Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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Rethinking Conference Formats
Suggesting a conference format better suited for both onsite and virtual conferences.
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Privacy in the Age of AI
What has changed and what should we do about it?
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On Being a Computer Science Communicator
Facilitating more effective public engagement with a computer science perspective.
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It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'
Advocating standardized terminology and reporting guidelines for mixed reality research.
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New Threats to Society from Free-Speech Social Media Platforms
Understanding emerging threats from social media platforms.
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Barbershop Computing
Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.
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Certification of Safety-Critical Systems
Seeking new approaches toward ensuring the safety of software-intensive systems.
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Can Crowdsourcing Rescue the Social Marketplace of Ideas?
How collaborative designs and community-based moderation could improve social media.
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Rebutting Rebuttals
Evaluating the impact of the conference review rebuttal process.
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We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared
Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.
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The Smallness of Large Language Models
There is so much more to language and human beings than large language models can possibly master.
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Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots
Parsing the promise of language-capable robots.
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Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design
Exploring alternatives to existing research systems and methods.
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The Human Touch
There is no substitute for good, direct, honest training.
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SI and Binary Prefixes: Clearing the Confusion
Considering the emergence of non-standard acceptance of SI prefixes.
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For a More Transparent Governance of Open Source
Seeking the best governance models for FOSS projects.
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