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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The Cyberwar Needs More Women on the Front Lines
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
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H-1B Visas Allow U.S. Companies to Thrive
Some longstanding opponents of legal and illegal immigration are using the high unemployment rates stemming from the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to keep necessary...
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Colin Garvey: A Zen Buddhist Monk's Approach to Democratizing AI
Colin Garvey, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, is preparing a policy report on AI-risk governance for a Washington think tank.
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Interview with Margaret Wright
Margaret H. Wright, a leading figure in numerical analysis for more than 40 years, was awarded the 2010 John von Neumann Prize.
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How to Curtail Oversensing in the Home
Limiting sensitive information leakage via smart-home sensor data.
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My Battle with COVID-19
Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences at Boston University, describes the toll his month-long ordeal with the coronavirus took on his...
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Why Zoom Is Terrible
There's a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
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Husband and Wife Start Scholarship for International CS Grad Students
Subhachandra Chandra and Nandita Dukkipati discuss the Chandra Family Scholarship, which will go to a first-year international graduate student majoring in computer...
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How Autonomous Shuttles Could Transform the College Experience
Transportation and parking remain an ongoing issue among campuses everywhere.
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Will Online Education Widen Asia's Digital Divide?
Some students may be at a disadvantage as e-learning relies heavily on home environments, experts say.
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Tips for Online Teaching: A Q&A With Trey Conatser
Trey Conatser, associate director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at the University of Kentucky, discusses efforts to expand support...
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What Role for Antitrust in Regulating Platforms?
Using regulation to protect competition and innovation.
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Secure Development Tools and Techniques Need More Research That Will Increase Their Impact and Effectiveness in Practice
Secure development is an important and pressing problem.
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A Vision of K-12 Computer Science Education for 2030
Exploring goals, perspectives, and challenges.
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Computers Do Not Make Art, People Do
The continually evolving relationship between artistic technologies and artists.
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Catherine D'Ignazio on Visualizing COVID-19 Data
Catherine D'Ignazio, assistant professor of urban science and planning at MIT, speaks about the current boom in COVID-19 data visualizations, and how data visualizers...
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Online Learning Should Return to a Supporting Role
Winner-take-all economics and cost-cutting may make many in-person lectures obsolete, but the best education continues to be intensive, expensive, and done in person...
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When School Is Online, the Digital Divide Grows Greater
Most U.S. schools are closed, with instruction shifting to the Internet. That's a problem for millions of people without reliable broadband, including 20 percent...
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STEM Education Needs a Course Correction
Technical training today should not be solely in the business of making better coders but of making better people who will be able to cultivate the future.
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