Communications of the ACM
How to Improve Technical Expertise for Judges In AI-Related Litigation
There are several things court systems and professional organizations should do to enhance the technical capabilities of judges…
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Is the Computer Science Degree Dead?
Recent trends point to a decline in traditional education due to changing views and alternative education opportunities.
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Should Computer Science Be Required?
At far too many institutions today, students who are not computer science majors encounter severe enrollment caps and watered-down or limited courses, writes Robert...
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Should Computer Science Be Required?
At far too many institutions today, students who are not computer science majors encounter severe enrollment caps and watered-down or limited courses, writes...
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Computational Thinking Should Just be Good Thinking
Seeking to change computing teaching to improve computer science.
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Europe's Controversial Digital Copyright Directive Finalized
Considering the new liability risks for ISPs, search engines, and news aggregators under recent EU-wide mandatory rules.
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How STEM Education Must Evolve
STEM curricula must be enhanced so graduates have a deeper understanding of how their work affects humanity.
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Online Voting: We Can Do It! (We Have To)
Seeking to make online voting more secure than today's flawed paper systems.
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Internet Immunity and the Freedom to Code
A call to preserve the capability of developing the next generation of Internet services.
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VR Could Be the Most Powerful Teaching Tool Since the PC
Virtual reality is much more than a gaming technology. In fact, VR has the makings of a pedagogical silver bullet.
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Western Academia Helps Build China's Automated Racism
Researchers in China are developing new and more invasive techniques to surveil the Uyghurs minority. Some of their work is being supported by academia in the West...
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Digital Textbooks Are Forcing a Radical Shift in Higher Education
The last several years have seen a shift in textbook policies at colleges and universities — one that has more recently turned tectonic.
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A Response to Fake News as a Response to Citizens United
How boundaries on speech could free the market for speech.
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Block-based Programming in Computer Science Education
Considering how block-based programming environments and tools might be used at the introductory level and beyond.
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Our Disabilities Have Made s Better Scientists
Scientific research is rarely designed to accommodate scientists with medical conditions or disabilities.
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Should Data Scientists Also Learn Social Sciences?
The need of the hour is to become an active technological citizen which involves the ability to code and asking questions about how that code is going to affect...
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API Copyrights Revisited
Deliberating on the main arguments in recent sets of briefs filed in support of Google's U.S. Supreme Court petition.
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A New Labor Market for People with 'Coolabilities'
How the unique perspective and enhanced strengths accompanying disabilities can benefit the workforce.
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