FY11 was a defining year for ACM as the largest educational and scientific computing society in the world. Many of the initiatives we have set forth over the last few years have taken root and we now see tangible evidence of their success.
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Early in 2011, IEEE Computer Society President Sorel Reisman and I began discussing how IEEE-CS and ACM could work together more cooperatively. We solicited suggestions from our members and received some ideas that are worth pursuing for the benefit of the community, which I discuss here.
As Aspiritech and other companies are discovering, autistic individuals possess certain unique skills that make them ideal as software testers.
HPC designers, domain experts, and embedded chip makers are teaming up to create optimized applications.
Tech Winners in 2012 Must Possess 2020 Vision, Says Idc
2012 might be the most pivotal year in technology market developments in the past 25 years, with ramifications that may not be fully felt until the decade's end, according to IDC’s annual trends prediction report.
10 Unique Projects For Csedweek 2011
Last year, CSEdWeek featured more than 300 events and projects engaging students, parents, and teachers. This year, we are highlighting 10 CSEdWeek activities that we think you should know about.
Natural user interface developments, such as Microsoft's Kinect, may indicate the beginning of the end for the mouse.
Today's activists are highly plugged into social media, mobile apps, and other digital tools. But does this make a difference where it matters most?
The Rise of Molecular Machines
The field of molecular computing is achieving new levels of control over biochemical processes and fostering sophisticated connections between computer science and the biological sciences.
Groups in more than 130 countries will participate in Computer Science Education Week this year.
Colleagues recall the creator of C and codeveloper Unix, an unassuming but brilliant man who enjoyed playing practical jokes on his coworkers.
Nominees For Elections and Report of the ACM Nominating Committee
In accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the ACM, the Nominating Committee hereby submits the following slate of nominees for ACM's officers.
Community Colleges Boost CS & STEM Research
Statistics and anecdotal evidence confirm that efforts to increase computer science and STEM research opportunities at community colleges are making headway.
Managing the Demise of Privacy
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists examine identity management in social media at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference.
Study Reveals Resistance to Strong Password Security
One would think that improving the security of your computer against intruders would be universally acceptable. However, an overwhelming number of users in a new Virginia Tech study resisted changing their passwords — even when the change was mandatory.
Researchers High On Cloud Robotics
The goal of cloud robotics is to enable robots to perform data-intensive functions, like image processing and voice recognition, by offloading the vast amounts of data the tasks require to remote servers.
Salvatore Torquato’s unique space-packing method has implications in information theory and materials science.
Governments, companies, and individuals have suffered an unusual number of highly publicized data breaches this year. Is there a solution?
Researchers have discovered important security flaws in modern automobile systems. Will car thieves learn to pick locks with their laptops?
Scientists say improvements to extreme-weather prediction are possible with new weather models and a reinvention of the modeling technologies used to process them.
To ensure the timely publication of articles, Communications created the Virtual Extension to bring readers high-quality articles in an online-only format. The following article is now available in its entirety to ACM members via the Digital Library.
AI Pioneer John Mccarthy, 1927-2011
Artificial intelligence pioneer and Lisp creator John McCarthy, who received the A.M. Turing Award in 1971, passed away on October 23. He was 84.
Two Low-Cost Tablets For India’s Schools
Many of the classrooms in India are short of teachers and devoid of electricity. But what researchers hope they will have are low-cost computer tablets specifically designed for the needs of the country's students.
Proton-Based Transistor Breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a proton-based transistor that might eventually enable machines to communicate with living things.
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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