COVID-19 Modeling for India and a Roadmap for the Future
A look at models developed in India to forecast the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country.
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The Many Shapes of a Computer Science Career
When you apply for a career in tech, it often means having to decide: Am I a product manager? A software engineer? A researcher? A designer? Most of us have a variety of skills that don't all neatly fall into one box.
A look at some of the major research accomplishments resulting from the efforts of several academic institutes to secure cyberspace.
The Blood Price of Unrestricted Privacy
Reinhard von Hanxleden ends his May 2022 Communications Viewpoint by pointing out the unthinking application of unconditional criteria to privacy "seems like a dead end in the long run." It has already proven to be a "dead end" with a Germanwings airliner crash into a cliff in France caused by the copilot.
Up with Data Science, and the First Programmer
Orit Hazzan and Koby Mike suggest a more focused approach to teaching machine learning, while Herbert Bruderer considers the identity of the first programmer.
Reliability at Multiple Stages in a Data Analysis Pipeline
Data-centric methods designed to increase end-to-end reliability of data-driven decision systems.
Three Risks Facing Higher Education
The implications of COVID-19 for risk management in higher education.
Reflections on the AI Bill of Rights Blueprint
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights." I reflect on this milestone document in the context of educational systems.
Computing’s Grand Challenge for Sustainability
The computing community should embrace a grand challenge to reduce the carbon-emissions and environmental impact of computing in absolute terms dramatically, and if possible, to zero.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
The more I think about the potential brittleness of neural networks and recognition or decision making, the more I wonder how we will be able to tell when a neural network choice or decision is incorrect.
In Memoriam: Juris Hartmanis 1928-2022
ACM Fellow and 1993 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Juris Hartmanis, co-inventor of complexity theory, died on July 29, 2022, at 94.
Applied AI Teaches Handwriting
In an increasingly digital world, how do you teach students cursive handwriting?
Assessing the Quantum-Computing Landscape
A summative assessment of quantum computing's progress, based on market readiness and investment levels, and its future implications.
Should Young Computer Scientists Stop Collaborating with Their Doctoral Advisors?
Factors that impact (positively and negatively) the advisor-advisee relationship.
Four Conversations About Human-Centric AI
I discuss the different conversations, their limits, and what we really need to be talking about.
Opportunities of Data Science Education
Considering the six new and exciting opportunities that data science presents.
Computing has become highly important in everyday life during the past 75 years. In addition to its many benefits, however, it has also played a major role in driving societal polarization.
The Making of an IT Strategy Consultant
Years ago, my mentor asked me how I envisioned my career. I replied, "It's important that my work is fun." She replied rather dryly, "You can't live off fun, Kristian."
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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