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The Virus Analogy and Validation
The comparison between organic viruses and computer viruses is compelling. But why?
From BLOG@CACM
Clean Code Isn't Enough; It Must Be Crystal Clear, Too
Writing clean code is a great start, but for programmers who really want to master their craft, you have to go further. You need to write clear code that other...
From BLOG@CACM
Getting a Program Right (1)
Why it is good to have a systematic approach to software verification.
From BLOG@CACM
Talented Programmers Don't Tolerate Chaos
Talented programmers will strive to structure chaos and write perfect code.
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Hazardous Enthusiasm and How Eagerness Can Kill A Project
Many otherwise competent software developers and potential contributors end up being overwhelmed by "hazardous enthusiasm." They end up overwhelmed by their excitement...
From BLOG@CACM
Google Translate Does Not UÂnderstand the Content of the Texts
How well do translation programs translate?
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Will We All Be Wearing Wearables?
If wearable computing products are really needed, what are the biggest practical and research challenges to mainstream adoption?
From BLOG@CACM
Governance and Oversight Coming to AI and Automation: Independent Audit of AI Systems
Independent Audit of AI Systems is the next evolution of governance for artificial intelligence and automation.
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What Turing and Church Left Out
Concurrency control for readers and writers in a database is a classic problem that illustrates the power of message passing.
From Communications of the ACM
Discovering Bugs, or Ensuring Success?
Finding errors is not the same as making certain a software product works correctly.
From BLOG@CACM
Did We Just Replace the 'Knowledge Bottleneck' With a 'Data Bottleneck'?
In practice, it seems that avoiding the knowledge acquisition bottleneck has not resulted in any net gain.
From BLOG@CACM
Fact Versus Frivolity in Facebook
Facebook, for the sake of its own business integrity and for the sake of the public, should give up any attempt to guarantee veracity in items posted by users.
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What Happened?
As forecasters attempt to understand exactly what happened in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the data itself may hold vital clues.
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Database Decay and What To Do About It
In our opinion, database decay results from the multi-department organization of large implementations.
From BLOG@CACM
What Makes a Program Elegant?
Most programmers would agree that some programs are elegant, and that elegant programs are better than others.
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Welcome to the 40th Annual ACM-ICPC World Finals in Phuket, Thailand
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, sponsored by IBM, is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming competition in the world.
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SC16 Adds Computational Reproducibility to Student Competition
SC16 has replaced the standard HPC benchmarks in its popular Student Cluster Competition with the task of reproducing the results of a recent HPC paper.
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