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
Five years ago, having only recently arrived at the company, I wrote The Internet Services Disruption in order to kick off a major change management process across...ozzie.net From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2010
During a visit to MIT, Arun Majumdar, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), discussed the global energy...MIT News From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2010
During a visit to MIT, Arun Majumdar, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), discussed the global energy...MIT News From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2010
Microsoft researchers Andy Wilson and Hrvoje Benko have developed LightSpace, a project that uses an array of projectors and depth-sensing cameras to sense human...TechFlash From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2010
Patrick Gorman, former associate director of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, says the United States should apply the lessons of the space...GovInfoSecurity.com From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2010
Larry and Sergey founded Google because they wanted to help solve really big problems using technology. And one of the big problems we’re working on today is...Google From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2010
"In the 1960s I think that in some sense the present was actually about three or four years long," he said, "because in three or four years relatively little...BBC News From ACM Opinion | October 12, 2010
Research suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 8, 2010
Talking to a computer security researcher about Stuxnet is like asking an art critic to describe the finer points of the Mona Lisa. The world's top cybersecurity...Slate From ACM Opinion | October 6, 2010
The saga of Steven P. Jobs is so well known that it has entered the nation’s mythology: he’s the prodigal who returned to Apple in 1997, righted a listing ship...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 6, 2010
Everything in our three-dimensional world has a width, length and height. That was what we thought, at least. But this picture overlooks a whole class of materials...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 6, 2010
In an increasingly digital world, ironically, there may yet be a silver lining to the primitive nature of India's infrastructure: that it is not computer-controlled...Daily News and Analysis From ACM Opinion | October 5, 2010
Adapting agile software development methodology toward more efficient management of academic research groups.Michael Hicks, Jeffrey S. Foster From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
An illustration of the problems caused by a lack of discipline in software development and our failure to apply what is known in the field.
David L. Parnas From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
Combining new consumer devices and Internet platforms with online services and content is proving to be a successful strategy.
Michael A. Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
The Victorian world was awash with data and with organizations that processed it; and they usually used nothing...Martin Campbell-Kelly From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
Any headline that uses the phrase "wiretap the Internet" is likely to make people on the Internet cranky. When this wiretapping scheme comes from an administration...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | September 28, 2010