How is the development of technology, and its more basic cousin science, affected during such cataclysmic times?
Saurabh Bagchi From BLOG@CACM | June 8, 2020 at 01:21 PM
Is a skill-based, multi-level win-win, and (almost) zero-cost model for undergraduate science and engineering programs in a research university plausible?
Orit Hazzan From BLOG@CACM | May 27, 2020 at 10:34 AM
The coronavirus pandemic has once again demonstrated the great vulnerability of social and economic systems to microbes.
John Arquilla From BLOG@CACM | April 27, 2020 at 09:22 AM
Computational thinking can sound like "CS-minus." Is there a "CS-plus" that makes CS more attractive and approachable by all?
Jeremy Roschelle From BLOG@CACM | April 13, 2020 at 07:21 PM
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...Yegor Bugayenko From BLOG@CACM | March 12, 2020 at 10:29 PM
Our weakest students should not be the ones bearing the greatest costs of moving classes online.Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | March 10, 2020 at 10:37 AM
We are celebrating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death with a major exhibition of the Renaissance painter's works.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | November 4, 2019 at 09:42 AM
How many students learn general-purpose programming today, compared to using other computing environments or learning other STEM subjects?
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | November 3, 2019 at 04:18 PM
In the 18th century, there were several famous makers of automatons in Europe; who created the Chinese musical clock automaton figure?
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | August 1, 2019 at 09:39 AM
Does the trolley problem offer any useful insights for autonomous vehicles, in terms of design of or public policy around these systems? Here are several reasons...Jason Hong From BLOG@CACM | May 2, 2019 at 02:20 PM
If wearable computing products are really needed, what are the biggest practical and research challenges to mainstream adoption?
Saurabh Bagchi From BLOG@CACM | April 2, 2019 at 11:16 AM