March 2023 - Vol. 66 No. 3

Features

Opinion Departments Mar 1 2023

Let us stop talking about Responsible AI. We, computing professionals, should all accept responsibility now, starting with ACM!

Moshe Y. Vardi

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Opinion Committee on Disclosure of Findings Mar 1 2023

After the Complaint: What Should ACM Disclose?

Every now and then, ACM is faced with cases of alleged wrongdoing. Some are very serious, raising calls for ACM to more publicly disclose more information surrounding cases of wrongdoing.

Computing Profession

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Careers Career Paths in Computing Mar 1 2023

A Philosopher’s Daughter Navigates a Career in AI

In high school, a friend of my brother who was studying telecommunication engineering spoke to me about the great potential technology holds to improve society. That conversation inspired me to study computer science.

Nuria Oliver

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

BLOG@CACM Mar 1 2023

What Ever Happened to Peer-to-Peer Systems?

Carlos Baquero ponders the peer-to-peer paradigm.

Carlos Baquero

Software Engineering and Programming Languages

News Mar 1 2023

Neural Networks for Drug Discovery and Design

Architectures suited for molecules streamline the identification of pharmaceutical candidates.

Don Monroe

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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News Mar 1 2023

Adding Smarts to Vending Machines Drives Convenience, Efficiency

Advanced feature sets and functionality are projected to drive the market for connected vending to nearly nine million units by 2024.

Keith Kirkpatrick

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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News Mar 1 2023

Virtual Influencers in the Real World

We are increasingly engaging with these digital personalities, online and offline.

Logan Kugler

Computing Applications

Opinion The Profession of IT Mar 1 2023

A Map for Innovation

Innovation is less elusive with the right navigational map.

Peter J. Denning

Computing Applications

Opinion Legally Speaking Mar 1 2023

A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations

Reconsidering liability shield considerations.

Pamela Samuelson

Architecture and Hardware

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Opinion Privacy Mar 1 2023

Metrics for Success: Why and How to Evaluate Privacy Choice Usability

Assessing the usability of choice and consent mechanisms.

Lorrie Faith Cranor and Hana Habib

Computing Applications

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Opinion Viewpoint Mar 1 2023

Designing an Ethical Tech Developer

Studying how to improve teaching young people to ethically exercise the power of technology.

Alexandra Gillespie

Computing Profession

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Opinion Viewpoint Mar 1 2023

A Turning Point for Cyber Insurance

Technologists who understand and measure cyber risk can motivate policyholders to improve security.

Daniel W. Woods

Architecture and Hardware

Practice Mar 1 2023

Mapping the Privacy Landscape for Central Bank Digital Currencies

Now is the time to shape what future payment flows will reveal about you.

Raphael Auer, Rainer Böhme, Jeremy Clark, and Didem Demirag

Computing Applications

Practice Mar 1 2023

Split Your Overwhelmed Teams

Two teams of five is not the same as one team of 10.

Thomas A. Limoncelli

Computing Profession

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Research and Advances Contributed Articles Mar 1 2023

AI and Neurotechnology: Learning from AI Ethics to Address an Expanded Ethics Landscape

The merging of machine, body, and psyche is on the horizon due to the technological advancements enabled by neuroscience and AI.

Sara Berger and Francesca Rossi

Architecture and Hardware

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Research and Advances Contributed Articles Mar 1 2023

The AI Tech-Stack Model

Management and technology challenges of AI-enabled application projects.

Rua-Huan Tsaih, Hsin-Lu Chang, Chih-Chun Hsu, and David C. Yen

Architecture and Hardware

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Research and Advances Contributed Articles Mar 1 2023

Toward Practices for Human-Centered Machine Learning

Designing for the social, cultural, and ethical implications of ML are just as important as its technical advances.

Stevie Chancellor

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Research Highlights Mar 1 2023

Technical Perspective: Reconsidering the Design of User-Schedulable Languages

The breakthrough of "Achieving High Performance the Functional Way," by Bastian Hagedorn et al., is in fundamentally rethinking the design of user-schedulable languages so that decades of wisdom from traditional programming languages can be brought to bear.

Jonathan Ragan-Kelley

Computing Applications

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Research Highlights Mar 1 2023

Achieving High Performance the Functional Way: Expressing High-Performance Optimizations as Rewrite Strategies

We show how to employ functional programming techniques to solve with elegance the challenge of using a high-level language to describe functionality and a separate schedule to specify how the program should be optimized.

Computing Applications

Opinion Last Byte Mar 1 2023

Considering the Impact of Technology on Society

Moshe Vardi on having the difficult conversation about technology and social responsibility.

Leah Hoffmann

Computing Applications

Moshe Y. Vardi, University Professor at Rice University

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