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ChatGPT is Not a Technological Singularity
It will take many years before generative artificial intelligence has a measurable effect on the economy as a whole.
From BLOG@CACM
Towards Empirical Answers to the Core Problems of Software Engineering
Can empirical research give us an answer to the big problems?
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Leaping the Exascale Chasm
The global race is on to build ever-faster supercomputers, fueled by a combination of scientific and engineering needs to simulate phenomena with greater resolution...
From BLOG@CACM
So, Who Won The Battle Of The Brains?
And the winner of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is...
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The Heat Is On
Students work together to solve complicated problems while competing at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
From BLOG@CACM
Coping With Linux Distro Fragmentation (visualized in One Giant Diagram)
I describe software incompatibility problems caused by fragmentation in Linux-based operating systems and present one potential solution.
From BLOG@CACM
Apocalypse No! (Part 2)
Catastrophism and reliance on dubious studies have no place in serious discussions of software engineering.
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What Does 'Big Data' Mean (Part 4)?
The "big variety" use case is examined, in this fourth post in a series on big data.
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Exascale Software: Just a Few Orders of Magnitude
Extraordinary parallelism, unprecedented data locality and adaptive resilience: these are daunting architecture, system software and application challenges for...
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Doing It Right or Doing It Over?
Not everyone hits on America, who for India sets sail.
From BLOG@CACM
Athena Award Nominations Closing Soon!
Don't miss out on the chance to nominate someone for an Athena Award from ACM-W.
From BLOG@CACM
Software Engineering in the Venice of the North
ESEC-FSE 2013 (in Saint Petersburg,, 18-26 August) is the place to be for software engineering in 2013.
From BLOG@CACM
Teaching Real-World Programming
In this post, I describe a ubiquitous style of programming that, to my knowledge, has never been formally taught in the classroom.
From BLOG@CACM
Is It Time to Change How Software Developers Are Hired?
Considerations of how conventional hiring practices prevent diversification of software development groups.
From BLOG@CACM
What Does 'Big Data' Mean? (Part 3)
The "big velocity" use case is examined in this third post in a series on big data.
From BLOG@CACM
Teaching Programming To A Highly Motivated Beginner
I recount what I learned from spending nine months teaching computer programming to a person with no prior programming experience.
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A Fundamental Duality of Software Engineering
What is the value of that function for x = 6?
From BLOG@CACM
Intermittent Net and Mobile/Cloud Development
Intermittent Net: The Importance of Distributed Thinking in Mobile/Cloud Application Development (and Usage)
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