Communications of the ACM
On Lethal Autonomous Weapons
I suspect many computer scientists, like me, like to believe that, on the whole, computing benefits humanity. Thus, it is disturbing to realize computing is also making a major contribution to military technology.Advancing the ACM Agenda
Volunteers provide ACM with the intellectual and operational muscle power it needs to carry out myriad activities in support of computer science professionals and practitioners around the world.DEPARTMENT: Letters to the Editor
What About Statistical Relational Learning?
While Stuart Russell's review article "Unifying Logic and Probability" (July 2015) provided an excellent summary of a number of attempts to unify these two representations, it also gave an incomplete picture of the state of the …DEPARTMENT: BLOG@CACM
What Do We Do When the Jobs Are Gone, and Why We Must Embrace Active Learning
Moshe Y. Vardi ponders the outlook for people when all work is automated, while Mark Guzdial emphasizes the importance of Active Learning in teaching computer science.COLUMN: News
When Data Is Not Enough
Reproducibility of code is increasingly crucial to verifying scientific claims.The Hyper-Intelligent Bandage
Scientists are developing smart, sensor-packed dressings to help heal chronic wounds.Technology Brings Online Education in Line with Campus Programs
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.COLUMN: Historical reflections
The Digital Dark Age
. . . and why it will have to wait.COLUMN: The profession of IT
Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.COLUMN: Computing ethics
Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
Critical reflection on value choices.COLUMN: Kode vicious
Pickled Patches
On repositories of patches and tension between security professionals and in-house developers.COLUMN: Broadening participation
Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing
Lessons learned from a decade of practice.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers
Experiences with a successful school program in Scotland.I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.COLUMN: Point/Counterpoint
The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Point
Ban the bots? Considering both sides of the argument for and against.The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Counterpoint
Let me unequivocally state: The status quo with respect to innocent civilian casualties is utterly and wholly unacceptable.SECTION: Practice
How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions
Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.Challenges of Memory Management on Modern N-UMA Systems
Optimizing NUMA systems applications with Carrefour.SECTION: Contributed articles
Personalizing Maps
Digital maps can be engineered to adapt to a person's unique interests and experience in geographic space.Propositions as Types
Connecting mathematical logic and computation, it ensures that some aspects of programming are absolute.Smart Data Pricing: Using Economics to Manage Network Congestion
Economic incentives that alleviate congestion for Internet customers can also improve business performance for network operators.SECTION: Review articles
Internet Use and Psychological Well-Being: Effects of Activity and Audience
The connection between online communication and psychological well-being depends on whom you are communicating with.SECTION: Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Paris Beyond Frommer's
Can a computer automatically discover and tell us what makes Paris look so much like Paris? "What Makes Paris Look Like Paris?" offers a creative, inspiring new approach to discovering the visual style of a city like Paris.What Makes Paris Look Like Paris?
Given a large repository of geo-tagged imagery, we seek to automatically find visual elements, for example windows, balconies, and street signs, that are most distinctive for a certain geo-spatial area, for example the city of …Technical Perspective: In-Situ Database Management
"NoDB: Efficient Query Execution on Raw Data Files" investigates extending a DBMS so it can use the file data in situ, without having to load it first.NoDB: Efficient Query Execution on Raw Data Files
We here present the design and roadmap of a new paradigm in database systems, called NoDB, which do not require data loading while still maintaining the whole feature set of a modern database system.COLUMN: Last byte
