Digital Transformation: A Business Imperative
Advancing to Digital 2.0 can help the modern company anticipate the needs of the customer.
Systems and Networking
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Sustaining Open Collaboration in Universities
Increasing international tension and distrust, and its projection into universities, is eroding open collaboration and inquiry.
Why Programmers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm, and Thinking About Computational Thinking
Yegor Bugayenko ponders the dangers of "hazardous enthusiasm," while Mark Guzdial considers whether the need to teach computational thinking can be "designed away."
Technical Perspective: From Virtual Worlds to Digital Fabrication
The authors of "OpenFab" propose to revisit the processing pipeline that turns a 3D model into machine instructions in light of the solutions developed in computer graphics.
Big data and modern analytics offer enormous possibilities for research, provided scientists can produce consistent results.
Can You Locate Your Location Data?
Smartphone apps offering location data services may be desirable, but their ability to collect personal data that can be sold to third parties is less attractive.
Alloy: A Language and Tool for Exploring Software Designs
Exploiting a simple, expressive logic based on relations to describe designs and automate their analysis.
Computational Sustainability: Computing for a Better World and a Sustainable Future
Computer and information scientists join forces with other fields to help solve societal and environmental challenges facing humanity, in pursuit of a sustainable future.
Metadata-Private Communication for the 99%
Sketching the underlying system needed to facilitate metadata-private communication for several applications with a large user base.
EarSketch: Engaging Broad Populations in Computing Through Music
EarSketch leverages the appeal of music to create a learning environment that allows students to be expressive with code.
OpenFab: A Programmable Pipeline for Multimaterial Fabrication
We present OpenFab, a programmable pipeline for synthesis of multimaterial 3D printed objects that is inspired by RenderMan and modern GPU pipelines.
Inspired by the Home of the Future
2018 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Shwetak Patel pushes old tools to new heights.
LiFi Standard Signals a Light-Bulb Moment for the Internet
Light is the power behind the global Internet; it may soon help us connect at work and at home, too
A new three-dimensional printing technique makes it easier for surgeons to pick the right-sized heart valves for their patients.
Organic Optical Transistor Outperforms Silicon
All-optical logic gates were made possible through the use of organic materials sandwiched between layers of silicon/tantalum dielectrics.
The idea of creating digital twins to simulate real-world systems isn't new, but the concept is advancing rapidly.
A Breakthrough in Explainable AI
Researchers create an artificial intelligence agent that explains its reasoning.
In Search of a CRISPR Kill Switch
The benefits of genetic engineering tool CRISPR have been widely discussed. But what if something goes wrong?
A Response to Fake News as a Response to Citizens United
How boundaries on speech could free the market for speech.
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