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The Evolution of Brick and Mortar
New technologies are transforming the future of in-person retail.
Teaching CS Humbly, and Watching the AI Revolution
Mark Guzdial on a book that changed his thinking about teaching computer science, and Jiajie Zhang on the AI Revolution.
Deceiving the Masses on Social Media
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
Reading in the Panopticon: Your Kindle May Be Spying on You, But You Can't Be Sure
eBooks may have surveillance technologies embedded in them. Should we care?
Commercial Quantum Computing Made Possible
Intel is chipping away at quantum computing with its Horse Ridge cryogenic control chip.
The coronavirus pandemic has once again demonstrated the great vulnerability of social and economic systems to microbes.
Artificial intelligence allows the screening of billions of molecules, until you find the one(s) you want.
The use of software to determine bail and sentencing terms has gone mainstream. How fair are these systems?
Give Tax Time Phishing Attacks the Slip
Learning how to recognize tax-time email scams can help taxpayers and businesspeople avoid them.
Computational Thinking or Computational Teamwork?
Computational thinking can sound like "CS-minus." Is there a "CS-plus" that makes CS more attractive and approachable by all?
In Memoriam: John Horton Conway 1937-2020
Conway worked on the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory, coding theory, and even recreational mathematics.
Keeping Students Educated and Engaged
The use of distance learning has grown quickly in primary education, in response to school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
CNNs Catch Animals in the Wild
Researchers are using convolutional neural networks to identify the few frames of interest among massive amounts of visual information.
Two books, one published to great acclaim and the other still in process, resonate with a visceral intensity for which I was honestly unprepared and surprised.
5G Commercialization and Trials in Korea
Government-industry 5G collaborations, including the R&D roadmap, the first 5G experience, and 5G vertical trials made the 5G-enabled industrial transformation take place in Korea.
Detecting Fake News in Social Media: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
Many of the latest techniques to automatically debunk fake news were initiated in the Asia and Oceania region.
Keeping Government Out of Your Business
The Enforcer software can keep government surveillance from straying into illegality.
The Battle Over Autonomous Killing Machines
Should lethal autonomous weapon systems be programmed to strike and kill without direct human oversight?
Clean Code Isn’t Enough; It Must Be Crystal Clear, Too
Writing clean code is a great start, but for programmers who really want to master their craft, you have to go further. You need to write clear code that other programmers can quickly understand and work with. Here's why.
Smartphones can analyze virtually every aspect of your personality, beliefs, and behaviors.
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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