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Introducing Research For Practice
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
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The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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Schema.org: Evolution of Structured Data on the Web
Big data makes common schemas even more necessary.
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Non-Volatile Storage
Implications of the datacenter's shifting center.
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How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
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Natural Language Translation at the Intersection of AI and HCI
Old questions being answered with both AI and HCI.
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Testing Web Applications with State Objects
Use states to drive your tests.
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The Science of Managing Data Science
Lessons learned managing a data science research team.
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Security Collapse in the HTTPS Market
Assessing legal and technical solutions to secure HTTPS.
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Privacy, Anonymity, and Big Data in the Social Sciences
Quality social science research and the privacy of human subjects require trust.
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Bringing Arbitrary Compute to Authoritative Data
Many disparate use cases can be satisfied with a single storage system.
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Who Must You Trust?
You must have some trust if you want to get anything done.
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Automated QA Testing at Electronic Arts
A discussion with Michael Donat, Jafar Husain, and Terry Coatta
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The NSA and Snowden: Securing the All-Seeing Eye
How good security at the NSA could have stopped him.
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A Primer on Provenance
Better understanding data requires tracking its history and context.
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Don't Settle For Eventual Consistency
Stronger properties for low-latency geo-replicated storage.
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Eventually Consistent: Not What You Were Expecting?
Methods of quantifying consistency (or lack thereof) in eventually consistent storage systems.
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