Communications of the ACM
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August 2012
From Communications of the ACM
Inside the Hermit Kingdom: IT and Outsourcing in North Korea
North Korea has a sizeable IT sector. Some 10,000 professionals work in the field, and many more have IT degrees. They are already engaged in outsourcing contracts for other countries, and are keen to expand further.
From Communications of the ACM
Will Massive Open Online Courses Change How We Teach?
Sharing recent experiences with the massive open artificial intelligence course developed and conducted by Stanford faculty Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig.
From Communications of the ACM
A System Is Not a Product
Stopping to smell the code before wasting time reentering configuration data.