Communications of the ACM
Quantifying Computing Power and Innovation
Rapid increases in chip speed and power have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that progress…
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Yann LeCun's Bold New Vision for the Future of AI
One of deep learning's godfathers pulls together old ideas to sketch out a fresh path for AI.
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Algorithms with Predictions
Seeking a new approach that goes beyond worst-case analysis.
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Cookie Monster
Inscrutable cookie banners torment users while failing to inform consent.
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The Future of Information Work
Considering the recent effects of remote work on network structure.
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The Computer Scientist Who Parlays Failures into Breakthroughs
An interview with Yale University Sterling Professor of Computer Science Daniel Spielman.
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What Is So Great about Quantum Computing?
A Q&A with NIST theorist Alexey Gorshkov.
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How to Write Software with Mathematical Perfection
Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other, and now he's working on how engineers talk to their machines.
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Our House Is On Fire
The climate emergency and computing's responsibility.
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The Planning and Care of Data
Rearranging buckets for no good reason.
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Involvement and Detachment
How detachment from your community blocks your success at leading innovations, and what to do about it.
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Computers Have Memories Too
Simons Foundation Junior Fellow Sebastian Wolff discusses his quest to simplify the switch between the two deletion processes.
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Information: 'I' vs. 'We' vs. 'They'
Seeking a balance between protecting and using personal data.
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Cybersecurity as Illuminator for the Future of Computing Research
Considering the shifting fundamentals of cybersecurity research.
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Can Open Source Sustain Itself without Losing Its Soul?
What it means to be an open source contributor or maintainer has changed in recent years.
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25 years with cURL
Founder and lead developer Daniel Stenberg discusses looking after cURL and libcurl for the past 25 years.
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Systems Abstractions
Computing professionals use powerful abstractions to tame complexity in large software systems and distributed networks.
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