Communications of the ACM
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February 2021
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Devavrat Shah on Curbing Online Misinformation
MIT Professor Devavrat Shah shares his thoughts on human content moderation, recommendation algorithms, and diluting the spread of misinformation online.
From ACM Opinion
The Worldwide Web As We Know It May Be Ending
A combination of rising nationalism, trade disputes, and concerns about the market dominance of certain global tech companies has prompted threats of regulatory crackdowns all over the world.
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Why Was SolarWinds So Vulnerable to a Hack?
The federal government should set minimum security standards for software and software development.
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I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age
The Internet rewired our brains. Michael Goldhaber predicted it would.
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America Must Renew Its Commitment to Scientific Inquiry
If America is to retain its status as the world's innovation leader, the multi-decade decline in the federal government's commitment to scientific research must be reversed.
From ACM Careers
Learning Robotics Is Becoming Fundamental for Youth
Given the inevitability of robots in our future, we should be doubling down on efforts to teach robotics to the next generation.
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When Permissioned Blockchains Deliver More Decentralization Than Permissionless
Considerations for the governance of distributed systems.
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CAPE: A Framework for Assessing Equity throughout the Computer Science Education Ecosystem
Examining both the leading indicators of equity in CS and the lagging indicators of student outcomes.
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Kabin Fever
KV's guidelines for KFH (koding from home).
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Cybersecurity: Is It Worse than We Think?
Evaluating actual implementations and practices versus stated goals.
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Polanyi's Revenge and AI's New Romance with Tacit Knowledge
Artificial intelligence systems need the wisdom to know when to take advice from us and when to learn from data.
From Communications of the ACM
Let's Not Dumb Down the History of Computer Science
Donald Knuth on the best way to recognize the history of computer science.