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Security Mismatch
Security must be a business enabler, not a hinderer.
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Knowing What You Need to Know
Personal, team, and organizational effectiveness can be improved with a little preparation.
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Echoes of Intelligence
Textual interpretation and large language models.
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DevEX: What Actually Drives Productivity?
The developer-centric approach to measuring and improving productivity.
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Designing a Framework for Conversational Interfaces
Combining the latest advances in machine learning with earlier approaches.
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More Than Just Algorithms
A discussion with Alfred Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins, Jeannette Wing, Ben Fried, and Michael Tingley.
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Taking Flight with Copilot
Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools.
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Mapping the Privacy Landscape for Central Bank Digital Currencies
Now is the time to shape what future payment flows will reveal about you.
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FHIR: Reducing Friction in the Exchange of Healthcare Data
A discussion with James Agnew, Pat Helland, and Adam Cole.
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Research for Practice: Convergence
The return of a popular feature that shares the joy and utility of reading CS research between academics and their counterparts in industry.
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Surveillance Too Cheap to Meter
Stopping Big Brother would require an expensive overhaul of the entire system.
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It Takes a Community: The Open Source Challenge
A discussion with Reynold Xin, Wes McKinney, Alan Gates, and Chris McCubbin.
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Human-Centered Approach to Static-Analysis-Driven Developer Tools
The future depends on good HCI.
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A Conversation with Margo Seltzer and Mike Olson
The history of Berkeley DB.
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Designing UIs for Static-Analysis Tools
Evaluating tool design guidelines with SWAN.
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When Curation Becomes Creation
Algorithms, microcontent, and the vanishing distinction between platforms and creators.
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Digging into Big Provenance (with SPADE)
A user interface for querying provenance.
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