Shaping the Foundations of Programming Languages
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman discuss their early work, the 'Dragon Book,' and the future of 'live' computer science education.
Systems and Networking
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The resilience of the Internet with alternative paths, including satellite and undersea and land cable as well as high speed laser links, might play a critical part of overcoming the side effects of a major CME (coronal mass ejection) event.
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a compiler, and put them all together in 'The Dragon Book.'
The Risks of Election Believability (or Lack Thereof)
With 90% of the 2020 U.S. general election ballot contents verifiable by paper, why do only 65% of voters trust the results?
Code needs to run anywhere as long as the necessary dependencies can be resolved.
Collusion Rings Threaten the Integrity of Computer Science Research
Experiences discovering attempts to subvert the peer-review process.
Technical Perspective: A Chiplet Prototype System for Deep Learning Inference
"Simba," by Yakun Sophia Shao, et al., presents a scalable deep learning accelerator architecture that tackles issues ranging from chip integration technology to workload partitioning and non-uniform latency effects on deep neural network performance.
Is 5G Opening Security Holes in the Internet of Things?
The new 5G networks increase hacker access to the Internet of Things.
Quantum Simulator Beats Quantum Hardware
Toshiba's quasi-quantum optimization algorithm on Microsoft's Azure cloud outperforms today's fledgling quantum computer speeds.
Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Column
The elements of one of the most used and popular data designs around.
Three-way conflict arises in professional societies, such as ACM, which have members, elected officials, and permanent staff. Aligning the interests of these three groups can be challenging.
In Response to ‘Vardi’s Insights’
Moshe Vardi's column, "The Agency Trilemma and ACM," misrepresents some decisions and actions made in regard to ACM's Open Access model.
A Traffic Cop for Low Earth Orbit
Who will be the space traffic controller for orbiting objects?
Trustworthy Scientific Computing
Addressing the trust issues underlying the current limits on data sharing.
Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
Technical Perspective: Robust Statistics Tackle New Problems
"Robustness Meets Algorithms," by Ilias Diakonikolas, et al., represents the beginning of a long and productive line of work on robust statistics in high dimensions.
Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
Seeking to rectify the two mutually exclusive ways of comparing computational power — encoding and simulation.
The 10 Best Practices for Remote Software Engineering
Focusing on the human element of remote software engineer productivity.
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