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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The A-Z of Programming Languages: Matlab
Cleve Moler, the creator of the MATLAB programming language, says he originally developed the language to solve problems involving computations with matrices and...
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Computing Our Children's Future
To the age-old question— "What do you want to do when you grow up?"—children today give many modern answers: "Help feed hungry families." "Prevent and cure diseases...
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Breaking the Art-Science Divide
Art and science have always been considered disparate entities. However, acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and award-winning art historian, archaeo-metallurgist and...
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Breaking the Art-Science Divide
Art and science have always been considered disparate entities. However, acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and award-winning art historian, archaeo-metallurgist and...
From ACM Opinion
Should Search Engines Have a Conscience?
The recent appearance of a racist image of First Lady Michelle Obama during a search using Google's search engine motivates an interesting question: Should search...
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Connecting with an Internet Pioneer, 40 Years Later
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...
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Connecting with an Internet Pioneer, 40 Years Later
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...
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Are We Invited to the Nanotechnology Party?
Computers scientists are poised to play a key role in the development of nanotechnology, writes British Computer Society member professor Alan Oxley. Computer...
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'some 22 Year Old Kid Will Revolutionize Internet In India'
Trust Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff to be candid with his views and candid he was at the recently held IAMAI Digital Summit. Ajit Balakrishnan said, "The Internet...
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Reconfigurable Computing Research Pushes Forward
Alan George, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC), says that challenges and objectives...
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Keeping Top Talent in a Down Economy
Now that the economy appears to be in recovery, organizations should be considering ways to retain their top talent and encourage their highest-potential employees...
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Conquering the Digital Data Overload
University of Utah computer scientist Juliana Freire is working to find data that could be missed in the quagmire of technology available, and to manage and integrate...
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Bangalore Blooming Into Innovation Hothouse
Once primarily a place for outsourcing call centers and repetitive software development, Bangalore is now home to a thriving research and development (R&D) industry...
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CS Leader at niversity of Texas at Dallas Plans to Continue School's Growth
It's no secret that the University of Texas at Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science wants to become a top-ranked research school. The computer...
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CS Leader at niversity of Texas at Dallas Plans to Continue School's Growth
It's no secret that the University of Texas at Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science wants to become a top-ranked research school. The computer...
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Donald Knuth: Geek of the Week
Donald Knuth is an extraordinary man. As well as inventing 'Literate Programming' and writing The Art of Computer Programming—often cited as the most important...
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Donald Knuth: Geek of the Week
Donald Knuth is an extraordinary man. As well as inventing 'Literate Programming' and writing The Art of Computer Programming—often cited as the most important...
From ACM TechNews
Viewpoints: Why Aren't More 'techies' Women?
Although technology jobs have become increasingly popular as a result of the recession, young women are still not choosing careers in technology, writes Silicon...
From Communications of the ACM
Broken Builds
Frequent broken builds could be symptomatic of deeper problems within a development project.
From Communications of the ACM