From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
The growing importance of machine learning creates challenging questions for computing education.
R. Benjamin Shapiro, Rebecca Fiebrink, Peter Norvig From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2018
Should copyright enforcement have precedence over the interests of users in information privacy and fundamental freedoms?
Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2018
Since the advent of Donald Trump's candidacy, there's been a ton of focus on botnets and sockpuppets—automated and semiautomated social media accounts that use...Wired From ACM Opinion | October 3, 2018
Despite the ubiquity of computers in modern society, the vast majority of today's students never study computer science or computer programming.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | October 2, 2018
A global collaborative project for the benefit of all.
Jean-François Abramatic, Roberto Di Cosmo, Stefano Zacchiroli From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2018
Assessing whether newcomers have a more difficult time achieving paper acceptance at established conferences.
Jordi Cabot, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Valerio Cosentino From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2018
Considering the similarities of quantum computing development to the early years of conventional computing.
Michael A. Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2018
In the summer of 1995, a second-year grad student called Sergey Brin was giving a tour of Stanford University to prospective students. Larry Page, an engineering...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | September 24, 2018
David Patterson—University of California professor, Google engineer, and RISC pioneer—says there's no better time than now to be a computer architect.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2018
Last week, I sat down with Intel's Gadi Singer, vice president and general manager of artificial intelligence architecture, and Chris Rice, head of AI talent acquisition...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2018
Observations on the use of machine learning and facial inferences to classify people using inexplicable data.
Frank Pasquale From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2018
The United States is trying to develop a national strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) but is ignoring its single greatest advantage: many of the world's brightest...The Hill From ACM Opinion | August 15, 2018
As a Japanese, I grew up watching anime like "Neon Genesis Evangelion," which depicts a future in which machines and humans merge into cyborg ecstasy.
Wired From ACM Opinion | July 31, 2018
In the midst of growing public concern over artificial intelligence (AI), privacy and the use of data, Brent Hecht has a controversial proposal: the computer-science...Nature From ACM Opinion | July 27, 2018
Considering the possibility of achieving an e-democracy based on long-established foundations that strengthen both real-world democracies and virtual Internet communities...Ehud Shapiro From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2018