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Opinion Mar 1 2017

ACM’s Open-Conference Principle and Political Reality

ACM's Open-Conference principle reflects ACM's mission of "advance computing as a science and a profession; enable professional development; and promote policies and research that benefit society." In the past few weeks, however, this principle has been gravely tested.

Computing Profession

Former CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi

BLOG@CACM Jan 31 2017

ACM’s Open-Conference Principle and Political Reality

The Open-Conference Principle is aimed at benefiting society.

Computing Profession

Opinion Jan 1 2017

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.

Computing Applications

Opinion Nov 1 2016

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.

Computing Profession

Opinion Sep 1 2016

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.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jul 1 2016

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.

Computing Applications

Opinion May 1 2016

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.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Communications Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi

News Apr 11 2016

Are robots taking our jobs?

Will new technology spawn mass unemployment, as the robots take jobs away from humans?

Computing Profession

Opinion Apr 1 2016

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.

Computing Profession

Opinion Feb 1 2016

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.

Computing Applications

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