Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Professional Work
Considering the implications of the influence of artificial intelligence given previous industrial revolutions.
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Why Is Cybersecurity Not a Human-Scale Problem Anymore?
Examining the structure of the enterprise attack surface in view of the relative ease with which cyberdefenses can be subverted.
Adding More Color to Patch Picture
"Automated Program Repair" (Dec. 2019) holds out the promise of substantially improving software quality. Quantitative data can help researchers and practitioners better understand the capabilities and current limitations of this promising technology.
The notion of scalable operating systems led Mendel Rosenblum to virtual machines, which have revolutionized datacenters and enabled modern cloud computing.
Organizing Family Support Services at ACM Conferences
Seeking to improve access to conferences and provide support for attendees with children.
Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession–But to What End?
It is time to revisit and update the purpose of ACM. It must be "to advance the science and profession of computing for the public good."
Moshe Vardi suggests in his January 2020 column that ACM conferences do more to support remote participation. I have several concerns about his proposals.
Computing and Community in Formal Education
Culturally responsive computing repurposes computer science education by making it meaningful to not only students, but also to their families and communities.
Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has confronted us with a raft of dilemmas that challenge us to decide what values are important in our designs.
Through the Lens of a Passionate Theoretician
Considering the far-reaching and fundamental implications of computing beyond digital computers.
A compromise proposal toward a solution to making it impossible for a would-be tyrant to exceed reasonable authority.
‘Everything Fails All the Time’
Werner Vogels, an expert on ultra-scalable systems, talks about listening to customers, reconceptualizing the stack, and building a product-centered culture.
Start Small, Then Achieve Big Impact
ACM owes its success to an amazing cadre of volunteers around the globe, and they deserve the credit for what ACM accomplishes.
I have become convinced that our consuming societies, at least in the economically "developed" world, have become sources of harm to ourselves and our planet.
Are You Sure Your Software Will Not Kill Anyone?
Using software to control potentially unsafe systems requires the use of new software and system engineering approaches.
Numbers Are for Computers, Strings Are for Humans
How and where software should translate data into a human-readable form.
When Human-Computer Interaction Meets Community Citizen Science
Empowering communities through citizen science.
Guiding Students to Develop Essential Skills
Students should interact with one another to practice skills and construct their own understanding, with assistance from a teacher acting as a coach and guide — not a lecturer.
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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