Communications of the ACM
The Role of Robotics in Managing Public Health and Infectious Diseases
As the COVID-19 epidemic escalates, robots have the potential to be deployed for disinfection, delivering medications and food…
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Conferences in an Era of Expensive Carbon
Balancing sustainability and science.
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Unsafe At Any Level
The U.S. NHTSA's levels of automation are a liability for automated vehicles.
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When Human-Computer Interaction Meets Community Citizen Science
Empowering communities through citizen science.
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Increasing Automation in Policing
Seeking the delicate balance between civil liberties and policing public safety.
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Public Entrepreneurship and Policy Engineering
Training the next generation of leader and problem solver.
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Multi-Device Digital Assistance
Increased availability of cloud services and ownership of multiple digital devices create unique opportunities for digital assistants to provide guidance across...
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How Might We Increase System Trustworthiness?
Summarizing some of the changes that seem increasingly necessary to address known system and network deficiencies and anticipate currently unknown vulnerabilities...
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The Cloud as an Innovation Platform for Software Development
How cloud computing became a platform.
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The Danger of Thinking We're All 'Addicted' to Tech
Telling ourselves that devices and platforms "hijack" our brains promotes passivity instead of empowerment.
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Big Tech's 'Innovations' That Aren't
Silicon Valley's giants are no longer producing better products and services. They're exploiting people.
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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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Facebook's Calibra Is A Secret Weapon for Monetizing Its New Cryptocurrency
Facebook's announcement of a new cryptocurrency, Libra, and the nonprofit association that will oversee it raises questions about the future of global banking and...
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Continuity and Change in Internet Law
The fundamentals of the field of Internet law have remained consistent, but details have evolved in response to technological innovation.
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What Does It Mean for a Computing Curriculum to Succeed?
Examining the expansion, proliferation, and integration of computing education everywhere.
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The FBI Wanted a Backdoor to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No
In 2016, Tim Cook fought the law—and won.
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The U.S. Is Losing a Major Front to China in the New Cold War
A swathe of the world is adopting China's vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing...
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The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed
Years into the robocalling frenzy, your phone probably still rings off the hook with "important information about your account," updates from the "Chinese embassy...
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U.S. Allies Should Heed the Warnings about Huawei
In a recent newspaper advertisement, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei appealed to common sense.
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