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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What Role for Antitrust in Regulating Platforms?
Using regulation to protect competition and innovation.
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Secure Development Tools and Techniques Need More Research That Will Increase Their Impact and Effectiveness in Practice
Secure development is an important and pressing problem.
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A Vision of K-12 Computer Science Education for 2030
Exploring goals, perspectives, and challenges.
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Computers Do Not Make Art, People Do
The continually evolving relationship between artistic technologies and artists.
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How to (Carefully) Use Tech to Contain the Coronavirus
The United States can learn from other countries to track the pandemic while still protecting privacy.
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A Taxonomy of Automated Assistants
Rating your intelligent (human or automated) assistant.
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Organizing Family Support Services at ACM Conferences
Seeking to improve access to conferences and provide support for attendees with children.
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Why Is Cybersecurity Not a Human-Scale Problem Anymore?
Examining the structure of the enterprise attack surface in view of the relative ease with which cyberdefenses can be subverted.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Professional Work
Considering the implications of the influence of artificial intelligence given previous industrial revolutions.
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The Temptation of Data-Enabled Surveillance
Are universities the next cautionary tale?
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Should Government Halt the Use of Facial-Recognition Technology?
Critics say false positives are far higher for some groups of people than for others, but supporters of the technology says the actual numbers involved are tiny...
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Through the Lens of a Passionate Theoretician
Considering the far-reaching and fundamental implications of computing beyond digital computers.
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Computing and Community in Formal Education
Culturally responsive computing repurposes computer science education by making it meaningful to not only students, but also to their families and communities. ...
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Why Connected Cars May Never Come
John Paré tells the story of his first trip in an autonomous vehicle.
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Guiding Students to Develop Essential Skills
Students should interact with one another to practice skills and construct their own understanding, with assistance from a teacher acting as a coach and guide —...
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Sovan Bin, CEO and Founder at Odaseva
Sovan Bin discusses Odaseva's data governance solutions, the evolution of cloud services, and AI and machine learning's influence in the cloud user experience. ...
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Ethics of Technology Needs More Political Philosophy
Incorporating considerations of reasonable pluralism, individual agency, and legitimate authority.
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Von Neumann Thought Turing's Universal Machine was 'Simple and Neat.': But That Didn't Tell Him How to Design a Computer
New discoveries answer an old question.
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