Bias in Web data and use taints the algorithms behind Web-based applications, delivering equally biased results.
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Identifying Patterns in Medical Records through Latent Semantic Analysis
Text analysis can reveal patterns of association among medical terms and medical codes.
Technical Perspective: Measuring Optimization Potential with Coz
In "Coz: Finding Code that Counts with Causal Profiling," Curtsinger and Berger describe causal profiling, which tell programmers exactly how much speed-up bang to expect for their optimization buck.
ACM A.M. Turing award recipients John Hennessy and David Patterson have introduced generations of students to reduced instruction set computing.
ACM's most prestigious recognition is the ACM A.M. Turing Award and the 2017 award goes to John Hennessy and David Patterson: "For pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry."
Coz: Finding Code that Counts with Causal Profiling
This paper introduces causal profiling. Unlike past profiling approaches, causal profiling indicates exactly where programmers should focus their optimization efforts, and quantifies their potential impact.
More Than the Code: Learning Rules of Rejection in Writing Programs
A teacher and students coding together make explicit the unwritten rules of programming.
Internet Freedom in West Africa: Technical Support for Journalists and Democracy Advocates
The U.S. State Department's Internet Freedom agenda is being adapted to help them communicate without DNS and IP address filtering.
Data Acquisition in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
The data comes from multiple optimal sources in parallel, helping reduce addressing and data-acquisition latency.
How We Lost the Women in Computing
We cannot understand the current gender disparity in computing without understanding the history of women in computing. How did we lose the women in computing? They did not just leave; they were pushed out.
Toward Sustainable Access: Where Are We Now?
The publishing landscape is changing, and ACM with it. We take this opportunity to describe what ACM thinks about recent trends, recent changes, and the future.
Meet the candidates who introduce their plans—and stands—for the Association.
Commenting on Code, Considering Data’s Bottleneck
Edwin Torres considers the enduring value of code comments, while Walid Saba wonders if we have overreacted to the knowledge acquisition bottleneck.
Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data
Researchers are exploring ways to put medical data to greater use while better protecting privacy.
Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers
Scientists are using DNA and RNA to build the world's tiniest robots and computing devices.
Putting Trust in Security Engineering
Proposing a stronger foundation for an engineering discipline to support the design of secure systems.
Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare
The call for an international legal framework governing cyberwarfare is gaining momentum.
ACM is under significant pressure to move from a subscription-based to an open access publishing model. Such a transition is exceedingly challenging and would threaten ACM's financial viability, a risk that must be taken seriously.
Fostering Inclusion, Keeping the Net Neutral
ACM-W chair Jodi Tims offers ways everyone can promote inclusiveness, while Daniel A. Reed assesses the debate over Net neutrality.
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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