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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Funding Successful Research
A proposal for result-based funding for research projects.
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Can Computer Professionals and Digital Technology Engineers Help Reduce Gun Violence?
Ten idea seeds.
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Moods, Wicked Problems, and Learning
Wicked problems and learning environments present tough mood challenges for leaders and teachers. Telepresence and sensory gadgets are unlikely to replace physical...
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Academic Careers Workshop For Underrepresented Groups
A longitudinal evaluation of the application of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of ACW participants.
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A Copyright Challenge to Resales of Digital Music
A currently pending case will have significant implications for secondary markets in digital goods.
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The Explosive Growth of Postdocs in Computer Science
Considering the factors influencing the recent rapid increase in the number of postdoctoral positions in computer science.
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Cloud Services Certification
How to address the lack of transparency, trust, and acceptance in cloud services.
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The Value of Microprocessor Designs
Applying a centuries-old technique to modern cost estimation.
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Reflections on Stanford's MOOCs
New possibilities in online education create new challenges.
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More Sight on Foresight
My previous column, "The Foresight Saga, Redux," began a discussion that is continued here regarding some lessons learned from the 2012 U.S. November elections. In...
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The Tangled Web We Have Woven
Seeking to protect the fundamental privacy of network interactions.
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Conference-Journal Hybrids
Considering how to combine the best elements of conferences and journals.
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Five Lessons from Really Good History
Lessons learned from four award-winning books on the history of information technology.
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Beyond Location: Data Security in the 21st Century
Viewing evolving data security issues as engineering problems to be solved.
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How We Build Things: . . . and Why Things Are 90% Complete
It seems to be a law of software development that things always take longer than we expect. When a project manager talks to a designer, programmer, or tester...
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The Apple-Samsung Lawsuits
In search of a middle ground in the intellectual property wars.
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