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Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.

Madison C. Allen Kuyenga, Eleanor R. Glover Gladney, Michael Lachney, Marwin McKnight, Theodore S. Ransaw, Dominick Sanders, Aman Yadav | October 1, 2023

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Data Is Power

Data has become a critical source of power, yet remains largely ungoverned. Washington needs to craft new rules. Foreign Affairs
From ACM Opinion | April 19, 2021

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The Fog of Cyberwar

In mid-2010, thousands of centrifuges, enriching uranium at Iranian nuclear research facilities, spun out of control. Foreign Affairs
From ACM Opinion | December 11, 2012

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Hacks of Valor

Over the past year, the U.S. government has begun to think of Anonymous, the online network phenomenon, as a threat to national security. Foreign Affairs
From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2012

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Defending a New Domain: The Pentagon

Right now, more than 100 foreign intelligence organizations are trying to hack into the digital networks that undergird U.S. military operations. The Pentagon... Foreign Affairs
From ACM Opinion | August 25, 2010