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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A Tale of 20 Interns, One Project and One Fiery Debate
Few geeks are unfamiliar with the concept of the "Mythical Man-Month" from Fred Brooks' classic software engineering tome by the same name. It's a classic for good...
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Why Congress Should Pass the Startup Visa Bill
Those in Silicon Valley looking to have a bigger impact on the policymaking machinery of Washington, D.C., should take a close look at the genesis of the legislation...
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Privacy on the Data Web
Considering the nebulous question of ownership in the virtual realm.
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Making the Case For Computing
Seeking funding for current and future computing initiatives requires both a strong argument and a broad community of supporters.
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Hiring and Developing Minority Faculty at Research Universities
Emphasizing the importance of creating more programs and investing more funding toward the goal of developing minority faculty at research universities.
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Orchestrating Coordination in Pluralistic Networks
Learning to build virtual teams of people of diverse backgrounds is an urgent challenge.
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The Ethics Beat
Surveying the increasing variety and nature of ethical challenges encountered by computing researchers and practitioners.
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Only Technological Processes Are Patentable
The U.S. Supreme Court will narrow the universe of process innovations that can be patented to those that are "technological," but what will that mean for software...
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Gaming Will Save Us All
How gaming, as the first media market to successfully transition toward media-as-a-service, is an exemplar for a similar evolutionary transition of content and...
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Making Computer Science More Enticing
Employment at the top 10 Silicon Valley companies declined for Hispanics, blacks, and women for the decade ending in 2005, according to a San Jose Mercury News...
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Estimating Programming Time
Accurately estimating programming time is, in part, a process of defining limitations—experience, domain knowledge, speed vs. quality. It is also about thinking...
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Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism
The more, the better. That’s the fashionable recipe for nurturing new ideas these days. It emphasizes a kind of Internet-era egalitarianism that celebrates the...
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What Apple's Ipad Means For Your Wallet
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Don't Let Politicians Forget the E Word
Hugh Griffiths is chair of the executive committee of the Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE) and chair in intelligent radar systems at University College...
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.s. Enables Chinese Hacking of Google
Google made headlines when it went public with the fact that Chinese hackers had penetrated some of its services, such as Gmail, in a politically motivated attempt...
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Taking Your Network's Temperature
A prescription for capturing data to diagnose and debug a networking problem.
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Open Access to Scientific Publications
In his July 2009 Communications editor's letter "Open, Closed, or Clopen Access?", editor-in-chief Moshe Vardi addressed...
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The Need For a National Cybersecurity R&D Agenda
Government-funded initiatives, in cooperation with private-sector partners in key technology areas, are fundamental to cybersecurity technical transformation.
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