The convergence of technology, education, and diversity is the topic of a new book written by Jane Margolis of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2009
Beijing recently announced that starting on July 1, all computers sold in China must come installed with government-designed software to block pornography. Testing...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 22, 2009
Gang Lu, the founder of MOBINODE and OpenWeb Asia, has worked for a European company, Netvibes.com, and has recently moved back to Shanghai. In this interview,...SG Entrepreneurs From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2009
Gang Lu, the founder of MOBINODE and OpenWeb Asia, has worked for a European company, Netvibes.com, and has recently moved back to Shanghai. In this interview,...SG Entrepreneurs From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2009
The soon-to-be-completed leadership succession at Xerox from Ann Mulcahy to Ursula Burns is one for the record books. It will be the first woman-to-woman transition...Slate From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2009
I've had the government's 60-day Cyberspace Policy Review sitting on my desk for many days now, dutifully highlighted and marked up with notes. And I see one gigantic...TechBlogPlus From ACM Opinion | June 12, 2009
For many years, Google, on its Explanation of Our Search Results page, claimed that "a site's ranking in Google's search results is automatically determined by...Digital Daily From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2009
For many years, Google, on its Explanation of Our Search Results page, claimed that "a site's ranking in Google's search results is automatically determined by...Digital Daily From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2009
"Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it," wrote Google co-founder Sergey Brin on his...The Gaea News From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2009
Of all the initiatives undertaken in the name of homeland security after 9/11, the visa screening requirements for foreign scientists and engineers have probably...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2009
Dame Wendy Hall, president of ACM, is one of the world's leading computer scientists and a fervent advocate for women in science. She notes that although women...London Guardian (K) From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to put the Web under the microscope to investigate how it changes our behavior. He discusses the Web Science Research...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2009
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to put the Web under the microscope to investigate how it changes our behavior. He discusses the Web Science Research...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2009
The one thing you can say for certain about Twitter is that it makes a terrible first impression. You hear about this new service that lets you send 140-character...Time From ACM Opinion | June 4, 2009
"Computer science is the best candidate for laying the foundation of systems biology, and not mathematics as it has been thought so far," says University of Trento...GenomeWeb Daily News From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2009
Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India, discusses the role technology can play in the new Indian administration and Microsoft's efforts to accelerate the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 1, 2009
Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India, discusses the role technology can play in the new Indian administration and Microsoft's efforts to accelerate the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 1, 2009
I'm curious about all this and I wonder if any of the computing people out there share Moshe Yardi's ambivalence in Conferences vs. Journals in Computing Research...John Dupuis From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2009
As picked up by Lance, Moshe Vardi uses his Editor's Letter in the May CACM to start up a debate on the future of conferences in CS. While I agree with the view...Algorithmic Game Theory From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2009
Moshe Vardi uses his Editor's Letter in the May CACM to start up a debate on the future of conferences in CS. He mentions last year's Workshop on Organizing Workshops...Computational Complexity From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2009