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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Competing Agendas Roil Online Content Moderation Efforts
The EU and the U.S. diverge on how they handle online content moderation.
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Protecting Children's Privacy Online
Assuring youngsters they can use websites without giving away their personal information is not child's play.
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Data in the Wild Might be Key to Better Public Health
"Social determinants of health have really come to the forefront in terms of who has been most greatly impacted."
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U.S. AI Policy Still Effectively A Closed Box
Expect a tapestry of federal, state and local policies to take shape.
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Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Computing Community
Improving diversity is everybody’s job.
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Rethinking Public Broadband
U.S. infrastructure shortcomings re-ignite public/private debate over broadband.
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Driving Hate from The Internet: Noble or Futile?
Cracking down on those who post violent manifestos and other hateful content.
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Contention Over H-1B Visas is Hot Again
Should the U.S. admit more, or fewer, foreign technology workers?
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.S. Election System Security Still Vexing
There appears to be no standard approach among the state and local jurisdictions that will administer the next election.
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Exploring Cyber Resilience for Electricity
Challenges face the use of microgrids, but they hold the potential for increased grid security.
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Tribal Broadband
Some Native American nations are betting their futures on the construction of broadband networks.
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Higher Education Not Neutral on Net Neutrality
The nature of today's Internet may mean trouble for the very community that birthed it, if network neutrality rules change.
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Conference Organizers Say .s. Travel Ban Not A Disaster – Yet
Travel restrictions appear to have had minimal impact on conference attendance so far.
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Modeling Gun Violence as a Contagion
Using data to try to keep people from getting shot.
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Homeowners' Groups Fill .s. Last-Mile Broadband Gap
Private homeowners associations are sidestepping incumbents by contracting with alternative network providers.
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The Road to Regulating Self-Driving Cars Is Long, Winding
Real-world use of autonomous vehicles will depend on how they are evaluated, and whether federal regulators have the expertise to lead evaluation efforts.
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Preserving Digital Data
Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement...
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Chipping Away at Greenhouse Gases
Power-saving processor algorithms have the potential to create significant energy and cost savings.12