Communications of the ACM
How Many Ways Can You Teach a Robot?
ACM Prize recipient Pieter Abbeel is working to help robots learn, and learn to improve.
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Nicki Washington: How Tackling Tech's Diversity Challenges Can Spur Innovation
Computer scientist and educator says technology's diversity problems begin in learning and working environments
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Jeannette Wing: How Computing Has Transformed
Data science expert talks about how trustworthy AI and causal reasoning can help society solve real-world problems
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Infrastructure as Code
Helping software developers use code to access more control over cloud infrastructure assets
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SEC Isn't Hurting Crypto Innovation, Says Industry Leader
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin says SEC Chair Gensler may need greater authority over crypto industry
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Facebook Whistleblower Sophie Zhang Has a Message for the Tech Press, Too
Zhang came forward with allegations against Facebook long before Frances Haugen, so why has it taken so long for people to listen?
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Meta Learning and Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Stanford professor Chelsea Finn talks about robotics and meta learning research
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Timnit Gebru's Plan to Rethink Big Tech
Former Google AI ethics chief says whistleblowers working on AI need newer, better, tougher regulatory protections
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Should Oversight of Biased AI Be Left Up to People?
Mounting research shows humans may not be up to the task of reigning in runaway algorithms
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Yann LeCun Talks Research Beginnings and Recent Developments
Deep-learning pioneer discusses early days in image-processing and developments in self-supervised learning for computer vision
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How GitHub COO Erica Brescia Runs the Coding Gold Mines
Tech leader discusses the state of GitHub's infrastructure, open source software philosophies, and more
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Building Computer Models That See Everything
Advanced modeling and experimental techniques help computational neuroscientist understand how our minds try to perceive the world
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Donald Knuth: The Father of Algorithm Analysis
Turing Award winner talks programming, algorithms, the meaning of life, and more
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Talking Secure Coding
Security expert discusses the importance of secure coding, how to improve adoption, best practices, and more
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Battery Pioneer Akira Yoshino Talks Tesla, Apple, and the Electric Future
2019 Nobel Prize winner discusses the prospect of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and autonomous electric vehicles that charge themselves
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Governments and Businesses Must Unite to Combat Ransomware Threat
Cybersecurity expert says nations must stop sheltering bad actors in order to thwart threats and attacks
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Linux Turns 30: From Bedroom Project to Billions of Devices
Linux fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman talks about world domination, what was, and what may be for the kernel
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Now Is the Time to Prepare for the Quantum Computing Revolution
Quantum computing is likely five to 10 years away, says one expert, but waiting until it happens will put your organization behind.
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The Tech and Social Impact of AI's Emerging Foundation Models
They could be pivotal for the future of not only machine learning but also society as a whole
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Playing With, and Against, Computers
2019 ACM Computing Prize recipient David Silver on developing the AlphaGo algorithm, his fascination with Go, and on teaching computers to play.
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