Sanjeev Arora, winner of the 2011 ACM-Infosys Award, discusses his pivotal role in theoretical computer science.
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Judea Pearl's passionate advocacy of the importance of probability and causality helped revolutionize artificial intelligence.
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Local and national governments are turning to open data to cut their costs, increase transparency and efficiency, and respond to the needs of citizens.
Computing professionals sometimes find policy issues ill-defined, confusing, or irrelevant. Perhaps that is why — to date — policy participation has been limited within our community.
Adaptive Networks Aim to Thwart Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals who take aim at computer networks will find it more difficult to hit their mark if their target is a constantly moving one.
niversity of Florida Endangers CS Department
Four weeks into the academic tussle between computer science students and the administration of the University of Florida, the controversy surrounding a drastic restructuring of the school's CS department remains unresolved.
How Steve Jobs Revolutionized Business
It is ironic that Steve Jobs, the man who focused on building consumer-friendly devices such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, is also radically reshaping the business world.
It is taking Americans a bit longer than the rest of the world to catch on to the idea of “mobile wallets.”
Meet the candidates who introduce their plans — and stands — for the Association. Please take this opportunity to vote.
The success of Germany's Dagstuhl Seminars has inspired a proliferation of Dagstuhl-like venues, especially in India.
Thanks to new research initiatives, autonomous humanoid robots are inching closer to reality.
Automating Scientific Discovery
Computer scientists are teaching machines to run experiments, make inferences from the data, and use the results to conduct new experiments.
Virtual possessions play an increasingly important role in our daily lives. How we think about them and deal with them is changing the way we think and interact with others.
Are Two Monitors Better Than One?
Whether workers in a data-intensive environment are more productive with a single monitor or with multiple monitors can depend on the size of the single monitor, a person's ability to be undistracted, and the number of pixels in sight.
Mobile Apps Reach Internet Tipping Point
June 2011 appears to be the first time people in the U.S. spent more time online with apps than with the Web.
Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement.
Voice recognition programs like Siri are now capable of understanding spoken commands, recognizing a conversation's context, and answering questions in a personable manner.
The goal of ACM China Council is threefold: to increase the number of high-quality ACM activities, to raise ACM's visibility, and to contribute to advancing computing as a science and profession. We can report significant progress in these areas since our 2010 launch.
Sanjeev Arora Wins 2011 Acm-Infosys Award
Sanjeev Arora, a computer scientist at Princeton University, is honored for breakthroughs that have advanced the power of computing.
Rebecca Mackinnon Discusses Threats to Internet Freedom: Part 2
Many people don't realize that most of the censorship and surveillance in China is not being done by the government, but by companies at the behest of the government, says Rebecca MacKinnon.
Rebecca Mackinnon Discusses Threats to Internet Freedom: Part 1
Rebecca MacKinnon shares insights about Internet freedom, including the roles and responsibilities of citizens, corporations, and governments.
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