Keeping the Dream Alive: The Power and Promise of Federally Funded Research
Long-term investment in curiosity-driven academic research is the bedrock of technological transformation.
Moshe Y. Vardi
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Will AI Destroy the World Wide Web?
The stable business model on which the Web thrived is now being threatened by GenAI.
I Teach Computer Science, and That Is Not All
I believe the purpose of universities was best expressed in an influential 1940 statement on academic freedom: “Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good.”
Big Tech, You Need Academia. Speak Up!
The Computing Research Association says NSF budget cuts would put the future of U.S. innovation and security at risk.
Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Human)
After 40,000 years of making tools for computing and reasoning, it is time for Homo Ratiocinator to live up to its traditional name, Homo Sapiens.
I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis
Anxiety about the ills brought on by computing has risen dramatically.
What Is Theoretical Computer Science?
As computer scientists, we should look for inspiration from physics rather than from mathematics.
For linear optimization problems, the optimum is found in an extremal point. But this is not the case for non-linear problems.
Is Computing a Discipline in Crisis?
One of our professional societies should act as convenor and moderator for a community-wide conversation about the future of AI.
More Is Different, in Social Media Too
The U.S. Supreme Court seems to misunderstand fundamentally the concept of algorithmic content curation.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
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