My lifespan encompasses the era when the United States of America was capable of launching human beings into space.World Policy Institute From ACM Opinion | October 5, 2011
A proposal for a new cost-free open-access publication model for computer science papers.Dan S. Wallach From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2011
After racing and biking back roads on the San Francisco Peninsula for almost half a century without serious incident, on July 3 I crashed while riding downhill...The New York Times From ACM News | September 12, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art’s "Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects" is one of the smartest design shows in years—by which I mean...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 29, 2011
Imagine, if you will, a young Mark Zuckerberg circa 2003, tapping out mail messages from his Harvard dorm room. It's a safe bet he never would have guessed that...The New York Times From ACM News | July 26, 2011
The publication culture in computer science is different. Whereas other disciplines focus on journal publication, the standard practice...Joseph Y. Halpern, David C. Parkes From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2011
When Cisco killed the beloved Flip camcorder a few months ago, a lot of people were shocked and upset—including me. It just seemed like such a ham-handed, thoughtless...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 15, 2011
In a speech at the International Economic Association 16th World Congress in Beijing, Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability and member of...Bank of England From ACM News | July 13, 2011
When the Walt Disney Company bought Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion in 2006, there was understandable concern that the media conglomerate that drove...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 7, 2011
Jaron Lanier, a partner architect at Microsoft Research, has had a long and varied career in technology. Mr. Lanier popularized the term "virtual reality" in...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2011
When you look back at the past 50 years of human spaceflight, don't forget the computer scientists who helped make it possible.MSNBC From ACM News | May 16, 2011
As long as it took to find and kill Osama bin Laden after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, it has taken even longer to commemorate the thousands...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2011
Rethinking the design of computer science courses and broadening the definition of computing education both on and off campus.Brian Dorn From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
Studying how privacy regulation might impact economic activity on the advertising-supported Internet.Avi Goldfarb, Catherine E. Tucker From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
We generally assume that technological advances save time, boost efficiency, increase productivity, and so on. Once we get used to the latest conveniences, we...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 31, 2011
Since the beginning of the debate on network neutrality, and perhaps as an inheritance of that beginning, the controversy has been restricted...José Luis Gómez-Barroso, Claudio Feijóo From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
What does Japan's earthquake mean for GPS? Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake was so powerful that it actually widened Japan. While parts of the country barely...Slate From ACM News | March 17, 2011