The Grace Hopper Celebration featured technical talks, workshops, networking events, and lively discussions about increasing the number of women in computer science...Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
For the success of a major research university, which is better: large, well-funded laboratory empires with many investigators working toward the same end, or the...Duke niversity From ACM News | December 5, 2008
European researchers have created software that links student blogs and other social software tools into a virtual collaborative learning environment. The three...ICT Results From ACM News | December 5, 2008
University of Washington computer scientist Richard Ladner is working with people with disabilities to help them get more out of technology. Ladner has launched...Seattle Post-Intelligencer From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2008
New statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor show that the IT profession may be stronger than the rest of the job market. Although 240,000 jobs were lost nationwide...Network World From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2008
Do-it-yourself applications development is on the rise as business users increasingly turn to codeless programming tools to create applications. "We also haveView...Infoworld From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2008
IT security and cyberforensics are two areas with a critical need for more workers, writes Purdue University professor Eugene Spafford, chair of ACM's US Public...CSOonline.com From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2008
Salaries for information technology (IT) professionals have essentially stalled, reveals Computerworld's 22nd annual Salary Survey. The survey, based on responses...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2008
Social network analysis explains why some sites succeed and others fail, how physical and online social networks differ and are alike, and attempts to predict how...Bill Howard From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
The U.S. patent system is overdue for reform, but what needs fixing, and how, is a matter of some dispute.Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
The debate on the future of VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is not new. For some time now this technological innovation has been considered one of main drivers...Claudio Feijóo, José Luis Gómez-Barroso, David Rojo-Alonso From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
The college preparatory computer science education curriculum must be improved, beginning with the earliest phases of the process.Joanna Goode From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
Admired and respected by his students and colleagues, Randy Pausch will be remembered as a devoted teacher and innovative researcher.Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2008
With end-to-end auditable voting, a voter can verify whether his or her vote was tallied correctly and whether all of the votes were properly tabulated.Cyrus Farivar From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2008