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Scalable Conferences

One of the main insights developed at the "Publication Culture in Computing Research" workshop, held in November 2012, was that the computing-research publishing ecosystem — both conferences and journals — has simply failed to scale up with the growth of the field.
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Fricative Computing

Our discipline is dedicated to reducing friction. Our goal is to reduce the friction of computing and communication as much as possible. But should zero friction really be our goal? Let's bring friction back into computing.
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Who Begat Computing?

The Turing Centenary is now behind us and we can afford some reflection on what has transpired. There is a risk, however, that in our focus on highlighting Turing's seminal contributions we may have gone from celebration to hagiography.
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Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?

"Thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee," wrote the prophet Isaiah. This phrase has been popping into my mind as I have been following the recent raging discussions over the topic of MOOCs.

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