Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Why China's New Supercomputer Isn't Actually the World's Fastest
Peak performance doesn't equal sustained performance, and the NVIDIA GPUs in the Tianhe 1A are especially bad at the latter.
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Complexity of It Systems Will Be Our ndoing
CTO says $2 million project has less than 50% chance of success.
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Sensor Networks For the Sciences
Lessons from the field derived from developing wireless sensor networks for monitoring active and hazardous volcanoes.
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Why Isn't Cyberspace More Secure?
Evaluating governmental actions—and inactions—toward improving cyber security and addressing future challenges.
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Why Do Software Startups Patent (or Not)?
Assessing the controversial results of a recent empirical study of the role of intellectual property in software startups.
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The Divergent Online News Preferences of Journalists and Readers
Reading between the lines of the thematic gap between the supply and demand of online news.
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Ray Ozzie: Dawn of a New Day
Five years ago, having only recently arrived at the company, I wrote The Internet Services Disruption in order to kick off a major change management process across...
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Score: Agile Research Group Management
Adapting agile software development methodology toward more efficient management of academic research groups.
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Version Aversion
The way you number your releases communicates more than you might think.
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Risks of Undisciplined Development
An illustration of the problems caused by a lack of discipline in software development and our failure to apply what is known in the field.
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Platforms and Services: Understanding the Resurgence of Apple
Combining new consumer devices and Internet platforms with online services and content is proving to be a successful strategy.
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Java Creator James Gosling: Why I Quit Oracle
When James Gosling led the team that created the Java language and platform, Sun Microsystems was riding high and Java stood as a landscape-changing revolutionary...
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Finally, a 21st Century Browser from Microsoft
Like many of us, Microsoft does its best work when it's running scared.
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Objects Never? Well, Hardly Ever!
Revisiting the Great Objects Debate.
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Principles of the Law of Software Contracts
An overview of a new set of legal principles for software contracts developed by the American Law Institute.
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Rights For Autonomous Artificial Agents?
The growing role of artificial agents necessitates modifying legal frameworks to better address human interests.
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Presenting Your Project
The what, the how, and the why of giving an effective presentation.
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