MIT Professor Devavrat Shah shares his thoughts on human content moderation, recommendation algorithms, and diluting the spread of misinformation online.
MIT News From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2021
The issue is not who has the "truth," but whose claims deserve more credence.
Peter J. Denning, Jeffrey Johnson From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
Seeking to reap the positive uses of synthetic media while minimizing or preventing negative societal impact.
Deborah G. Johnson, Nicholas Diakopoulos From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
Donald Knuth on the best way to recognize the history of computer science.
Donald E. Knuth, Len Shustek From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Artificial intelligence systems need the wisdom to know when to take advice from us and when to learn from data.
Subbarao Kambhampati From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Evaluating actual implementations and practices versus stated goals.
Chris Maurer, Kevin Kim, Dan Kim, Leon A. Kappelman From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Considerations for the governance of distributed systems.
Yannis Bakos, Hanna Halaburda, Christoph Mueller-Bloch From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
To understand where Go is coming from and where it is going, InfoQ reached out to Steve Francia, a core member of the Go programming language team at Google responsible...InfoQ From ACM Opinion | January 4, 2021
Dame Wendy Hall is regius professor of computer science at the U.K.'s University of Southampton, and former president of ACM.
Wired U.K. From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2020
Seeking to assess the possible responsibility of tech providers for excessive use patterns.
Ofir Turel, Christopher Ferguson From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2021
Considering the wide range of technological and societal trade-offs associated with cybersecurity.
Terry Benzel From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2021
Tracing the trajectory of management and engineering decisions resulting in systemic catastrophe.
Michael A. Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2021
Engineering and algorithmic framework to ensure data privacy and user confidentiality.
Yong Cheng, Yang Liu, Tianjian Chen, Qiang Yang From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2020
Incorporating equity and inclusion in the effort toward access for everyone.
W. Richards Adrion, Sarah T. Dunton, Barbara Ericson, Renee Fall, Carol Fletcher, Mark Guzdial From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2020