Communications of the ACM
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July 2017
From ACM Opinion
A Reality Check For Ibm's AI Ambitions
Paul Tang was with his wife in the hospital just after her knee replacement surgery, a procedure performed on about 700,000 people in the U.S. every year.
From Communications of the ACM
Unknowns of the Gig-Economy
Seeking multidisciplinary research into the rapidly evolving gig-economy.
From Communications of the ACM
The Beginner's Creed
We all need to learn to be expert beginners.
From Communications of the ACM
The Informal Guide to ACM Fellow Nominations
Recommendations for a successful nomination process.
From Communications of the ACM
Cryptovirology: The Birth, Neglect, and Explosion of Ransomware
Recent attacks exploiting a known vulnerability continue a downward spiral of ransomware-related incidents.