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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.
The Success of the Web: A Triumph of the Amateurs
Connecting the unique factors that influenced the origination and subsequent development of the World Wide Web.
Some actions or decisions are irreversible. We would do ourselves a great favor if we were to design our digital systems to the maximum extent possible to avoid irreversible traps.
The Algorithm That Changed Quantum Machine Learning
A college student discovered a classical computing algorithm that experts overlooked. It promises to change both classical and quantum machine learning.
Scaling Static Analyses at Facebook
Key lessons for designing static analysis tools deployed to find bugs in hundreds of millions of lines of code.
Activity-Centric Computing Systems
The ability to build a construct that organizes work from different devices and information resources is as complex as it is invaluable.
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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