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BLOG@CACM Apr 13 2023

What Can the FATE Community Learn from the Successes and Failures in Privacy?

There are many similarities between FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics) and privacy, and I believe that there are a lot of lessons that the FATE community can learn from past work, successes, and failures in privacy.

Jason Hong

News Apr 6 2023

Can Digital Wallets Save Cryptocurrency?

Seeking a better deal for bitcoin and its ilk in Web3 and the Metaverse.

Samuel Greengard | Commissioned by CACM Staff

BLOG@CACM Apr 6 2023

A Year Embedded in the Crypto-NFT Space

From digital ownership to artistic communities.

Carlos Baquero

News Apr 1 2023

AI Rewrites Coding

Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.

Samuel Greengard

News Apr 1 2023

. . . And the Computer Plays Along

Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.

Esther Shein

colorful jumble of music notes, illustration

News Apr 1 2023

Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery

Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.

Don Monroe

3D chemical compounds floating in space, illustration

News Apr 1 2023

ACM Publications Finances for 2021

One requirement for ACM's multiyear transition to become a fully Open Access publisher is to develop and implement a sustainability plan to ensure ACM Publications continues to operate at a high level with the quality of its publications and the services it provides to the community.

Wendy Hall, Divesh Srivastava, and Scott E. Delman

bar graphs and electronic components form a blue skyline, illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Contracting for Artificial Intelligence

Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.

Mari Sako

person stands in front of a giant smartphone with a robotic hand coming out from the screen, illustration

Practice Apr 1 2023

OCCAM-v2: Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Effective and Efficient Whole-Program Specialization

Leveraging scalable pointer analysis, value analysis, and dynamic analysis.

Jorge A. Navas and Ashish Gehani

colorful blocks on a stylized 3D circuit board, illustration

Research and Advances Apr 1 2023

Protecting Autonomous Cars from Phantom Attacks

Enabling object detectors to better distinguish between real and fake objects in semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles.

phantom figure sits inside autonomous vehicle surrounded by human figures, illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Scaffolding as Catalyst

As with the huge hotel and condo complex being constructed adjacent to the building where my office is located, tools for building new systems often require temporary scaffolding to reach the point where the intended system can support itself.

Vinton G. Cerf

Opinion Apr 1 2023

All Sliders to the Right

Hardware overkill.

George V. Neville-Neil

computer system sits atop control panel with slide switches, illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech

Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.

Marshall Van Alstyne, Michael D. Smith, and Herbert Lin

multicolor beam pierces a ring of text stating 'Section 230', illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience

Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.

blue ball ahead of white blocks on parallel tracks, illustration

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly

A unique viewpoint on risks to senior citizens from academia.

David A. Patterson

businessman faces an older woman who's using a cane

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?

Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.

David Ott, Kenny Paterson, and Dennis Moreau

shield-like structure with image of a key at its center, illustration

Research and Advances Apr 1 2023

Eight Reasons to Prioritize Brain-Computer Interface Cybersecurity

Defining and analyzing the impact of cyberattacks on novel generations of BCIs.

Sergio López Bernal, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, and Gregorio Martínez Pérez

keyhole on top of a human head, illustration

Research and Advances Apr 1 2023

Mechanical Mathematicians

A new generation of automatic theorem provers eliminate bugs in software and mathematics.

Opinion Apr 1 2023

Cooperation in the Commons

Seeking a solution to a bovine calculation situation.

Dennis Shasha

BLOG@CACM Mar 31 2023

The Imperativity of Algorithms

The important named algorithms that we call upon deserve a robust ontology.

Robin K. Hill

News Mar 30 2023

Will AI Replace Computer Programmers?

Advances in artificial intelligence tools that can code could improve productivity, but portend disruption.

Logan Kugler

Artist's representation of an AI that writes code.

News Mar 29 2023

More Details, but Not Enough

Disputed Google research is receiving further scrutiny, despite the company's inaction in open-sourcing its data or source code as promised.

Gregory Goth

BLOG@CACM Mar 23 2023

Artificial Intelligence Without Real Intelligence?

Do the programs understand what they write?

Herbert Bruderer

News Mar 23 2023

Capturing What is Said

Artificial intelligence is boosting the capabilities of automatic speech recognition.

Esther Shein | Commissioned by CACM Staff

A very basic flow chart for the conversion of speech to text.

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