Seeking to improve the process for writing and reviewing proposals for new educational programs.Richard E. Ladner, Elizabeth Litzler From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2012
Some thoughts about author order in research papers.Esperanza Marcos, Juan Manuel Vara, Valeria de Castro From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2012
The first line in any story about Neal Stephenson will reference his massive, massively complicated, and massively successful novels.The Verge From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2012
Microsoft's new research lab in Manhattan will focus on big data analysis, examining massive amounts of information created by the world's digital users, says lab...Fortune From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2012
Innovation, economic growth, and climate change are just a few of the challenges and opportunities that face the U.S. They are also firmly linked to science.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2012
Every morning I wake up too early, reach for my iPad, and scan the morning's tech headlines. This is a pathetic enough existence, but the Web sites I frequent aren't...Slate From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2012
What do Fareed Zakaria, Jonah Lehrer, and Gawker Media have in common? In different ways, the incidents that have thrust all three into the news recently help to...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2012
Two years ago, hackers gained access to an online voting system created by the District of Columbia and altered every ballot on behalf of their own preferred candidates...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2012
A report surfaced this week that suggests Kentucky legislators may be experiencing a sort of cognitive dissonance that is likely to be a preview of things we can...ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2012
It's been 20 years since I got my first-ever email address. Back then, I read email with a 2,400 bps modem. Today, emails reach me instantaneously on my phone whereever...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2012
I never got around to playing Epic Mickey, and that’s a shame, because I’ve played nearly everything else by game design luminary Warren Spector.Time From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2012
ORNL supercomputers running models to assess climate change ramifications and mitigation tactics are rapidly generating a wide variety of big data in vast volumes...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2012
NASA's newest marvel, a one-ton rover named Curiosity, has been set down with all the delicacy of a carton of eggs on the surface of Mars.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 14, 2012
Joe Kraus isn't just a Google Ventures partner. He's also a poker player, and I think he knows that both pursuits involve a certain amount of gambling, regardless...VentureBeat From ACM Careers | August 14, 2012
As Twitter and Facebook continue to fight a variety of skirmishes in the ongoing "platform wars," with both companies trying to control as much of their networks...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 14, 2012