Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
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The Morality of Online War; the Fates of Data Analytics, HPC
John Arquilla considers justifications for warfare in the cyber realm, while Daniel Reed looks ahead at big data and exascale computing.
Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications.
Rise of Concerns About AI: Reflections and Directions
Research, leadership, and communication about AI futures.
Seeking Anonymity in an Internet Panopticon
The Dissent system aims for a quantifiably secure, collective approach to anonymous communication online.
Framing Sustainability as a Property of Software Quality
This framework addresses the environmental dimension of software performance, as applied here by a paper mill and a car-sharing service.
Information processing gives spiritual meaning to life, for those who make it their life's work.
The ability to adjust to various technical and business disruptions has been essential to IBM's success during the past century.
Glasses Foil Facial Recognition
The PrivacyVisor prevents facial detection/identification programs based on Haar-like feature recognition.
Testing a distributed system can be trying even under the best of circumstances.
The Value of Social Theories For Global Computing
Conceptual toolkits for projects that work.
Computers and, especially, computer programs may be among the least well understood artifacts known to mankind.
Should Conferences Meet Journals and Where?: A Proposal For 'PACM'
The ACM Publications Board Conferences Committee has been working on a proposal that brings together conference and journal publishing. Here, we offer some background leading up to this proposal, summarize the plan, and solicit your input.
Innovators Assemble: Ada Lovelace, Walter Isaacson, and the Superheroines of Computing
Can computing history be both inspiring and accurate?
The Pros and Cons of the ‘PACM’ Proposal: Point
In "Should Conferences Meet Journals and Where?" ACM Publications Board co-chairs Joseph A. Konstan and Jack W. Davidson introduce a proposal that would interweave conference and journal publishing. Here, computer scientist Kathryn S. McKinley argues for and against the proposal.
The Pros and Cons of the ‘PACM’ Proposal: Counterpoint
In "Should Conferences Meet Journals and Where?" ACM Publications Board co-chairs Joseph A. Konstan and Jack W. Davidson introduce a proposal that would interweave conference and journal publishing. Here, computer scientist David S. Rosenblum argues against the proposal.
Examining the conflicting claims involving the use of automated tools in copyright-related notice-and-takedown procedures.
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