Impediments with Policy Interventions to Foster Cybersecurity
A call for discussion of governmental investment and intervention in support of cybersecurity.
Security and Privacy
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Computational Social Science ≠ Computer Science + Social Data
The important intersection of computer science and social science.
The Internet as we know it today has driven the barrier to the generation and sharing of information to nearly zero. But there are consequences of the reduced threshold for access to the Internet.
Technical Perspective: On Heartbleed: A Hard Beginnyng Makth a Good Endyng
When a serious security vulnerability is discovered in the SSL/TLS protocol, one would naturally expect a rapid response. "Analysis of SSL Certificate Reissues and Revocations in the Wake of Heartbleed," by Zhang et al., paints a very different picture in the context of the famous Heartbleed vulnerability.
Analysis of SSL Certificate Reissues and Revocations in the Wake of Heartbleed
We use Heartbleed, a widespread OpenSSL vulnerability from 2014, as a natural experiment to determine whether administrators are properly managing their X.509 certificates.
Achieving Gender Equity: ACM-W Can't Do It Alone
Why, with so much sustained effort by so many individuals and organizations, is progress toward gender equity so slow?
A Comprehensive Self-Driving Car Test
Every few years, I have to pass a test from the Department of Motor Vehicles to drive my car. Shouldn't a self-driving car be required to do the same thing?
Protecting the Power Grid, and Finding Bias in Student Evaluations
The Communications Web site, http://cacm.acm.org, features more than a dozen bloggers in the BLOG@CACM community. In each issue of Communications, we'll publish selected posts or excerpts.twitterFollow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/blogCACMhttp://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacmJohn Arquilla considers the growth of cyberattacks on infrastructure, while Mark Guzdial wonders how beginning computer science students can possibly evaluate their teachers fairly.
Quantum Technology Forgoes Unconditional Security to Extend its Reach
Two projects in China demonstrate the possibility of global quantum key distribution networks.
The War Over the Value of Personal Data
In a world increasingly dependent on turning personal data into profits, it is unclear how much that data is actually worth.
Risks of Trusting the Physics of Sensors
Protecting the Internet of Things with embedded security.
Titus: Introducing Containers to the Netflix Cloud
Approaching container adoption in an already cloud-native infrastructure.
Research For Practice: Private Online Communication; Highlights in Systems Verification
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Intelligent Tools, Platforms, Growth, Employment
Digital technology determines how (and even whether) people work as much as it determines how information produces economic activity.
A Large-Scale Comparative Study of Beta Testers and Regular Users
Beta testers should represent a future product's target users as much as possible.
Elements of the Theory of Dynamic Networks
The challenge of computing in a highly dynamic environment.
Who can say no to the hive mind's promise of cybernetic immortality, for free?
Why Is It Difficult For the Fbi to Break Into Smartphones?
Turing Laureate Whitfield Diffie explains why the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is unable to break the encryption on your smartphone.
“when Performance Is Pursued Above All”
Long-overlooked CPU vulnerabilities have come to light.
The Big Idea and the PD Pipeline
Former Computer Science Teachers Association executive director Mark R. Nelson discusses his work with the group to overcome core challenges to computer science education.
Halide: Decoupling Algorithms from Schedules For High-Performance Image Processing
We propose a new programming language for image processing pipelines, called Halide, that separates the algorithm from its schedule.
Technical Perspective: Can High Performance Be Portable?
"Halide: Decoupling Algorithms from Schedules for High-Performance Image Processing" by Ragan-Kelley et al. on the image processing language Halide explores a substantially different approach to architecture-specific code optimization.
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