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Opinion May 1 2013

ACM President’s Salary Increased By 300%!

I hope this headline got your attention! Of course, as with all voluntary positions at ACM, the salary is $0.00/year. However, you gain incalculably in satisfaction when you volunteer your time in any of the myriad opportunities afforded by the international ACM.

Computing Applications

Google Inc. Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton G. Cerf

Opinion Apr 1 2013

Open Access

"Open access content" is a topic that has been widely discussed and, with the advent of the Internet and the Web along with "digital publishing," it has become an important touch-point for the research community.

Computing Applications

Google Inc. Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist and ACM Past President Vinton G. Cerf

Opinion Mar 1 2013

A Revolution in India

I recently had the pleasure of visiting our colleagues in India at the ACM-India Council meeting. The ACM-India Council joins the ACM-China and ACM-Europe Councils, as well as the general ACM Council, as the foundation for the internationalization efforts of our association.

Computing Applications

Opinion Feb 1 2013

Growing the ACM Family

I have been thinking about the demographics of the computing profession and wondering what steps ACM and its members might take to increase interest in this career across a full spectrum of potential candidates.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jan 1 2013

What’s a Robot?

In most formulations, robots have the ability to manipulate and affect the real world. I would like to posit, however, that the notion of robot could usefully be expanded to include programs that perform functions, ingest input and produce output that has a perceptible effect.

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Dec 1 2012

Computer Science Revisited

In a recent column, I questioned whether there was any "science" in computer science. This provoked a great many responses that provided some very valuable perspective. I have come away from this foray into computer 'science' with several conclusions.

Computing Applications

Opinion Nov 1 2012

Why Is Accessibility So Hard?

I sometimes think that, of all the disciplines, ours ought to be the most effective at adapting to the varied needs of users. For various physical limitations, we really should be able to configure our software to adapt. But the problem persists.

Computing Applications

Opinion Oct 1 2012

Where Is the Science in Computer Science?

The term "computer science" raises expectations, at least to my mind, of an ability to define models and to make predictions about the behavior of computers and computing systems.

Computing Applications

Practice Apr 1 2011

Successful Strategies For IPv6 Rollouts. Really.

Knowing where to begin is half the battle.

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Apr 1 2005

Spam, Spim, and Spit

Abolishing spam, and its morphing forms, will take more than public protest and current filtering and legislative quick fixes.

Computing Applications

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