Why Is It Hard to Define Data Science?
Data science can be described as a science, as a research paradigm, as a research method, as a discipline, as a workflow, and as a profession.
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The Legacy of Peer-to-Peer Systems
What happened to peer-to-peer as a technological concept?
The Context Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence design challenge of teaming humans and machines is difficult because machines cannot read the context of use.
The Four Horsemen of an Ailing Software Project
Don't let the pale rider catch you with an exception.
Building a New Economy: Data, AI, and Web3
How distributed technologies could return more control to users.
Global Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
ACM luminaries describe how their experiences with DEI issues vary between the different continents where they have lived.
Producing Competent HPC Graduates
Employers seek recruits who can apply the knowledge, skill, and culture they acquire in college to solve problems as soon as they enter the workforce.
Subfield Prestige and Gender Inequality among U.S. Computing Faculty
A study of the intersections of gender, race, socioeconomic status, prestige, and subfield structure in computing.
How Do Java Mutation Tools Differ?
A framework for aiding future Java mutation tool comparisons.
Cyberlaw: Where We Are and What’s On the Horizon
Legislating for cyberspace means establishing new legal frameworks and rethinking existing ones. The global picture is mixed.
What Does Meta AI’s Diplomacy-Winning Cicero Mean for AI?
Hint: It's not all about scaling.
Technology Transforms Textiles
Robotic fabrics sense motion and movements, and adapt accordingly.
Terabit/s Optical Data Link Demonstrated for Satellites
An optical data link was demonstrated over 10km (more than six miles) of open air in a field experiment in the Netherlands.
Data Backup and VM Modernization: How-to Guide
A guide to VM modernization when dealing with data backups.
Can We Secure Cryptography Against Quantum Attacks?
If you want your digital information to be secure, you must implement post-quantum cryptography now, according to some leaders in the field.
Setting the Internet of Things Free — of Batteries
Increasingly, sensors and other Internet of Things devices will be powered by ambient energies.
Small Sensors for Big Challenges
Shwetak Patel hopes to build something that could impact the lives of a billion people.
Stack Ranking: Organizational Cancer
If only the best are hired, why isn't everybody great?
The Impact of Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings have mixed effects on employee productivity, creativity, and relationships.
Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success
Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.
What Must All Post-Secondary Students Learn about Computing?
Expanding students' understanding of computing's potential.
Shape the Future of Computing
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Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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