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Opinion Nov 1 2019

The presentation of Internet search results not only must be prioritized by some measure of quality but also the ranking criteria must be clear and well understood. Transparency is our friend in this endeavor.

Computing Applications

Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton G. Cerf

Opinion Oct 1 2019

AI Is Not an Excuse!

I keep hearing excuses for not working on difficult problems: "Eventually AI will solve this so there's no point working on it now." Sorry, wrong answer.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Opinion Sep 1 2019

Polyglot!

Machine learning has taken over the computer science world as the tool of choice for a great many applications.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Opinion Aug 1 2019

Undo, Redo, and Regrets

Some actions or decisions are irreversible. We would do ourselves a great favor if we were to design our digital systems to the maximum extent possible to avoid irreversible traps.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jul 1 2019

Back to the Future, Part II

This year is the 50th anniversary of the activation of the Arpanet project.

Computing Profession

Opinion Jun 1 2019

Back to the Future

We have come a long way since the 1983 activation of the Internet and there is strong evidence that further evolution is to be expected as new technologies arrive to spark imagination and challenge engineers to improve on the past.

Computing Profession

Opinion May 1 2019

APIs, Standards, and Enabling Infrastructure

The widespread sharing of common or standardized APIs confers rich opportunities for choices of operating system or library implementations for the programming of applications.

Computing Applications

Opinion Apr 1 2019

In Debt to the NSF

In 1980, the National Science Foundation sponsored the development of CSNET to connect a number of computer science departments together that had not already been connected to the ARPANET. NSF continues its vigorous support for network research to this day.

Computing Profession

Opinion Mar 1 2019

Ownership vs. Stewardship

The Internet and the World Wide Web are dependent on the stewardship of a key set of non-profit institutions.

Computing Profession

Opinion Feb 1 2019

Libraries Considered Hazardous

Libraries of the future cannot merely be catalogs of digital content. The objects in the digital library will need to interact in some fashion so that truth value of their contents can be adjusted as new knowledge becomes available.

Computing Applications

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