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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Breaking Up a Digital Monopoly
How to decompose a vertically integrated digital monopoly to enable competitive services based on a shared data structure.
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Trust Is Not Enough: Accuracy, Error, Randomness, and Accountability in an Algorithmic Society
Searching for improved algorithmic accountability.
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Decentraland: The Alleged Decentralization of Blockchain Applications
Breaking down the blockchain.
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Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission urgently needs to regulate automated hiring systems.
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Updates, Threats, and Risk Management
Revisiting a recent column considering security updates.
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Putting a Teaspoon of Programming into Other Subjects
Using teaspoon languages to integrate programming across myriad academic disciplines.
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Ethics as a Participatory and Iterative Process
Facilitating ethical reflection, inquiry, and deliberation.
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Long-Term Mentoring for Computer Science Researchers
Reaching out across computer science research communities.
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NSF on Chien's Grand Challenge for Sustainability
This Viewpoint focuses on ways the computing community can contribute broadly to environmental sustainability and identifies NSF Directorate for Computer and Information...
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Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience
Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.
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Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.
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Contracting for Artificial Intelligence
Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.
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Designing an Ethical Tech Developer
Studying how to improve teaching young people to ethically exercise the power of technology.
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Metrics for Success: Why and How to Evaluate Privacy Choice Usability
Assessing the usability of choice and consent mechanisms.
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A Map for Innovation
Innovation is less elusive with the right navigational map.
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An Analysis of Black Faculty in CS Research Departments
Exploring Black faculty at computer science research departments where Ph.D. programs exist.
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The Premature Obituary of Programming
Why deep learning will not replace programming.
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