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Mar 27 2013

Employers Struggle to Fill Computer Security Jobs

Corporations and government agencies are scrambling to find new ways to attract people to jobs in information security, thanks to a growing gap between the demand for IT security specialists and the number of people entering the field.

Neil Savage

Computing Profession

Mar 13 2013

Goldwasser and Micali Receive 2012 ACM Turing Award

Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali have been named co-recipients of the 2012 ACM A.M. Turing Award.

Karen A. Frenkel

Computing Profession

Mar 8 2013

Crowdsourcing Platforms Monitor Disease, Dissent, and Disasters

Crowdsourcing platforms developed to aid epidemiological investigations have been repurposed to catalog political strife in Syria.

Gregory Goth

Computing Applications

Mar 7 2013

New Global Research Data Alliance Poised For Launch

A new global initiative is aimed at accelerating data-driven innovation worldwide.

Paul Hyman

Computing Profession

Sharing data across media, national borders and devices

Mar 1 2013

Rise of the Swarm

Guided by collective intelligence, teams of small, simple robots could soon accomplish amazing feats.

Gregory Mone

Architecture and Hardware

Mar 1 2013

Cybercrime: It’s Serious, But Exactly How Serious?

Symantec says $110 billion annually while McAfee says $1 trillion. Why can't anyone agree?

Paul Hyman

Computing Applications

Mar 1 2013

ACM Fellows Inducted

ACM has recognized 52 of its members for their contributions to computing that are fundamentally advancing technology in healthcare, cybersecurity, science, communications, entertainment, business, and education.

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Mar 1 2013

Decoding Dementia

Computer models may help neurologists unlock the secrets of brain disorders, from Alzheimer's to cancer.

Neil Savage

Computing Applications

Feb 22 2013

A Sense of the Future

Smartphones not only have a brain but, increasingly, the ability to sense their environment.

Sam Greengard

Computing Applications

Feb 19 2013

Brown MOOC to Lure High School Students to STEM

Brown University will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) aimed at drawing high school students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.

Karen A. Frenkel

Computing Profession

Feb 1 2013

A New Model For Healthcare

Computer modeling is radically redefining healthcare and epidemiology by providing new tools for understanding the impact of different intervention strategies.

Samuel Greengard

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

model of the spread of HIV in New York City

Feb 1 2013

Life in Simulation

Computational models are tackling the complexity of biology, from single-celled microbes to human organs.

Neil Savage

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Feb 1 2013

Revving the Rover

The new Mars rover has attracted plenty of attention for its planetary gymnastics, but the big breakthroughs are under the hood.

Alex Wright

Architecture and Hardware

Jan 15 2013

‘caesar’ Conquers Code Review With Crowdsourcing

The Caesar system uses crowdsourcing to take the pain out of reviewing the voluminous code produced by hundreds of students enrolled in introductory computer science classes at MIT.

Karen A. Frenkel

Computing Applications

Jan 4 2013

Apps Crash the Enterprise

When Apple introduced the App Store in July 2008 it represented nothing less than a revolutionary way to distribute software. Now the concept is invading the enterprise.

Sam Greengard

Computing Applications

Jan 1 2013

Beyond Hadoop

The leading open source system for processing big data continues to evolve, but new approaches with added features are on the rise.

Gregory Mone

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jan 1 2013

Just the Facts

In repackaging other companies' news, some news aggregators are diverting readers and ad dollars, and, critics argue, undercutting the incentive to spend money on original reporting. It is an economic and ethical problem without a clear legal fix.

Marina Krakovsky

Computing Applications

Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post Media Group

Jan 1 2013

Stopping the Leaks

Side channels give out information that can be used to crack secrets, but researchers are identifying the holes and trying to close them.

Neil Savage

Architecture and Hardware

Jan 1 2013

ACM’s Annual Report For FY12

FY12 was an outstanding year for ACM. Membership reached an all-time high for the 10th consecutive year. We witnessed our global hubs in Europe, India, and China take root and flourish.

Alain Chesnais

Computing Applications

Dec 14 2012

Has Apple Lost its Mojo?

Cracks have begun to appear on Apple's road to invincibility.

Samuel Greengard

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2012

Zoom In, Zoom Out

Drilling down to more detail on a computer screen, or moving out to see the context, is basic. But it's hardly simple and, after 20 years, innovations are still occurring.

Gary Anthes

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2012

Quantum Quests

Three breakthrough experiments involving photons have extended coherence times and indicated scalable production.

Gregory Goth

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2012

In the Year of Disruptive Education

As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide — at no cost.

Paul Hyman

Computing Applications

Dec 1 2012

Understanding ACM’s Past

How do we gather stories about ACM's past before it's too late? The charter of the ACM History Committee is "to foster preservation and interpretation of the history of the ACM and its role in the development of computing."

Mary Hall

Computing Applications

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