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Opinion May 1 2019

The beauty of classical computing is that developing algorithms is incredibly easy. In contrast, in more than 25 years of intense research on quantum computing, only a few dozen algorithms have been developed.

Architecture and Hardware

Former CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi

Opinion Mar 1 2019

Lost in Math?

While some people find mathematics befuddling, others find it elegant and beautiful. But the seductive power of mathematical beauty has come under criticism lately.

Data and Information

Opinion Jan 1 2019

Are We Having An Ethical Crisis in Computing?

The computing field seems to be going through another image crisis these days. Many view this as an ethical crisis. I am dubious of the diagnosis.

Computing Profession

Opinion Nov 1 2018

Self-Reference and Section 230

The explosive growth of social-media platforms has led to the proliferation of "bad" speech on social-media platforms, which has become politically untenable.

Computing Profession

Opinion Sep 1 2018

Move Fast and Break Things

Whether or not the theory of disruptive innovation has predictive power, it is a powerful story that explains the rise and fall of tech empires. It is deeply embedded in the psyche of Silicon Valley.

Computing Profession

Opinion Jul 1 2018

How the Hippies Destroyed the Internet

Communism is the most famous 20th-century attempt to build market-free economies. It required coercion on a colossal scale. The Internet is the second major attempt to build a market-free economy, limited to information.

Computing Applications

Opinion May 1 2018

How We Lost the Women in Computing

We cannot understand the current gender disparity in computing without understanding the history of women in computing. How did we lose the women in computing? They did not just leave; they were pushed out.

Computing Profession

Opinion Apr 1 2018

Open Access and ACM

ACM is under significant pressure to move from a subscription-based to an open access publishing model. Such a transition is exceedingly challenging and would threaten ACM's financial viability, a risk that must be taken seriously.

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2018

A Declaration of the Dependence of Cyberspace

Just as you cannot separate the mind and the body, you cannot separate cyberspace and physical space. It is time to accept this dependence and act accordingly.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jan 1 2018

Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility

A dramatic drop in the public view of Tech, a term that I use to refer both to computing technology and the community that generates that technology, has accompanied the recent recognition of the adverse societal consequences of computing.

Computing Profession

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