Reboot the Computing-Research Publication Systems
The virtualization of conferences due to COVID-19 has sharpened my conviction that the computing-research publication system is badly broken and in need of a serious…
Moshe Y. Vardi
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What Should Be Done About Social Media?
One of the most basic and urgent policy questions is how to tackle the rising role of social media in our public sphere.
Where Have All the Domestic Graduate Students Gone?
U.S. Government actions to restrict immigration could result in a dramatic reduction in the number of international graduate students in U.S. universities, and will have…
A Computational Lens on Economics
Our digital infrastructure, which has become a key component of the economic system in developed countries, is one of the few components that did not buckle under the…
Efficiency vs. Resilience: What COVID-19 Teaches Computing
Computer science has yet to internalize the idea that resilience, which to me includes fault tolerance, security, and more, must be pushed down to the algorithmic level.
Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession–But to What End?
It is time to revisit and update the purpose of ACM. It must be "to advance the science and profession of computing for the public good."
Publishing one's paper at a prestigious conference has become the standard way to build professional credentials, yet the dominance of conference publication comes at…
The Winner-Takes-All Tech Corporation
What may have been a radical position less than a year ago has become a conventional wisdom now. There are several initiatives to regulate "Big Tech;" the…
Research is a long game; patience and endurance are necessary components.
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