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Paper Presentation at Conferences
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Paper Presentation at Conferences: Time For a Reset

Seeking an improved paper presentation process.

Riding and Thriving on the API Hype Cycle
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Riding and Thriving on the API Hype Cycle

Guidelines for the enterprise.

The Need For Research in Broadening Participation
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The Need For Research in Broadening Participation

In addition to alliances created for broadening participation in computing, research is required to better utilize the knowledge they have produced.

Fifty Years of Operating Systems
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Fifty Years of Operating Systems

A recent celebration of 50 years of operating system research yields lessons for all professionals in designing offers for their clients.

The Question of Information Justice
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The Question of Information Justice

Information justice is both a business concern and a moral question.

New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Rules
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New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Rules

Allowing some reverse engineering of technical measures for non-infringing purposes.

Let's Include All of Computer Science in 'computer Science For All'
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Let's Include All of Computer Science in 'computer Science For All'

The Computer Science for All initiative will put the spotlight on a certain type of computing professional: the software developer. But there are even more computing...

Having a Conversation About Bulk Surveillance
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Having a Conversation About Bulk Surveillance

Considering a controversial subject that extends far beyond the collection of phone metadata.

Lessons from the Tech Transfer Trenches
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Lessons from the Tech Transfer Trenches

Moving from the research realm to real-world business application.

Code Hoarding
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Code Hoarding

Committing to commits, and the beauty of summarizing graphs.

Broadening Access to Computing Education State By State
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Broadening Access to Computing Education State By State

Influencing computer science education at the state level.

Privacy Research Directions
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Privacy Research Directions

What must we learn in order to support privacy requirements as technology advances?

Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems
From ACM Opinion

Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems

One of the most exciting parts of data science is that it can be applied to many domains of knowledge, given our newfound ability to gather valuable data on almost...

Genome-Editing Revolution: My Whirlwind Year with Crispr
From ACM Opinion

Genome-Editing Revolution: My Whirlwind Year with Crispr

Some 20 months ago, I started having trouble sleeping.

Why Knowledge Representation Matters
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Why Knowledge Representation Matters

A personal story: From philosophy to software.

Unbalanced Data Leads to Obsolete Economic Advice
From Communications of the ACM

Unbalanced Data Leads to Obsolete Economic Advice

Few computer scientists and technological workers worry about their role in the economies of their industries and their countries. Background supplementary material...

Where Code Comes From
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Where Code Comes From: Architectures of Automatic Control from Babbage to Algol

Considering the evolving concept of programming.

The Chaos Machine
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The Chaos Machine

Complexity, predictability, and modern projects.

Extrapolating from Moore's Law
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Extrapolating from Moore's Law

Behind and beyond Microsoft, Intel, and Apple.

Biometric Identity
From Communications of the ACM

Biometric Identity

Assessing the promises and dangers of biometric identity plans.
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