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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Gaining Benefit from Artificial Intelligence and Data Science: A Three-Part Framework
Why ethics is not enough.
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Virtual and the Future of Conferences
Making conferences more accessible.
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Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula
First-job readiness versus long-term career preparation.
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Leveraging Professional Ethics for Responsible AI
Applying AI techniques to journalism.
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Autocorrect Is Not: People Are Multilingual and Computer Science Should Be Too
Considering the interconnection of computing and human languages.
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Rebuttal How-To: Strategies, Tactics, and the Big Picture in Research
Demystifying rebuttal writing.
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Toward a Solid Acceptance of the Decentralized Web of Personal Data: Societal and Technological Convergence
Giving individuals more control of their personal data.
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Beyond the Editorial Analogy: The Future of the First Amendment on the Internet
Can the government regulate how social media companies moderate their platforms?
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Ulterior Motives
2023-2024 ACM Athena Lecturer Margo Seltzer recalls the motivations behind the development of the Berkeley DB database software library, and other achievements...
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A Clash of Civilizations
The much-sought holy grail of more and faster innovation will come from integrating pipeline thinking and adoption thinking.
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Five Ways Executives Misunderstand Technology
How executives might better understand technology.
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Rethinking Conference Formats
Suggesting a conference format better suited for both onsite and virtual conferences.
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On Being a Computer Science Communicator
Facilitating more effective public engagement with a computer science perspective.
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Legal Challenges to Generative AI, Part II
Deliberating on inconclusive AI-generated policy questions.
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It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'
Advocating standardized terminology and reporting guidelines for mixed reality research.
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How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation
Factoring the slowing up of startups.
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Barbershop Computing
Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.
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