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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How Ransomware Puts Your Hospital at Risk
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the potential consequences of cyberattacks are terrifying.
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Just What Cyber Security Executives Don’t Want to Hear: The Skills Shortage is Worsening
The cyber security skills gap continues to get worse, according to the latest research.
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Nancy Hopkins on Improving Gender Equality in Academia
Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita Nancy Hopkins advocates for more inclusive science and advises how to get there.
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We Need to Automate the Declaration of Conflicts of Interest
Leveraging existing data sources to improve the declaration and management of authorship conflicts of interest.
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Using Computer Programs and Search Problems for Teaching Theory of Computation
Recognizing the significance of a cornerstone of computer science.
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Section 230 Is a Government License to Build Rage Machines
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act serves as Facebook and Google's get-out-of-jail-free card for conspiracies and disinformation.
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TECHNOLOchicas: A Critical Intersectional Approach Shaping the Color of Our Future
A unique partnership seeks to address the underrepresentation and unique barriers facing Latina women and girls of color in information technology.
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Data-Centricity: A Challenge and Opportunity for Computing Education
Rethinking the content of introductory computing around a data-centric approach to better engage and support a diversity of students.
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OMSCS: The Revolution Will Be Digitized
Lessons learned from the first five years of Georgia Tech's Online Master of Science in Computer Science program.
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Visa Freeze For STEM Workers: 'We're Cutting Off Our Future'
Jim Carrington of the Danforth Plant Science Center says President Trump's freeze on green cards and visas for new immigrants will do more harm than good for cities...
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Immigration Bans Will Lead to Dumbing Down of the World
Immigrants who came to America for study or employment are more likely to file a patent, publish a scientific paper, start a company, and earn higher wages than...
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Formal Methods as a Path to Better Cybersecurity
Any piece of software should be able to provide the desired features, and when errors do occur, the software should handle them gracefully.
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The Cyberwar Needs More Women on the Front Lines
Educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow will help combat criminals who prey on women and children.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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H-1B Visas Allow U.S. Companies to Thrive
Some longstanding opponents of legal and illegal immigration are using the high unemployment rates stemming from the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to keep necessary...
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Why Is Facebook So Afraid of Checking Facts?
The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how to fight Covid-19 conspiracies.
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Don't Regulate Artificial Intelligence: Starve It
The potential dangers of artificial intelligence are great enough to required great care about how powerful we allow it to become.
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What Role for Antitrust in Regulating Platforms?
Using regulation to protect competition and innovation.
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