Cognitive Work of Hypothesis Exploration During Anomaly Response
A look at how we respond to the unexpected.
Systems and Networking
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Technical Perspective: An Answer to Fair Division’s Most Enigmatic Question
The envy-free cake-cutting problem stood its ground for two decades, until it was cracked by Aziz and Mackenzie. Their solution is presented in "A Bounded and Envy-Free Cake Cutting Algorithm."
A Bounded and Envy-Free Cake Cutting Algorithm
We report on our algorithm that resolved the well-studied cake cutting problem in which the goal is to find an envy-free allocation of a divisible resource based on queries from agents.
The looming threat of artificial intelligence-based deepfake voice conversion.
The Internet of Things and the Future of Virus Detection and Prevention
Leveraging the Internet of Things in indoor environments could help prevent highly infectious diseases from spreading rapidly in today’s global world.
The Battle Over Autonomous Killing Machines
Should lethal autonomous weapon systems be programmed to strike and kill without direct human oversight?
Clean Code Isn’t Enough; It Must Be Crystal Clear, Too
Writing clean code is a great start, but for programmers who really want to master their craft, you have to go further. You need to write clear code that other programmers can quickly understand and work with. Here's why.
Smartphones can analyze virtually every aspect of your personality, beliefs, and behaviors.
Deep learning approaches can process images and video captured in less-then-desirable conditions, providing much clearer results.
NSF Accelerator is Open For Business
Attempting to harness the National Science Foundation’s 10 Big Ideas.
Robin K. Hill explains the ethical responsibility of the computing professional with respect to voting systems.
Can Nanosheet Transistors Keep Moore’s Law Alive?
The technology promises to advance semiconductors and computing, but also introduces new questions and challenges.
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
Considering the merits of several models and approaches to Internet governance.
Above the Line, Below the Line
The resilience of Internet-facing systems relies on what is above the line of representation.
The BBC micro:bit – From the U.K. to the World
A codable computer half the size of a credit card is inspiring students worldwide to develop core computing skills in fun and creative ways.
When the value increases engagement, engagement increases the value.
A platform for creating a crowdsourced picture of human opinions on how machines should handle moral dilemmas.
Technical Perspective: A Perspective on Pivot Tracing
Instead of handing trace records off to a collector for long-term storage and future processing, the system described in "Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring for Distributed Systems," by Jonathan Mace, et al., installs continuous queries, on demand, inside the distributed system itself.
Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring for Distributed Systems
This paper presents Pivot Tracing, a monitoring framework for distributed systems, which addresses the limitations of today's monitoring and diagnosis tools by combining dynamic instrumentation with a novel relational operator: the happened-before join.
Bluetooth device users seldom suspect they are opening themselves to man-in-the-middle hacker attacks.
Why it is good to have a systematic approach to software verification.
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