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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Google Ceo on Moonshots: Find a 'zero Million Dollar' Research Problem
To succeed at a moonshot, you need curiosity, impulse, and a problem that no one seems to be investing in.
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These Are 3 Breakthrough Science Ideas You'll Be Talking About in 2015
For anyone who has ever said that all the STEM professions need is something to make them "cool" in order to attract more young people, look no further than ...
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William Gibson: I Never Imagined Facebook
Even if you've never heard of William Gibson, you're probably familiar with his work.
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Space-Time Visionary
Thanks to theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, real science is embedded in Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, in which explorers seek a new home for humankind.
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Will Moocs Be Flukes?
On July 23rd, 1969, Geoffrey Crowther addressed the inaugural meeting of the Open University, a British institution that had just been created to provide an alternative...
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North Korea: Surfing the Net in the World's Most Isolated Nation
What's the point of a computer in a hermit country sealed off from the internet?
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Invasion of the Data Snatchers
New technologies are making it easier for private companies and the government to learn about everything we do—in our homes, in our cars, in stores, and within...
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The Web Is a Terrorist's Command-and-Control Network of Choice
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is the first terrorist group whose members have grown up on the internet.
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Megan Smith: 'you Can Affect Billions of People'
Now that you work at the White House, approximately how many times a day do you find yourself thinking, God, we did this so much better at Google?
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Demystifying the Mooc
When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education...
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Why All Employees Must Learn to Code
The most important technological skill for all employees is being able to code.
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Designing User Incentives For Cybersecurity
How to encourage better user security practices and behavior
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An Embarrassment of Riches
A critical review of open innovation systems.
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Summing Up
Considering recent privacy- and security-related events through this column.
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A Future For Computing Education Research
Seeking to address the most important issues facing the computer education research community.
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Big Data's End Run Around Procedural Privacy Protections
Recognizing the inherent limitations of consent and anonymity.
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Updates on the Intellectual Property Front
Recapping influential U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered earlier this year.
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The Dark Side of the Sharing Economy . . . and How to Lighten It
Improving the sharing economy will require addressing myriad problems.
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