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Research For Practice: Distributed Consensus and Implications of NVM on Database Management Systems
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research for practitioners.
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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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The Flame Graph
This visualization of software execution is a new necessity for performance profiling and debugging.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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Why Logical Clocks Are Easy
Sometimes all you need is the right language.
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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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Immutability Changes Everything
We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now.
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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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Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
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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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Parallel Processing with
A simple method of writing a collaborative system.
Parallel Processing with Promises
A simple method of writing a collaborative system.
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Go Static or Go Home
In the end, dynamic systems are simply less secure.
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Securing Network Time Protocol
Crackers discover how to use NTP as a weapon for abuse.
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