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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Alan Turing: Why the Tech World's Hero Should Be a Household Name
I've worked in computing, and more specifically computer networking, nearly all my life. It's an industry in a constant state of innovation, always pushing beyond...
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Economist Paul Krugman Is a Hard-Core Science Fiction Fan
If you follow the news at all, you've probably seen Paul Krugman—Princeton professor, New York Times columnist, Nobel Prize-winning economist—championing the idea...
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How To Fix the Gender Gap in Technology
The United States has produced viable female presidential candidates, women athletes who command millions of dollars in endorsements, and the first female Nobel...
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Are We Living in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?
Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, one of the world's leading writers of the genre for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at the age of 91. Although he wrote...
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Can America Ever Have Another 'sputnik Moment'?
In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama declared, "This is our generation's Sputnik moment." Sputnik was the satellite that the Soviets had launched...
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The Cybersecurity Risk
Increased attention to cybersecurity has not resulted in improved cybersecurity.
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Scale Failure
Using a tool for the wrong job is OK until the day when it isn't.
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Security of the Internet and the Known Unknowns
Seeking answers to questions about Internet vulnerabilities.
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The Myth of the Elevator Pitch
Instead of pitching, listen and offer.
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Why Computer Scientists Should Care About Cyber Conflict and U.S. National Security Policy
Cybersecurity and policy issues for computer scientists.
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Daniela Rus Named Csail Director
Daniela Rus, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the next director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial...
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Intel Futurist on Why We Should Not Fear the Future
Much of Intel's success as a microprocessor manufacturer over the past four decades has come from the company's ability to understand and anticipate the future...
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Machines Shouldn't Grade Student Writing
In 2002, Indiana rolled out computer scoring of its 11th grade state writing exam.
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Silicon Valley Needs to End Its Snobbery About Computer Science Degrees
I don't have a computer science degree. There, I said it. At too many companies around Silicon Valley that would make me unemployable.
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Google's Sebastian Thrun: 3 Visions in the 'age of Disruption'
Today we drive cars, shell out enormous sums for higher education, and navigate the world with electronics that demand the unwavering attention of our ears, eyes...
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Bridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers
Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe is seeking to close the gender gap in the hard sciences, which she attributes to young women's perception of such fields...
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God and Man in Tennessee
Earlier this month state senators in Tennessee approved an update to our sex-education law that would ban teachers from discussing hand-holding, which it categorizes...
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University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department, Increases Athletic Budgets. Hmm.
In the midst of a technology revolution, with a shortage of engineers and computer scientists, The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping...
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