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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Presenting Your Project
The what, the how, and the why of giving an effective presentation.
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Has China Caught Up in IT?
An assessment of the relative achievements in IT infrastructure, firms, and innovation in China.
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Preparing Computer Science Students For the Robotics Revolution
Robotics will inspire dramatic changes in the CS curriculum.
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Is the Internet a Maturing Market?
Two concerns dominate the current debates over U.S. Internet policy: the relatively low level of U.S. broadband...
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Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis By (insert Name)
A friend who teaches at a well-known eastern university told me recently that plagiarism was turning him into a cop.
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The Medium Is the Medium
Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school...
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Q&A: Intel CEO Paul Otellini
Intel CEO Paul Otellini is concerned that U.S. technological and economic competitiveness is eroding due to long-term neglect of support for education, research...
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Joel Adams Discusses the Career Outlook For CS Students
If you’re ambivalent about a career in computer science, you should read Joel Adams’ The Market For Computing Careers.
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Advice to Members Seeking ACM Distinction
ACM's Distinguished Member Recognition Program recognizes members in three categories: Educator, Engineer, and Scientist. Each category...
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Cultivating Cultural Diversity in Information Technology
Introducing CMD-IT, a new center focused on synergistic activities related to ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.
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Should the Google Book Settlement Be Approved?
Considering the precedent that could be established by approval of the controversial Google book settlement.
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Work Life in the Robotic Age
Technological change results in changes in expectations, in this case affecting the workplace.
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Outsourcing Versus Shared Services
Choosing between outsourcing and shared services has significant implications for long-term corporate strategy.
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Stanford's Top Engineer From Chips to Abcs
James Plummer, dean of Stanford University's school of engineering, envisions an expansion of the electronics industry's purview from information technology to...
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In Defense of Computers and the Internet For Learning
If you’re reading this blog post on a computer, mobile phone or e-reader, please stop what you’re doing immediately. You could be making yourself stupid. And whatever...
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The Grill: Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks, who was project manager for the IBM System/360 and the lead designer of its operating system, says that software developers should plan on continuously...
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Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?
Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.
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Institutional Review Boards and Your Research
Researchers in computer science departments throughout the U.S. are violating federal law and their own organization's...
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