April 2020 - Vol. 63 No. 4

Features

Opinion From the president Apr 1 2020

Two new approaches could have an impact on both the quality of CS education and on our professional responsibilities to society.

Cherri M. Pancake

Computing Profession

Opinion Cerf's up Apr 1 2020

Multisensory Adventures

Two books, one published to great acclaim and the other still in process, resonate with a visceral intensity for which I was honestly unprepared and surprised.

Vinton G. Cerf

Computing Applications

Opinion Letters to the editor Apr 1 2020

Adding More Color to Patch Picture

"Automated Program Repair" (Dec. 2019) holds out the promise of substantially improving software quality. Quantitative data can help researchers and practitioners better understand the capabilities and current limitations of this promising technology.

CACM Staff

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BLOG@CACM Apr 1 2020

Teaching Teachers to Offer STEM to Undergrads

Mark Guzdial considers how teaching computing to undergraduates requires better education of the teachers as well.

Mark Guzdial

Computing Profession

News Apr 1 2020

Dead Languages Come to Life

Artificial intelligence automates the translation of extinct languages.

Gary Anthes

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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News Apr 1 2020

Machine Learning, Meet Whiskey

Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.

Gregory Mone

Architecture and Hardware

News Apr 1 2020

How Universities Deploy Student Data

Personalizing efforts to drive greater student retention and success.

Esther Shein

Computing Applications

Opinion Computing ethics Apr 1 2020

The Temptation of Data-Enabled Surveillance

Are universities the next cautionary tale?

Alan Rubel and Kyle M. L. Jones

Computing Profession

Opinion Technology strategy and management Apr 1 2020

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Professional Work

Considering the implications of the influence of artificial intelligence given previous industrial revolutions.

Mari Sako

Computing Profession

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Opinion Kode vicious Apr 1 2020

Master of Tickets

Valuing the quality, not the quantity, of work.

George V. Neville-Neil

Computing Profession

Opinion Viewpoint Apr 1 2020

Why Is Cybersecurity Not a Human-Scale Problem Anymore?

Examining the structure of the enterprise attack surface in view of the relative ease with which cyberdefenses can be subverted.

Gaurav Banga

Computing Profession

Opinion Viewpoint Apr 1 2020

Organizing Family Support Services at ACM Conferences

Seeking to improve access to conferences and provide support for attendees with children.

Audrey Girouard, Jon E. Froehlich, Regan L. Mandryk, and Mark Hancock

Computing Profession

Opinion Viewpoint Apr 1 2020

A Taxonomy of Automated Assistants

Rating your intelligent (human or automated) assistant.

Jerrold M. Grochow

Computing Profession

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Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section Apr 1 2020

Welcome

Welcome to the special section covering East Asia and Oceania, which includes Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Asia-Pacific countries including Japan and Korea.

Sue Moon, Ann Nicholson, and Abhik Roychoudhury

Computing Applications

Sue Moon, Ann Nicholson, Abhik RoyChoudhury, and April 2020 CACM cover illustration

Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Hot topics Apr 1 2020

The NII Shonan Meeting in Japan

Since the inaugural NII Shonan Meeting in February 2011, more than 140 meetings have been held with participants representing 60 countries and regions.

Ken-Ichi Kawarabayashi

Computing Profession

Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Hot topics Apr 1 2020

Capturing Cultural Heritage in East Asia and Oceania

How to capture (the experience of) cultural objects in digital form?

Sally Jo Cunningham, Fariz Darari, Adila Krisnadhi, and Annika Hinze

Computing Profession

Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Hot topics Apr 1 2020

Cybersecurity in Pacific Island Nations

One security issue that has begun to emerge and will only accelerate without individual and collective action is the threat of cyberattacks and cybercrime in the Oceania region.

Carsten Rudolph, Sadie Creese, and Sameer Sharma

Computing Profession

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Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Hot topics Apr 1 2020

Singapore’s Cybersecurity Ecosystem

Since 2013, Singapore's medium- to long-term directions for cybersecurity is to develop R&D expertise and capabilities to improve the trustworthiness of cyber infrastructures and systems.

Karen Teh, Vivy Suhendra, Soon Chia Lim, and Abhik Roychoudhury

Computing Profession

Singapore building at night with light connections

Research and Advances East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Hot topics Apr 1 2020

Innovating Services and Digital Economy in Singapore

A report on Singapore's technology development in the services and digital economy, with insights for research over the next five years.

Thomas Ho Chee Tat and George Loh Chee Ping

Computing Profession