Communications of the ACM
Are You Sure Your Software Will Not Kill Anyone?
Using software to control potentially unsafe systems requires the use of new software and system engineering approaches.
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We're Approaching the Limits of Computer Power – We Need New Programmers Now
Ever-faster processors led to bloated software, but physical limits may force a return to the concise code of the past.
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Ethics of Technology Needs More Political Philosophy
Incorporating considerations of reasonable pluralism, individual agency, and legitimate authority.
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Von Neumann Thought Turing's Universal Machine was 'Simple and Neat.': But That Didn't Tell Him How to Design a Computer
New discoveries answer an old question.
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Increasing Automation in Policing
Seeking the delicate balance between civil liberties and policing public safety.
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The AI Community Needs fo Take Responsibility for Its Technology and Its Actions
Celeste Kidd, a cognitive psychologist, challenged the audience to think critically about the future they want to build.
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Public Entrepreneurship and Policy Engineering
Training the next generation of leader and problem solver.
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Should Researchers Use Data from Security Breaches?
Evaluating the arguments for and against using digital data derived from security breaches.
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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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