Research For Practice: Web Security and Mobile Web Computing
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How We Teach CS2All, and What to Do About Database Decay
Valerie Barr considers how to make computer science education meaningful and relevant to all, while a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory offers strategies to counter database decay.
Cell-Graphs: Image-Driven Modeling of Structure-Function Relationship
Cell-graph construction methods are best served when physics-driven and data-driven paradigms are joined.
Information and Misinformation on the Internet
The Internet influenced the decisions of voters in both the June 2016 U.K. referendum on European Union membership and the November 2016 U.S. elections. The disturbing aspect of these is the quantity of poor-quality content, the production of deliberately false information, and the reinforcement of bad information through the social media.
Exploring Post-Quantum Cryptography
The New Hope post-quantum algorithm to protect encryptions against quantum computers won its developers Facebook’s 2016 Internet Defense Prize (and $100,000); Google is experimenting with its use for part of its data traffic.
Swearing Dolls, Other Iot Intrusions Threaten Children’s Well-Being, Privacy, Data
The Internet of Playthings is not necessarily a safe place.
The Real Lesson of the Alleged Russian Hack
Despite more than two decades of consistent public warnings that have reached the highest levels of government, cybersecurity throughout much of the world is in a shameful state of unpreparedness.
Creating Connection with Autonomous Facial Animation
Biologically based computational modeling promises virtual characters capable of face-to-face human interaction.
Interactive Visualization of 3D Scanned Mummies at Public Venues
A full-body virtual autopsy of an ancient Egyptian mummy showed visitors he was likely murdered.
Anticipating Policy and Social Implications of Named Data Networking
Considering the social impact of a proposed future Internet architecture.
The ACM Code of Ethics: A Call to Action
The ACM Committee on Professional Ethics is updating the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Here I reflect on how those changes motivate a call to action for the profession.
Making a Positive Impact: Updating the ACM Code of Ethics
The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct describes what brings us together as a profession. As members of the ACM we have all consented to the Code; that consent underlies the conscience of our profession and is the foundation for our shared expectations of each other.
In this paper, we present a new hardware-software system, called Software Defined Battery, which allows system designers to integrate batteries of different chemistries.
Technical Perspective: The Chemistry of Software-Defined Batteries
A time-tested principle in computer systems design is to use an interface to separate an abstraction from its implementation. "Software-Defined Batteries" represents a convergence of these two evolutionary threads.
Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons?
Nations consider using defense systems that can make their own lethal decisions.
Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server
The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.
(Mis)Managing Parallel Computing Research Through EU Project Funding
Considering the possible negative long-term effects of EU projects on European scientific culture.
Is email ever private? It seems clear that we need standards and agreements to protect email while in transit between mail transfer agents and between users and transfer agents.
Online consumers use software to block ads; online advertisers can pay to be whitelisted by some ad-blocking software.
Introducing CS to Newcomers, and JES As a Teaching Tool
Valerie Barr gets high schoolers thinking about CS, while Mark Guzdial mulls the benefits of Jython Environment for Students.
Pushing on String: The 'Don't Care' Region of Password Strength
Enterprises that impose stringent password-composition policies appear to suffer the same fate as those that do not.
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