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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Digital Contact Tracing May Protect Privacy, But It Is Unlikely to Stop the Pandemic
Considering the potential benefits versus the risks of privacy-enhancing technologies.
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How Ransomware Puts Your Hospital at Risk
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the potential consequences of cyberattacks are terrifying.
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Julia Programming Language
Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work.
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A Holistic View of Future Risks
Almost everything is somehow interrelated with everything else—and that should not surprise us.
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When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades
In-person final exams were canceled for thousands of students this spring, so computers stepped in — to disastrous effect.
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Integrating Management Science Into the HPC Research Ecosystem
How management science benefits from High Performance Computing.
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Avalanches Make Us All Innovators
Avalanches generate enormous breakdowns. The practices of innovation adoption may be just what you need to resolve them.
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Autonomous Vehicle Safety: Lessons from Aviation
How more than 25years of experience with aviation safety-critical systems can be applied to autonomous vehicle systems.
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A Recent Renaissance in Privacy Law
Considering the recent increased attention to privacy law issues amid the typically slow pace of legal change.
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Q&A: Google's Luiz André Barroso
Google Vice President of Engineering Luiz André Barroso discusses his work, including improvements to the datacenter, Google Maps, and hardware design.
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The Field of Natural Language Processing is Chasing the Wrong Goal
Researchers are too focused on whether AI systems can ace tests of dubious value. They should be testing whether systems grasp how the world works.
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Automation Imperative Accelerates
Increased automation—with its ability to significantly boost societal productivity—is needed to help modern nations address seemingly intractable challenges such...
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Here’s One Way to Make Daily Covid-19 Testing Feasible on a Mass Scale
Pooling tests with the help of machine learning can allow us to safely reopen without a vaccine.
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Thorny Problems in Data (-Intensive) Science
Data scientists face challenges spanning academic and non-academic institutions.
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Call For a Wake Standard for Artificial Intelligence
Suggesting a Voice Name System (VNS) to talk to any object in the world.
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For Impactful Community Engagement: Check Your Role
Toward a more equitable distribution of the benefits of technological change.
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Proposal: A Market for Truth to Address False Ads on Social Media
Guaranteeing truth in advertising.
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