The Battle to Mitigate E-Waste
As electronic waste grows by the metric ton, companies and citizens work to stem the tide.
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Talking about Large Language Models
It is a serious mistake to apply to AI systems the same intuitions that we deploy in our dealings with each other.
Validating Factual Personal Information
What properties would be useful to realize in a system intended to keep personal information, where it is needed, up to date?
A Multifaceted Perspective on the Interdisciplinarity of Data Science
The experience of teaching similar content to students with different academic backgrounds illuminated the varied facets of data science.
In this short sci-fi story from Brian Clegg, a race of AI beings from another world force a human to grapple with the age-old trolley problem...for keeps.
Susan Landau Awarded AMS Bertrand Russell Prize
Landau was awarded the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize for writing technical research papers and op-eds, publishing public-facing work, briefing policymakers, and participating in national studies. Susan Landau has received several awards in her career as an expert in computer privacy and security, but the most recent, the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize of the American Mathematical […]
Inherent Limitations of AI Fairness
AI fairness should not be considered a panacea: It may have the potential to make society more fair than ever, but it needs critical thought and outside help to make it happen.
Rebuttal How-To: Strategies, Tactics, and the Big Picture in Research
Demystifying rebuttal writing.
Beyond the Editorial Analogy: The Future of the First Amendment on the Internet
Can the government regulate how social media companies moderate their platforms?
‘On Expert Testimony’: A Response
This post was created in response to the Cerf's Up article "On Expert Testimony" that appeared in the December 2023 issue of Communications.
The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part Two
Exploring how interdisciplinary research projects enable computer science students to acquire a variety of skills.
National Lab Works to Cap, Reduce Carbon
Argonne National Laboratory will use supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies with ultra-fidelity simulations and data analysis.
Data Analytics Anywhere and Everywhere
Mobile, ubiquitous, and immersive computing appear poised to transform visualization, data science, and data-driven decision making.
The much-sought holy grail of more and faster innovation will come from integrating pipeline thinking and adoption thinking.
The role of ACM members, as professionals in the computing realm, makes them candidates for the provision of expert testimony in both criminal and civil judicial proceedings.
Saving Digital Libraries and the Internet Archive
A battle over “truth and who has access to it in the digital age.”
The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One
The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.
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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