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Can You Locate Your Location Data?
Smartphone apps offering location data services may be desirable, but their ability to collect personal data that can be sold to third parties is less attractive.
Internet Immunity and the Freedom to Code
A call to preserve the capability of developing the next generation of Internet services.
Online Voting: We Can Do It! (We Have To)
Seeking to make online voting more secure than today's flawed paper systems.
An Interview with Andrew Odlyzko on Cyber Security
Is a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" any greater a risk than a natural disaster? How shall we prioritize our preparations for a cyber disaster?
Computational Sustainability: Computing for a Better World and a Sustainable Future
Computer and information scientists join forces with other fields to help solve societal and environmental challenges facing humanity, in pursuit of a sustainable future.
Metadata-Private Communication for the 99%
Sketching the underlying system needed to facilitate metadata-private communication for several applications with a large user base.
Inspired by the Home of the Future
2018 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Shwetak Patel pushes old tools to new heights.
In Search of a CRISPR Kill Switch
The benefits of genetic engineering tool CRISPR have been widely discussed. But what if something goes wrong?
The Success of the Web: A Triumph of the Amateurs
Connecting the unique factors that influenced the origination and subsequent development of the World Wide Web.
Dispelling Common Myths About ACM Awards and Honors
Have you wondered why a person you admire has not received an ACM award? As a former ACM Awards Chair, I'd like to share some insights on what makes nominations effective.
Cutting the Wait For CS Advice
Mark Guzdial suggests ways to cut the long lines for college students seeking to meet with their computer science advisors.
Block-based Programming in Computer Science Education
Considering how block-based programming environments and tools might be used at the introductory level and beyond.
Embedded EthiCS: Integrating Ethics Across CS Education
A Harvard-based pilot program integrates class sessions on ethical reasoning into courses throughout its computer science curriculum.
In trying to "drown" the opposition with daily online elections, I didn't realize they could wash me away.
The Drive to Quantum Computing
The U.S. National Quantum Initiative will support the push towards a quantum computing infrastructure, ecosystem, and workforce.
Researchers find a way to make many implanted medical devices virtually hack-proof.
Halfway Round!: Growing the Regional Special Sections
In November 2017, we launched Communications' Regional Special Sections. A year and half later, I'm happy to report we're halfway around the world and gaining momentum!
This year is the 50th anniversary of the activation of the Arpanet project.
We are in the midst a profound transformation of our society, with computer science and its artifacts as a major driver of change.
Bringing More Women, Immigrants, to Computer Science
Gloria Townsend on encouraging women to pursue CS, and Sheldon Waite on supporting immigrants to fill STEM jobs.
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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