Communications of the ACM
Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.
From ACM Opinion
Connecting with an Internet Pioneer, 40 Years Later
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...
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Are We Invited to the Nanotechnology Party?
Computers scientists are poised to play a key role in the development of nanotechnology, writes British Computer Society member professor Alan Oxley. Computer...
From ACM Opinion
'some 22 Year Old Kid Will Revolutionize Internet In India'
Trust Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff to be candid with his views and candid he was at the recently held IAMAI Digital Summit. Ajit Balakrishnan said, "The Internet...
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Reconfigurable Computing Research Pushes Forward
Alan George, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC), says that challenges and objectives...
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Keeping Top Talent in a Down Economy
Now that the economy appears to be in recovery, organizations should be considering ways to retain their top talent and encourage their highest-potential employees...
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Conquering the Digital Data Overload
University of Utah computer scientist Juliana Freire is working to find data that could be missed in the quagmire of technology available, and to manage and integrate...
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Bangalore Blooming Into Innovation Hothouse
Once primarily a place for outsourcing call centers and repetitive software development, Bangalore is now home to a thriving research and development (R&D) industry...
From ACM Opinion
CS Leader at niversity of Texas at Dallas Plans to Continue School's Growth
It's no secret that the University of Texas at Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science wants to become a top-ranked research school. The computer...
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CS Leader at niversity of Texas at Dallas Plans to Continue School's Growth
It's no secret that the University of Texas at Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science wants to become a top-ranked research school. The computer...
From ACM Opinion
Donald Knuth: Geek of the Week
Donald Knuth is an extraordinary man. As well as inventing 'Literate Programming' and writing The Art of Computer Programming—often cited as the most important...
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Donald Knuth: Geek of the Week
Donald Knuth is an extraordinary man. As well as inventing 'Literate Programming' and writing The Art of Computer Programming—often cited as the most important...
From ACM TechNews
Viewpoints: Why Aren't More 'techies' Women?
Although technology jobs have become increasingly popular as a result of the recession, young women are still not choosing careers in technology, writes Silicon...
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Broken Builds
Frequent broken builds could be symptomatic of deeper problems within a development project.
From Communications of the ACM
Computing's Paradigm
Trying to categorize computing as engineering, science, or math is fruitless; we have our own paradigm.
From Communications of the ACM
Israel's Technology Industry as an Economic Growth Engine
How government-industry collaboration can have far-reaching economic influences.
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Opening Remarks
Highlighting efforts and providing the rationale to increase the participation and success of underrepresented groups in computing.
From ACM Opinion
Scientists and Engineers on Boards Will Keep Focus on the Long Term
Companies would likely have a longer-term perspective if more scientists and engineers were included on their boards of directors or other leadership roles writes David...
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How Secure Is Cloud Computing?
The recent ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop was the first event devoted specifically to the security of cloud computing systems. Speaker Whitfield Diffie,...
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Cio Blast From the Past: 40 Years of Multics, 1969-2009
Four decades ago, Multiplexed Information and Computing Service (Multics), widely considered the basis of contemporary time-sharing systems, was first employed...
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