Law Enforcement’s Ongoing Problem with Mobile Encryption
Organizations like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have a hard time cracking suspects' smartphones, thanks to end-to-end encryption.
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Highlights of the ACM Student Research Competition
Since 2003, ACM in conjunction with Microsoft have sponsored research competitions for undergraduate and graduate students in computing. The following process is used to select SRC winners.
Would Turing Have Won the Turing Award?
Today, Alan Turing is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding scientists of the 20th century, but that was not the case in 1966. The question, therefore, can be posed as follows: Would Turing have won the Turing Award?
Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases
Does the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Apple v. Samsung case represent a quagmire?
Is There a Single Method For the Internet of Things?
Essence can keep software development for the IoT from becoming unwieldy.
User Reviews of Top Mobile Apps in Apple and Google App Stores
The varying review dynamics seen in different app stores can help guide future app development strategies.
Cambits: A Reconfigurable Camera System
Multiple computational cameras can be assembled from a common set of imaging components.
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
Amid growing outcry over controversial online videos, tech firms grapple with how best to police online advertising.
Engaging the Ethics of Data Science in Practice
Seeking more common ground between data scientists and their critics.
This is the fifth year of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum and it continues to be a highlight of the year for me and for about 250 others who participate. This year, computer science was heavily represented.
Keeping the Machinery in Computing Education
Incorporating intellectual and developmental frameworks into a Scottish school curriculum.
Sharing Secrets (without Giving Them Away)
Secure multiparty computation protects privacy while sharing vital data.
I recently had the opportunity to join several thousand teachers in Southern California for an annual confab on teaching. I came away with a very different view of elementary and secondary education than I had going in.
The notion of what constitutes a profession has been studied extensively through exploration of its attributes. Common among these are a deep technical expertise, an essential, valued, societal contribution, and the need to adhere to high ethical and technical standards.
Amazon and Whole Foods: Follow the Strategy (and the Money)
Checking out the recent Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods.
Four Ways to Make CS and IT More Immersive
Why the Bell curve hasn't transformed into a hockey stick.
Research For Practice: Technology For Underserved Communities; Personal Fabrication
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
Millennials’ Attitudes Toward It Consumerization in the Workplace
Millennials entering the workforce ignore the risks of using privately owned devices on the job.
Internet Advertising: Technology, Ethics, and a Serious Difference of Opinion
Exploring the technical and ethical issues surrounding Internet advertising and ad blocking.
Bioprinting has generated bones, cartilage, and some muscles; hearts and livers are still years away.
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