Science Needs You: Mobilizing for Diversity in Award Recognition
Insights on how to create a more inclusive and equitable system of award recognition in the scientific community.
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We have entered a period in which computation is the principal animating factor in modern society.
Exploring Stereotypes and Biases in Language Technologies in Latin America
Research about fairness in computational applications and in language technologies has grown considerably in recent years.
A Four-Stage Approach for Hiring Women on Your Engineering Team
Women’s success does not mean men lose something; there is a future where everyone can succeed.
Work-Family Balance in Academia?
I wish someone had been there to prepare me, and that I didn't have to learn all these lessons the hard way myself.
How to Think About Remedies in the Generative AI Copyright Cases
Lawsuits charging developers of generative AI technologies with copyright-related violations are likely to influence legislation about generative AI copyright issues.
Artificial Intelligence Is the Crisis We Need
Raising questions about the future of citation metrics and the effectiveness of peer review in a world where authorship may not solely reside with humans.
Is Computing a Discipline in Crisis?
One of our professional societies should act as convenor and moderator for a community-wide conversation about the future of AI.
How Does Life Change Post Academic Tenure?
Reflecting on a few substantive things that change post-tenure.
"I learned early on that we should design AI to assist people, not replace them."
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.”
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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