The Future of Professional Ethics in Computing
Computing professionals should use their privileges and insights to help societies navigate questions about digital technologies that traditional ethical theories find difficult to answer.
Balancing Secrecy and Transparency in Bug Bounty Programs
Embracing transparency while balancing temporary secrecy can lead to a more resilient and accountable software ecosystem.
We Need AI Systems That Can Govern Themselves
Autonomic governance is not about handing control to machines. It’s about encoding rules, checks, and balances into the systems we trust to operate at scale.
An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf
Laziness is only one of two desirable properties for a bookshelf algorithm. The second is the ability to proactively respond to an adversary’s strategy.
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Defying Moore: Envisioning the Economics of a Semiconductor Revolution through 12nm Specialization
Architectural innovation can make substantial contributions to the economics and efficiency of sustaining Moore’s Law’s cadence of improvements for AI chips.
Welcome: Sustainability and Computing Special Section
Computing has a responsibility to become more environmentally sustainable.
Revolutionizing Datacenter Networks via Reconfigurable Topologies
An overview of reconfigurable datacenter networks and their technological enablers.
Quantum Internet Is (Slowly) Becoming a Reality
The global quantum Internet would connect devices like quantum computers and sensors that operate on the principles of quantum mechanics.
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