Navigating the ethical and societal impacts of technologies.
Solon Barocas, Asia J. Biega, Margarita Boyarskaya, Kate Crawford, Hal Daumé III, Miroslav Dudík, Benjamin Fish, Mary L. Gray, Brent Hecht, Alexandra Olteanu, Forough Poursabzi-Sangdeh, Luke Stark, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Hanna Wallach, Marion Zepf From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2021
Differential privacy is not a silver bullet for all privacy problems.
Josep Domingo-Ferrer, David Sánchez, Alberto Blanco-Justicia From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2021
It's not just a matter of fairness and inclusion. Accessible technology is generally better for everyone.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | June 4, 2021
Understanding impostor syndrome's complexity and its effect on research persistence.
Danfeng (Daphne) Yao From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2021
With 90% of the 2020 U.S. general election ballot contents verifiable by paper, why do only 65% of voters trust the results?
Rebecca T. Mercuri, Peter G. Neumann From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2021
Advances in brain-computer interface technology are impressive, but not close to anything resembling mind control.
Quanta Magazine From ACM Opinion | May 19, 2021
Seeking to improve systemic fairness in the computing realm.
Q. Brown, T. Grandison, J. D. Burge, O. C. Jenkins, T. Dillahunt From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2021
A "bring your own algorithm" era in healthcare.
Oded Nov, Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, Yvonne W. Lui, Devin Mann, Maurizio Porfiri, Mark Riedl, John-Ross Rizzo, Batia Wiesenfeld From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
The issue is not who has the "truth," but whose claims deserve more credence.
Peter J. Denning, Jeffrey Johnson From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021