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…
From Communications of the ACM
Is a Privacy Crisis Experienced, a Privacy Crisis Avoided?
Exploring immersive theatre as a way to educate audiences and study their perceptions of privacy and technology ethics.
From Communications of the ACM
A Call to Action
Digital dreams have become nightmares: What we must do.
From Communications of the ACM
Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
From ACM Opinion
China's 5G Soars over America's
In some U.S. cities, 5G is slower than the old 4G system; Washington must make it a priority
From ACM Opinion
The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties
The search for a crypto use case continues
From ACM Opinion
The Race to Save the Internet from Quantum Hackers
The quantum computer revolution could break encryption, but more-secure algorithms can safeguard privacy
From ACM Opinion
Supercomputing to Save the Planet
Fujitsu CTO Vivek Mahajan says true power of cloud will come with democratizing HPC and quantum computers for the masses
From ACM Opinion
Understanding Software Dynamics
In an interview, computer architect Richard L. Sites discusses his new book
From ACM Opinion
Machine-Learning Robustness, Foundation Models, and Reproducibility
An interview with Percy Liang, associate professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
From Communications of the ACM
I Unplugged What?
The lessons here are broader than just a simple "Don't do that."
From Communications of the ACM
A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
From ACM Opinion
AWS Is Too Big to Fail
Quite simply, AWS is too big and has too many customers for the good of society
From Communications of the ACM
Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
From Communications of the ACM
The Growing Cost of Deep Learning for Source Code
Attempting to mitigate problems associated with the trend toward massive dataset scaling.
From Communications of the ACM
The Long Road Ahead to Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Anticipating the output of the competition for new cryptographic algorithms.
From Communications of the ACM
Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination
Considering the intersection of technical design and civil rights when building and using classification algorithms.
From ACM Opinion
Quantum Computing Nears a Quantum Leap
Quantum computers have experienced a number of notable improvements in recent weeks
From ACM Opinion
Your Response to AWS Going Down Shouldn't Be Multicloud
It's convenient but wrong to assume multicloud will solve your application resilience woes
From ACM Opinion