammed with Distracting Technology
From ACM Careers

New Cars Increasingly Crammed with Distracting Technology

The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel...
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account