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The Slow Evolution of CS For All, The Beauty of Programs
Mark Guzdial considers the steps needed to reach the goal of CS for All, while Robin K. Hill ponders the aesthetics of programming.
Fact Versus Frivolity in Facebook
Facebook, for the sake of its own business integrity and for the sake of the public, should give up any attempt to guarantee veracity in items posted by users.
Liberal Arts Academia Wants You!
Janet Davis makes a plea to CS practitioners to consider even a short teaching stint.
ACM’s Open-Conference Principle and Political Reality
The Open-Conference Principle is aimed at benefiting society.
The Work and Inspiration of the Commission on the History and Philosophy of Computing
The international organization HaPoC promotes and sponsors research that brings together the history and the philosophy of computing.
Intro CS courses should help students understand programs more and problem-solve less.
How We Teach CS2All, and What to Do About Database Decay
Valerie Barr considers how to make computer science education meaningful and relevant to all, while a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory offers strategies to counter database decay.
Like model theory, fiction deploys a theory and an interpretation. An interpretation that makes the statements of the theory true demonstrates consistency, in both realms.
Void safety is a guarantee that no code will ever catch a reference with its pants down.
The Real Lesson of the Alleged Russian Hack
Despite more than two decades of consistent public warnings that have reached the highest levels of government, cybersecurity throughout much of the world is in a shameful state of unpreparedness.
As forecasters attempt to understand exactly what happened in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the data itself may hold vital clues.
ICER 2016, and Star Trek at 50
Mark Guzdial reports on promising papers, and Daniel Reed recalls a television show that continues to inspire innovation.
The Work and Inspiration of the APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers
The Newsletter of the Committee on Computing and Philosophy of the American Philosophical Association offers a wide range of scholarly work in the philosophy of computer science, affording entry to this field for practitioners and academics in a variety of ways.
Taking Incremental Steps Towards CS For All
U.S. states are developing novel, incremental approaches to CS for All.
Is Academia Guilty of Intellectual Colonization of Practice?
Researchers should not treat practitioners as mere objects of their studies or simple sources of data, but work towards creating research partnerships with practitioners.
Introducing CS to Newcomers, and JES As a Teaching Tool
Valerie Barr gets high schoolers thinking about CS, while Mark Guzdial mulls the benefits of Jython Environment for Students.
Database Decay and What To Do About It
In our opinion, database decay results from the multi-department organization of large implementations.
Tech Industry Ph.D.s: Academia Can Be Nicer Than You Think
If more Ph.D.s do not return to the academy, there will not be enough graduates capable of taking all those high tech jobs.
Designing the Activities For a ‘Computing Lab’ to Support Computational Literacy
Developing the teaching techniques so everyone develops computational literacy skills.
Most programmers would agree that some programs are elegant, and that elegant programs are better than others.
How We Teach Should Be Independent Of Who We Are Teaching
A look at teaching and diversity in Computer Science.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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