Computer Security Is Broken: Can Better Hardware Help Fix It?
Computer security problems have far exceeded the limits of the human brain. What can we do about it?
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From Computational Thinking to Computational Participation in K-12 Education
Seeking to reframe computational thinking as computational participation.
During my presidency I will work to develop new initiatives to ensure that ACM provides ever-greater value to the global computing community.
Since 1951, there has been an annual meeting of Nobel laureates. It was decided last year to have a Nobel laureate address the participants of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) and to have an HLF laureate address the participants of the Nobel annual meeting.
Open Source Software No Longer Optional
Open development and sharing of software gained widespread acceptance 15 years ago, and the practice is accelerating.
Computational Biology in the 21st Century: Scaling with Compressive Algorithms
Algorithmic advances take advantage of the structure of massive biological data landscape.
Teamwork in Computing Research
Considering the benefits and downsides of collaborative research.
Technical Perspective: Combining Logic and Probability
In "Probabilistic Theorem Proving," Gogate and Domingos suggest how PTP could be turned in a fast approximate algorithm by sampling from the set of children of a branch point.
Many representation schemes combining first-order logic and probability have been proposed in recent years. We propose the first method that has the full power of both graphical model inference and first-order theorem proving (in finite domains with Herbrand interpretations).
Progress in Computational Thinking, and Expanding the HPC Community
Jeannette Wing considers the proliferation of computational thinking, while Dan Stanzione hopes to bring more HPC practitioners to SC16.
Big Data Analytics and Revision of the Common Rule
Reconsidering traditional research ethics given the emergence of big data analytics.
Seeking a market-based solution to the problem of a person's unjustified inaccessibility to their private information.
Apple v. Samsung and the Upcoming Design Patent Wars?
Assessing an important recent design patent infringement court decision.
The Computing Research Association works to quantify the extent, and causes, of a jump in undergraduate computer science enrollments.
Should You Upload or Ship Big Data to the Cloud?
The accepted wisdom does not always hold true.
The Ritual of Academic-Unit Review
Why is it that academic-unit reviews accomplish so little in spite of the significant effort both by the reviewed units and reviewing committees? There are three main reasons, I believe.
Big ideas are, in some ways, organizing principles that point in the direction of useful research, development, and engineering. Interestingly, these simply stated goals may also motivate the development of business models for sustainability.
How Charles Bachman Invented the DBMS, a Foundation of Our Digital World
His 1963 Integrated Data Store set the template for all subsequent database management systems.
Drivers, These Robots Have Your Back
Automated safety systems can prevent an accident before the driver is even aware of the possibility.
Building Morality Into Machines
Technology ethics are a growing concern as artificial intelligence advances and autonomous technologies become reality.
ACM Fellow Professor Yale Patt reflects on his career in industry and academia.
A teenager explores ways to attract girls into the magical world of computer science.
Computer Science Should Stay Young
Seeking to improve computer science publication culture while retaining the best aspects of the conference and journal publication processes.
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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