Communications of the ACM
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L. Peter Deutsch on the Fallacies of Distributed Computing
How relevant are the fallacies today?
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Let the Linux Kernel Rust
Rust is creeping into the Linux kernel, which could mean a very important step forward in terms of security.
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What Do Developers Want and Need from Secure Coding Training?
There is still confusion about the role developers play in software security
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The Crackdown in China Is a Hot Mess, and It's Coming for Us
Recent moves by the Chinese government against tech companies represent a terrifying government action.
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Governing AI Safety through Independent Audits
Governance of highly automated systems is critical to garner widespread public trust
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How Higher Ed Can Win at Tech Offense and Defense
To live in a world that is enhanced rather than oppressed by technology, we need to change its culture from one of opportunism to one in the public interest
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What Does Saying That 'Programming Is Hard' Really Say, and About Whom?
Shifting the focus from the perceived difficulty of learning programming to making programming more universally accessible.
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The Domestic Computer Science Graduate Students Are There, We Just Need to Recruit Them
Proven practices to recruit domestic computer science graduate students.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligence Community
The intelligence community's budget and acquisition processes rise to the top of the issues it must address before it can take full advantage of AI
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FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter: Why Today's Data Privacy Approaches Don't Work
The era of the Federal Trade Commission being dismissed as having some bark and little bite appears to be over.
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Algorithmic Impact Assessments Should Leverage Diverse Expertise and Complex Histories
There is a pressing need to establish algorithmic impact assessment practices from the ground up.
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An Interview with Jim Keller: 'The Laziest Person at Tesla'
Veteran chip designer covers his past lives, Moore's Law, AI-designed chips, security, ethics, and more.
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Reimplementing Software Interfaces Is Fair Use
A multifactored rationale for denying Oracle's claim against Google.
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Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source Software Projects
Acquiring developer-prized practical skills, knowledge, and experiences.
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The 2021 Software Developer Shortage Is Coming
Companies must address the difficulty of hiring and retaining high-skilled employees from an increasingly smaller labor supply.
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The Brutal Truth About Bitcoin
Are cryptocurrencies the wave of the future and should you be using and investing in them?
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Wanted: Rules for Pandemic Data Access That Everyone Can Trust
In the wake of COVID-19, a pandemic treaty could be a way to agree on data access before the next emergency strikes.
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Are We Waiting for Everyone to Get Hacked?
Leon Panetta is one of the few American government officials who can look around at the nation's rolling cyberdisasters and justifiably say, “I told you so.”
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Machine Learning Security Needs New Perspectives and Incentives
Researchers and developers racing to make deep learning available to different applications need to actively seek out and address security challenges before they...
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