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Do Know Harm: Considering the Ethics of Online Community Research
Strategies for engaging in more ethical research with online communities.
JavaScript Language Design and Implementation in Tandem
A proposal to first design a language in a mechanized specification, and the advantages that follow.
Wigderson Named Turing Awardee for Decisive Work on Randomness
His groundbreaking contributions to theoretical computer science demonstrate the power and limitations of randomness in computation.
Specifying the Power and Limitations of Randomness
Avi Wigderson, the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate, has made lasting contributions to the theory of computational complexity.
I recently attended the Logic Mentoring Workshop, a workshop for young researchers to discuss academic life as logicians and computer scientists. Many students feel insecure at conferences because they find a lot of the talks hard or impossible to follow. I do not blame them; I often do not get much out of conference talks […]
The Artist’s Role on a Science and Engineering Campus
The Music, Science, Inspiration Series creates a campus platform to open dialogue and mutual, meaningful inspiration between scientists, engineers, and artists.
How Generative AI Fits into Knowledge Work
Seeking to influence how generative artificial intelligence affects various professions.
Co-Developing Programs and Their Proof of Correctness
There have been some successes with program verification systems, but they are still perceived as a niche activity for the most critical and specialized projects.
The overriding philosophy of computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth, who died on January 1, 2024, was that systems should be simple, efficient, and “elegant.”
Yael Tauman Kalai on her career, proof systems, and certifying correctness.
U.S. Copyright Office’s Questions about Generative AI
Generating more questions than answers.
Software Managers’ Guide to Operational Excellence
The secret to being a great engineering leader.
Measuring GitHub Copilot’s Impact on Productivity
A case study asks Copilot users about the tool's impact on their productivity, and seeks to find their perceptions mirrored in user data.
Niklaus Wirth and Beyond: Safeguarding the Intellectual Heritage of Computing
On preserving the memory, and work documentation, of the founders of computer science.
Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula
First-job readiness versus long-term career preparation.
By Eugene H. Spafford, with assistance by Simson Garfinkel John Rischard Rice, a leading scientist and educator, died at home on Jan. 7, 2024. Rice was the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and a professor of mathematics at Purdue University. Rice was born June 6, 1934, in Tulsa, OK, to Margaret […]
Computations for This World and out of This World
In many ways, my career has been chasing chances to do mathematics.
The apparent ability of LLMs to write functioning source code has simultaneously caused celebration over the potential for massive increases in programmer productivity and consternation among teachers.
Do You Think the Chatbot Likes Me?
Artificial intelligence chatbots increasingly are being given distinct personalities, to increase the appeal of interacting with them.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
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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