Communications of the ACM
Thank You . . .
After almost 17 years, I am retiring and stepping down as ACM CEO. Serving as CEO has been the highlight of my career and a privilege.A Celebration of Accomplishments
It is that time of year when ACM once again celebrates the accomplishments of an impressive array of contributors to our field, profession, and to ACM.DEPARTMENT: Letters to the Editor
To Learn CS Principles, Start in the Cafeteria Line
Many computer science textbooks explore the concept of a last-in first-out stack by comparing it to the stack of plates in the cafeteria. Yet the plate-stack analogy is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to computer …DEPARTMENT: BLOG@CACM
Bringing Evidence-Based Education to CS
Mark Guzdial says computer science teachers should use more evidence, less intuition.COLUMN: News
Plenty of Proteins
The growth of structural biology brings new challenges for the world's protein data archive.Between the Lines
Smartphone apps are driving changes in the way people park. Sensors, crowdsourcing, and big data are making it easier to find open parking spots.Estonia: A Model For E-Government
Over the next decade, the population of Estonia is expected to soar more than 600% as the country becomes the first in the world to open its borders to an influx of e-residents.Klaus Tschira: 1940-2015
Klaus Tschira, the entrepreneur, software pioneer, and patron and supporter of scientific research who died unexpectedly on March 31st, 2015, made numerous lasting contributions to the scientific community.Forging Relationships
Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.COLUMN: Inside risks
Routing Money, Not Packets
Revisiting network neutrality.COLUMN: The profession of IT
Emergent Innovation
Fernando Flores, president of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness, discusses a new common sense about innovation.COLUMN: Kode vicious
Lazarus Code
No one expects the Spanish Acquisition.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Forgetting Made (Too) Easy
Considering the implications of digital data removal implementations.Created Computed Universe
Computing crosses cosmology and makes the case for agnosticism.COLUMN: Interview
An Interview with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith
Recently appointed U.S. CTO Megan Smith discusses her evolving governmental role.SECTION: Practice
The Science of Managing Data Science
Lessons learned managing a data science research team.Reliable Cron Across the Planet
. . . or: How I stopped worrying and learned to love time.SECTION: Contributed articles
Evaluation Without Ground Truth in Social Media Research
Even without it, some ingenious methods can be developed to help verify users' social media behavioral patterns.Colored Petri Nets: A Graphical Language For Formal Modeling and Validation of Concurrent Systems
Formal executable models enable systematic evaluation of system designs prior to implementation and deployment.Turing Lecture: The Computer Science of Concurrency: The Early Years
Leslie Lamport is the recipient of the 2013 ACM A.M. Turing Award.SECTION: Review articles
Future Internets Escape the Simulator
Future Internet testbeds permit experiments not possible in today's public Net or commercial cloud services.SECTION: Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Virtual Reality in Your Living Room
The authors of IllumiRoom investigate what AR/VR could look like in a truly social environment — the living room.Illumiroom: Immersive Experiences Beyond the TV Screen
IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system that surrounds a television with projected light, bringing video games, and film experiences out of the TV screen and into the real world.COLUMN: Last byte
