Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession–But to What End?
It is time to revisit and update the purpose of ACM. It must be "to advance the science and profession of computing for the public good."
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Robin K. Hill explains the ethical responsibility of the computing professional with respect to voting systems.
Algorithms to Harvest the Wind
Wake steering can help ever-larger turbines work together more efficiently on wind farms.
Can Nanosheet Transistors Keep Moore’s Law Alive?
The technology promises to advance semiconductors and computing, but also introduces new questions and challenges.
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
Computing and Community in Formal Education
Culturally responsive computing repurposes computer science education by making it meaningful to not only students, but also to their families and communities.
Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has confronted us with a raft of dilemmas that challenge us to decide what values are important in our designs.
Considering the merits of several models and approaches to Internet governance.
Through the Lens of a Passionate Theoretician
Considering the far-reaching and fundamental implications of computing beyond digital computers.
The BBC micro:bit – From the U.K. to the World
A codable computer half the size of a credit card is inspiring students worldwide to develop core computing skills in fun and creative ways.
A platform for creating a crowdsourced picture of human opinions on how machines should handle moral dilemmas.
Toward Model-Driven Sustainability Evaluation
Exploring the vision of a model-based framework that may enable broader engagement with and informed decision making about sustainability issues.
Technical Perspective: A Perspective on Pivot Tracing
Instead of handing trace records off to a collector for long-term storage and future processing, the system described in "Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring for Distributed Systems," by Jonathan Mace, et al., installs continuous queries, on demand, inside the distributed system itself.
Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring for Distributed Systems
This paper presents Pivot Tracing, a monitoring framework for distributed systems, which addresses the limitations of today's monitoring and diagnosis tools by combining dynamic instrumentation with a novel relational operator: the happened-before join.
Bluetooth device users seldom suspect they are opening themselves to man-in-the-middle hacker attacks.
Making the Internet Civil Again
Researchers are exploring ways to improve discourse in online discussion groups and social media sites.
Automating Visual Privacy Protection Using a Smart LED
We introduce LiShield, which automatically protects a physical scene against photographing, by illuminating it with smart LEDs flickering in specialized waveforms.
Start Small, Then Achieve Big Impact
ACM owes its success to an amazing cadre of volunteers around the globe, and they deserve the credit for what ACM accomplishes.
I have become convinced that our consuming societies, at least in the economically "developed" world, have become sources of harm to ourselves and our planet.
Sizing the U.S. Student Cohort for Computer Science
Mark Guzdial considers indicators that U.S. K-12 students will study computer science.
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping habits and preferences.
Dark Web’s Doppelgängers Aim to Dupe Antifraud Systems
Digital doppelgängers that fool online payment fraud detection systems are a threat to your bank balance.
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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