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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Seriously, Stop Trying to Teach Toddlers How to Code
There are other, more important lessons to impart to your preschooler.
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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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Just What Cyber Security Executives Don’t Want to Hear: The Skills Shortage is Worsening
The cyber security skills gap continues to get worse, according to the latest research.
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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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Nancy Hopkins on Improving Gender Equality in Academia
Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita Nancy Hopkins advocates for more inclusive science and advises how to get there.
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Q&A: Researchers Clicked on Ads to Track Misinformation
Researchers at the University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering found that both mainstream and misinformation news sites display...
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The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra's work and ideas shaped the emerging field of computer science like few others.
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Why the Most Controversial U.S. Internet Law Is Worth Saving
Donald Trump and Joe Biden both want to throw out Section 230. Here's why America should fix it instead. By Paul M. Barrett, deputy director of the NYU Stern Center...
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We Need to Automate the Declaration of Conflicts of Interest
Leveraging existing data sources to improve the declaration and management of authorship conflicts of interest.
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Using Computer Programs and Search Problems for Teaching Theory of Computation
Recognizing the significance of a cornerstone of computer science.
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'A Very Exciting Time to be at the Helm'
A conversation with U.S. National Science Foundation director Sethuraman Panchanathan.
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Let’s Program in Social Studies Classes
NSF funding for our work in task-specific programming languages.
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Section 230 Is a Government License to Build Rage Machines
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act serves as Facebook and Google's get-out-of-jail-free card for conspiracies and disinformation.
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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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Netflix's Reed Hastings Deems Remote Work 'a Pure Negative'
Reed Hastings, a founder and co-chief executive of Netflix Inc., discusses working from home, returning to the office, delivering candid feedback, and more.
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Q&A: Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst
Stephen Brobst, chief technology officer of Teradata., discusses his career path, his time with customers, storing programs on cassette tape, and more.
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The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity
Brains are talking to computers, and computers to brains. Are our daydreams safe?
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The Future of American Industry Depends on Open Source Tech
Open source has two important, and somewhat counterintuitive, advantages: speed and security.
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Technical Curiosity With a Philosophical Bent
Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer at Microsoft India, talks about life, ethics, the future, and the power of diversity and inclusion.
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