Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Shining a Light on the Dark Web
How the Dark Web continues to operate, and why law enforcement will not shut it down anytime soon.
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A Nested Inventory for Software Security, Supply Chain Risk Management
The growing importance of the Software Bill of Materials
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Women in Computer Science Are Making Strides
Computer science is still not a level playing field for those women who majored in it and choose to pursue it as a career.
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Neurotechnology and the Law
How closely should implants be regulated?
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First, There Were Bug Bounties. Now, Here Come the Bias Bounties
Offering rewards for the identification of bias in algorithms.
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Converting Laws to Programs
In highly regulated industries, it is critical that laws are translated precisely into code that reflects their intent.
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Filtering for Beauty
Social media "influencers" use augmented reality filtering apps to appear more beautiful, together, and cool. Results may vary.
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A Battery-Free Internet of Things
The Internet of Things can thrive without hardwired or consumable power sources.
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Hiring from the Autism Spectrum
Companies increasingly are looking to hire people who are on the autism spectrum to fill IT roles.
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How Universities Deploy Student Data
Personalizing efforts to drive greater student retention and success.
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Bug Bounties: Big Business
Companies are learning that bug bounty programs are just one aspect of good security protocols.
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The CS Teacher Shortage
How can we fill more computer science classrooms when there just aren't enough teachers to go around?
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Exoskeletons Today
Wearable mobile machines integrate people and machines to assist the movement-impaired, and amplify the capabilities of industrial and defense workers while protecting...
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Eyes in the Skies
Privacy concerns arise around the New York Police Department's drone program.
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Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
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The State of Fakery
How digital media could be authenticated, from computational, legal, and ethical points of view.
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Overcoming Disabilities
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
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Will Quantum Computers Surpass Encryption?
The fundamentally different paradigm of quantum computation will require fundamentally different security.
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Combating Cancer With Data
Supercomputers will sift massive amounts of data in search of therapies that work.12