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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16 Trends That Will Define the Future of Video Games
Hundreds of game developers, publishers and analysts recently descended on Brighton for the annual Develop conference.
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The Web-Connected Car Is Cool, ntil Hackers Cut Your Brakes
When the history of the connected car is written, this week may go down as a pivotal moment for consumers worried about security.
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Why I'm Addicted to Browsing Sepia Photos of Old-School Nyc
It's not a game or social media site, but OldNYC.org is as addictive as Angry Birds and as time consuming as Facebook.
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Learning Through Computational Creativity
Improving learning and achievement in introductory computer science by incorporating creative thinking into the curriculum.
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Understanding the U.S. Domestic Computer Science Ph.D. Pipeline
Two studies provide insights into how to increase the number of domestic doctoral students in U.S. computer science programs.
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Permissionless Innovation
Seeking a better approach to pharmaceutical research and development.
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Security For Mobile and Cloud Frontiers in Healthcare
Designers and developers of healthcare information technologies must address preexisting security vulnerabilities and undiagnosed future threats.
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We Are Data: The Future of Machine Intelligence
I look at apps like Grindr and Tinder and see how they’ve rewritten sex culture—by creating a sexual landscape filled with vast amounts of incredibly graphic site...
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The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'
If you've played just one first-person shooter game it was probably in the Call of Duty series.
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Ad Tech Is Killing the Online Experience
There's something so wonderfully easy about reading this column in a physical newspaper.
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A Team Member's View of All the Work on Earth It Took to Get New Horizons to Pluto
Science is hard and good science is harder—it takes persistence and tons of patience.
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The Rise of the New Crypto War
James B. Comey, Jr., the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is afraid of the dark.
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The End of Encryption? Nsa & Fbi Seek New Backdoors Against Advice from Leading Security Experts
FBI Director James Comey is set to testify against encryption before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, as the United States and Britain push for "exceptional...
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Encryption, Public Safety, and 'going Dark'
I am worried we are talking past each other with respect to "Going Dark," so let me try to frame it in a way that I hope is fair-minded and provides a basis for...
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Leap Motion's Augmented-Reality Computing Looks Stupid Cool
We have a habit of filling new technologies with old ideas.
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The Future of Computer Science and Engineering Is in Your Hands
How government service can profoundly influence computer science research and education.
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African Americans in the U.S. Computing Sciences Workforce
An exploration of the education-to-work pipeline.
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An Updated Software Almanac
Research into what makes software projects succeed.
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