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Adopting a Culture of Transparency
Software is used increasingly to determine the existence of scientific fraud in published studies.
niversities FLIP For Diversity
Cornell University's computer science department is leveraging ideas from other departments in pursuit of more diverse academic candidates.
Regulating Automated Decision Making
A group assembled by Informatics Europe and the policy committee of the ACM Europe Council produced a report entitled "When Computers Decide" that makes 10 recommendations to policy leaders regarding automated decision making.
Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
Electronics Are Leaving the Plane
Stacking chips and connecting them vertically increases both speed and functionality.
Rethinking Autonomous Vehicles
Consumer fears intensify as self-driving car fatalities dent the driverless dream.
Fujitsu says its "Quantum-Inspired" Digital Annealing is capable of tackling combinatorial optimization problems.
Simpifying Machine-based Touch Sensing
A three-dimensionally-printed nervous system could allow robots to perceive touch the way we do.
The future of insect-sized remote-controlled aerial robots will be electromechanical, rather than cyborg.
Why Cryptocurrencies Use So Much Energy
The electricity consumption of mining for cryptocurrencies is becoming a real concern. Here's what to do about it.
Bringing the Internet to the (Developing) World
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Open Source Professionals in Demand
An "increasingly open source world" needs specialists in Linux and other open source technologies.
Smart Thermometers Improve Flu Forecasting
Connecting electronic thermometers to smartphones permits the capture of instant, anonymized fever readings as leading indicators of influenza outbreaks.
Are Your Plants Misbehaving? Call a Robotanist
Robotic management can help ensure that plants and trees in public spaces grow in desired shapes and sizes.
The world's largest navy explores the use of additive manufacturing for spare parts, with an eye toward eventually building ships that way.
Exploring Cyber Resilience for Electricity
Challenges face the use of microgrids, but they hold the potential for increased grid security.
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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