Communications of the ACM
DEPARTMENT: Departments
DEPARTMENT: Career paths in computing
DEPARTMENT: Letters to the editor
DEPARTMENT: BLOG@CACM
COLUMN: News
COLUMN: Legally speaking
COLUMN: Privacy
COLUMN: Education
COLUMN: Viewpoint
SECTION: India Region Special Section
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
SECTION: Practice
SECTION: Contributed articles
SECTION: Research highlights
COLUMN: Last byte
Accountability and Liability in Computing
The slow progress in cybersecurity is leading many to conclude the problem is not due to just a lack of technical solution but reflects a market failure, which disincentivizes those who may be able to fix serious security vulnerabilities …DEPARTMENT: Career paths in computing
The Many Shapes of a Computer Science Career
When you apply for a career in tech, it often means having to decide: Am I a product manager? A software engineer? A researcher? A designer? Most of us have a variety of skills that don't all neatly fall into one box.DEPARTMENT: Letters to the editor
The Blood Price of Unrestricted Privacy
Reinhard von Hanxleden ends his May 2022 Communications Viewpoint by pointing out the unthinking application of unconditional criteria to privacy "seems like a dead end in the long run." It has already proven to be a "dead end" …DEPARTMENT: BLOG@CACM
Up with Data Science, and the First Programmer
Orit Hazzan and Koby Mike suggest a more focused approach to teaching machine learning, while Herbert Bruderer considers the identity of the first programmer.COLUMN: News
Go Backward, Save Energy
Reversible computing principles point a way toward more efficient computers.Applying the Metaverse
Business, entertainment, and fashion companies already are staking their claims in this enhanced virtual world.The Impact of Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings have mixed effects on employee productivity, creativity, and relationships.COLUMN: Legally speaking
An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.COLUMN: Privacy
Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success
Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.COLUMN: Education
What Must All Post-Secondary Students Learn about Computing?
Expanding students' understanding of computing's potential.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Rethinking Silicon Valley: Stewart Brand's Lost Journal
Discovering a hidden chapter in computing history.Intelligent Futures in Task Assistance
Applying lessons learned developing and deploying task management software.SECTION: India Region Special Section
Welcome Back!
This second regional special section from India represents the diversity and excitement of the computational sciences in India through 15 articles, all co-written by authors from the Indian subcontinent.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
Computing and Assistive Technology Solutions for the Visually Impaired
While accessibility normally refers only to the modality for making information accessible, in the Indian context, it is tightly tied to affordability.Building the SHAKTI Microprocessor
The SHAKTI Processor Program started as an academic initiative in 2014 aimed to create open source, industrial-grade processors and build associated components of a more extensive ecosystem.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
Impactful Research and Tooling for Program Correctness
We have been developing two frameworks — VeriAbs and VeriFuzz — to solve the problems of formal methods to improve software quality, which often fail to scale to the size and complexity of software.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
Digital Interventions at Scale: Lessons from NPTEL and IIT Madras B.S. Degree Program
Online learning provides an effective approach to some of the systemic challenges related to higher education in India. Two key initiatives have demonstrated positive results.National Digital Library of India: Democratizing Education in India
The National Digital Library of India was conceptualized with an aim to bring equity of access to educational resources for every Indian through a single window access mechanism.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
Prutor: An Intelligent Learning and Management System for Programming Courses
The Prutor browser-based tutoring system offers an integrated development environment (IDE) with a text editor, linter, interactive access to a remote compiler, and a debugger.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
Bringing the Missing Women Back: CS Education for Women in India's Engineering Institutions
Several initiatives have come up to address gender gaps in the context of engineering education in India.Theory Research in India: 2019–2022
We explore some of the results of exciting new research in the field of algorithms in India.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
Toward Explainable Deep Learning
Explainability has become a cornerstone of responsible AI use and deployment.A Formal Approach to Identifying the Impact of Noise on Neural Networks
An overview of the state of the art and its limitations for analyzing the impacts of noise on artificial neural networks.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
Computing for Climate Resilience in Agriculture
A report on the Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA) program whose main objective is to make smallholder farmers resilient to climate variability through targeted interventions.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Hot Topics
Fake News in India: Scale, Diversity, Solution, and Opportunities
The massive proliferation of fake news in India has created a dire need to consider solutions explicitly catering to the region.SECTION: India Region Special Section: Big Trends
COVID-19 Modeling for India and a Roadmap for the Future
A look at models developed in India to forecast the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country.AI and Data Science Centers in Top Indian Academic Institutions
A ook at the activities of artificial intelligence and data science centers located at seven top Indian institutes.Cybersecurity in India
A look at some of the major research accomplishments resulting from the efforts of several academic institutes to secure cyberspace.SECTION: Practice
Research for Practice: Convergence
The return of a popular feature that shares the joy and utility of reading CS research between academics and their counterparts in industry.SECTION: Contributed articles
Intent-Based Networking for the Enterprise: A Modern Network Architecture
IBN promises to better align network operations with enterprise intent, but several challenges must be resolved before it can reach its full potential.Reliability at Multiple Stages in a Data Analysis Pipeline
Data-centric methods designed to increase end-to-end reliability of data-driven decision systems.SECTION: Research highlights
Technical Perspective: The Power of Low-Power GPS Receivers for Nanosats
The work explored in "Hummingbird," by Sujay Narayana et al., focuses on the energy consumption of a typical GPS receiver and its operational challenges in a nanosat setting.Hummingbird: An Energy-Efficient GPS Receiver for Small Satellites
In this work, we elucidate the design of a low-cost, low-power GPS receiver for small satellites.COLUMN: Last byte
