Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Code Hoarding
Committing to commits, and the beauty of summarizing graphs.
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Broadening Access to Computing Education State By State
Influencing computer science education at the state level.
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Privacy Research Directions
What must we learn in order to support privacy requirements as technology advances?
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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...
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Genome-Editing Revolution: My Whirlwind Year with Crispr
Some 20 months ago, I started having trouble sleeping.
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Why Knowledge Representation Matters
A personal story: From philosophy to software.
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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...
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Where Code Comes From: Architectures of Automatic Control from Babbage to Algol
Considering the evolving concept of programming.
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Extrapolating from Moore's Law
Behind and beyond Microsoft, Intel, and Apple.
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Biometric Identity
Assessing the promises and dangers of biometric identity plans.
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The Death of American Research and Development
When rumors began to fly about a merger between chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont , it was obvious the deal was not your ordinary fee-driven scheme dreamed...
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Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers
Experiences with a successful school program in Scotland.
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The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Point
Ban the bots? Considering both sides of the argument for and against.
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I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.
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Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing
Lessons learned from a decade of practice.
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Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
Critical reflection on value choices.
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Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.
From ACM Opinion