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The Need For Combined Data And Analytic Governance
Numbers don't mean anything if people don't understand, or trust, the computation behind them.
Why Data Security Is An Issue For Business Phone Systems In 2023
A discussion of the most common phone scams, how they work, and how to protect yourself from them.
ChatGPT in Computer Science Education
Asked "How will ChatGPT influence computer science education?" teachers barely addressed the threats it poses.
Evaluating Research Results for Practical Applications
The role of the application of research results in assessing the achievements of scientists.
Large Language Models like ChatGPT say The Darnedest Things
ChatGPT makes the same kinds of mistakes its predecessors did. What can and should we do about it?
Is Computing Innovation Getting Harder?
Many of us, inside the ivory tower and outside, have felt at times that research is not quite delivering at the rate we hope it would.
The ChatAlgebra Educational Revolution
We need a ChatAlgebra revolution to reduce the gatekeeping role of the traditional Algebra course, to ameliorate the student suffering associated with the traditional mathematical sequence, to overcome inequitable results, and to free up the curricular space devoted to Algebra for the things students now need to learn. Using the newly free time, we could enable a more diverse body of students to become engaged and proficient in computer science and data science skills.
Inorganic Growth In Tech: Getting Shredded with Acquisitions
Acquisitions happen quite often in the tech industry and are far more complicated to pull off successfully than popping a pill.
5 Best Practices for Cloud-Based Backup and Recovery in 2023
These practices help technical professionals ensure their organizations' data is protected and can be recovered quickly.
What Do ChatGPT and AI-based Automatic Program Generation Mean for the Future of Software
ChatGPT is game-changing, the kind of thing that you witness once in a generation.
Did Grace Hopper Create the First Compiler?
Heinz Rutishauser (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) is regarded as the developer of automatic programming.
Does peer review change authors' perception of their own papers?
On the Evolution of Languages: Natural, Mathematical, and Computational
Comparing the evolution of natural languages, which are used by people all over the world, with two artificial languages: the language of mathematics and programing languages.
Can Transaction Costs Explain Scale-Free Networks Born by Preferential Attachment?
Centralization leads to more efficient communication and control, which leads to lower transaction costs, which increases the useful work each node can spend on core non-communication tasks.
Early Computers in Continental Europe
About the Bark (binär automatisk relä-kalkylator, binary automatic relay computer) and Besk (binär elektronisk sekvens kalkylator, binary electronic sequential computer).
New systems like chatGPT are enormously entertaining, and even mind-boggling, but also unreliable, and potentially dangerous.
Will Free Open Access Publication Become a Mass Phenomenon?
In this blog post, I would like to go over the value of different publication platforms from the point of view of an ordinary scientific researcher.
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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