Four months after I walked into a lab at Harvard University and gave a vial of blood to have my genome sequenced, my search to understand my DNA led me to Mark...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | February 21, 2012
It was the holy grail of investors. The Black-Scholes equation, brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | February 14, 2012
All indicators suggest Apple will unveil the iPad 3 during the first week of March. That’s less than a month away, and sources at The Next Web say Apple is in "crunch...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
Upon closer examination, everything old appears to be new again in the realm of software engineering.Marvin V. Zelkowitz From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012
Reallocating valuable wireless spectrum can generate billions of dollars in revenue to the U.S. federal government while also benefiting consumers.Gregory Rosston From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012
Of all the sites that went dark on Wednesday to protest Congress's misguided anti-piracy legislation, Reddit was the one I missed most.Slate From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2012
So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you're not really sure where to start.Wired From ACM Careers | January 18, 2012
The assignment was one of the biggest challenges in the field of artificial intelligence: build a computer smart enough to beat grand champions at the game of...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2012
There is a well-known proverb, "If you give someone a fish, they'll eat for a day; if you teach them how to fish, they'll eat for a lifetime." The point is obvious...Kentaro Toyama From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2011
There's a tiny knob missing from my hands-free car kit, which I keep meaning to replace. The thing is, I don't think I can buy parts for it, so I probably need...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | November 18, 2011
Why can't Americans tap into the ingenuity that put men on the moon, created the Internet, and sequenced the human genome to revitalize our economy?The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 10, 2011
How to address user information needs amidst a preponderance of data.Hector Garcia-Molina, Georgia Koutrika, Aditya Parameswaran From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011
Nine teacher-oriented faculty in computer science departments at research universities in the U.S. or Canada describe how their positions work, how they contribute...SIGCSE Teaching-Oriented Faculty Working Group From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011
Steve Cousins, President and CEO of Willow Garage, creators of the PR2 robot and the TurtleBot—both based on the open source ROS (Robot Operating System) platform—discusses...Linux Today From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2011