Communications of the ACM
Can AI In School Help Students Be More Creative and Self-Directed?
In an interview, University of Washington associate professor Katie Davis discusses her book, "Technology's Child," her research…
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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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Intro to Model-Free and Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Neuroscientist and author Daeyeol Lee talks reinforcement learning in humans and animals, AI and natural intelligence, and more.
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Testing in Python with pytest
Software engineer discusses the popularity and use of pytest for Python testing.
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Lina Khan, a Big Tech Critic, Tries Answering Detractors
In an interview, the FTC chair lays out some of her plans now that she has a Democratic majority at the agency.
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Teaching Robots to Help People in Their Everyday Lives
An interview with Max Braun of Everyday Robots.
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Why Science Needs More Research Software Engineers
Ten years after their profession got its name, research software engineers seek to swell their ranks.
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What Is So Great about Quantum Computing?
A Q&A with NIST theorist Alexey Gorshkov.
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Code Breaker: Meet the Man Who Virtually Invented Computer Art
Herbert W. Franke's digital work is finally being recognized as revolutionary after being rejected and scorned in the 1950s.
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AI's Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real
But short-term job chaos will give way to long-term prosperity, says artificial intelligence expert Kai-Fu Lee.
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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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The Woman Who Brought Female Representation to Games
The year-long search for Wabbit creator Van Mai comes to a happy conclusion.
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Mark Zuckerberg on His Big Metaverse Bet
Meta CEO explains why he is committed to the metaverse and able to make bets that others will not.
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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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Turning a Million-Qubit Quantum Computing Dream into Reality
Intel's director of quantum hardware talks about quantum computing's reliance on the next generation of chips.
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Future of Computer Science Is in Its Application to Daily Life
Microsoft India CTO Shivkumar Kalyanaraman believes computer science's future will be based on how it can be applied as a utility.
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How Language-Generation AIs Could Transform Science
University of Michigan's Shobita Parthasarathy warns that software designed to summarize, translate, and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science....
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Blending Computer Science with Culture
Coding with Culture creator Victor Hicks explains how culturally relevant lessons can be included in STEM learning.
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Patterns and Prose
A University of Southern California computer scientist is a coder by trade and a poet at heart.
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