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A Purpose-Built Global Network
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A Purpose-Built Global Network: Google's Move to SDN

A discussion with Amin Vahdat, David Clark, and Jennifer Rexford.

The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition
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The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition

Thoughts on trust and merit in software team culture.

Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron
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Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron

The "Leftover Principle" requires increasingly more highly skilled humans.

How to De-Identify Your Data
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How to De-Identify Your Data

Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.

Lean Software Development
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Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions

Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.

Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
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Dismantling the Barriers to Entry

We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.

Using Free and Open Source Tools to Manage Software Quality
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Using Free and Open Source Tools to Manage Software Quality

An agile process implementation

The Science of Managing Data Science
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The Science of Managing Data Science

Lessons learned managing a data science research team.

Disambiguating Databases
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Disambiguating Databases

Use the database built for your access model.

A New Software Engineering
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A New Software Engineering

What happened to the promise of rigorous, disciplined, professional practices for software development?

Certificate Transparency
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Certificate Transparency

Public, verifiable, append-only logs.

Security Collapse in the HTTPS Market
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Security Collapse in the HTTPS Market

Assessing legal and technical solutions to secure HTTPS.

Securing the Tangled Web
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Securing the Tangled Web

Preventing script injection vulnerabilities through software design.

Undergraduate Software Engineering
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Undergraduate Software Engineering

Addressing the needs of professional software development.

Automated QA Testing at Electronic Arts
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Automated QA Testing at Electronic Arts

A discussion with Michael Donat, Jafar Husain, and Terry Coatta

The NSA and Snowden
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The NSA and Snowden: Securing the All-Seeing Eye

How good security at the NSA could have stopped him.

Center Wheel For Success
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Center Wheel For Success

"Not invented here" syndrome is not unique to the IT world.

Adopting Devops Practices in Quality Assurance
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Adopting Devops Practices in Quality Assurance

Merging the art and science of software development.

The Antifragile Organization
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The Antifragile Organization

Embracing failure to improve resilience and maximize availability.

Rethinking Passwords
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Rethinking Passwords

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