ACM’s Open-Conference Principle and Political Reality
The Open-Conference Principle is aimed at benefiting society.
Moshe Y. Vardi
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Technology For the Most Effective Use of Mankind
In a keynote address (see https://goo.gl/RwkwK1) at the 2016 meeting of the Computing Research Association, Kentaro Toyama argued that persistent societal challenges, such as socio-economic inequality, do not have technology-centric solutions.
Globalization, Computing, and Their Political Impact
Globalization and automation provide huge benefits to society, but their adverse effects cannot and should not be ignored. As actors in and beneficiaries of this societal transformation, we have, I believe, a social responsibility that goes beyond our technical roles.
Academic Rankings Considered Harmful!
Academic rankings, in general, provide highly misleading ways to inform academic decision making by individuals. Using such rankings for academic decision making is letting third-party business interests influence our academic values.
The Ritual of Academic-Unit Review
Why is it that academic-unit reviews accomplish so little in spite of the significant effort both by the reviewed units and reviewing committees? There are three main reasons, I believe.
The Moral Imperative of Artificial Intelligence
The big news on March 12 of this year was of the Go-playing AI-system AlphaGo securing victory against world champion Lee Se-dol. AlphaGo's victory is a stunning achievement and another milestone in the inexorable march of AI research.
Will new technology spawn mass unemployment, as the robots take jobs away from humans?
Are We Headed Toward Another Global Tech Bust?
Enrollments in computing-related undergraduate degree programs are booming. What is driving the enrollment boom is undoubtedly the global technology boom. We must remember, however, we have witnessed such booms in the past.
The Moral Hazard of Complexity-Theoretic Assumptions
In November 2015, the computing world was abuzz with the news that László Babai proved the Graph-Isomorphism Problem. If Babai’s result holds under scrutiny, it is likely to become one of the most celebrated results in theoretical computer science of the past several decades.
What Do We Do When the Jobs Are Gone, and Why We Must Embrace Active Learning
Moshe Y. Vardi ponders the outlook for people when all work is automated, while Mark Guzdial emphasizes the importance of Active Learning in teaching computer science.
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