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BLOG@CACM Jan 5 2021

Computers for Learning: Charisma that Fails to Disrupt?

Two books examine why large-scale learning technology often doesn’t achieve expectations. Technology can improve learning at scale, but charismatic stories about learning technology too often distort the conditions for success.

Jeremy Roschelle

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Reboot the Computing-Research Publication Systems

The virtualization of conferences due to COVID-19 has sharpened my conviction that the computing-research publication system is badly broken and in need of a serious reboot.

Moshe Y. Vardi

News Jan 1 2021

Geometric Deep Learning Advances Data Science

Researchers are pushing beyond the limitations of convolutional neural networks using geometric deep learning techniques.

Samuel Greengard

News Jan 1 2021

Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19

Data science can only do so much in the face of a pandemic.

Chris Edwards

four individuals and a hand holding a mobile phone, illustration

News Jan 1 2021

Fugaku Takes the Lead

Japan tops the Top500 supercomputer rankings, for the moment.

Don Monroe

Fugaku at Riken Center for Computational Science

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Boeing’s 737 MAX: A Failure of Management, Not Just Technology

Tracing the trajectory of management and engineering decisions resulting in systemic catastrophe.

Michael A. Cusumano

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Cybersecurity Research for the Future

Considering the wide range of technological and societal trade-offs associated with cybersecurity.

Terry Benzel

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Content Moderation Modulation

Deliberating on how to regulate—or not regulate—online speech in the era of evolving social media.

Kate Klonick

user and strident speakers, illustration

Opinion Jan 1 2021

The Immortal Soul of an Old Machine

Taking apart a book to figure out how it works.

Thomas Haigh

The Soul of a New Machine, stylized cover image

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Insights for AI from the Human Mind

How the cognitive sciences can inform the quest to build systems with the flexibility of the human mind.

Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis

neurons and lighted background, illustration

Opinion Jan 1 2021

Excessive Use of Technology: Can Tech Providers be the Culprits?

Seeking to assess the possible responsibility of tech providers for excessive use patterns.

Ofir Turel and Christopher Ferguson

young male and female looking at smartphones

Practice Jan 1 2021

The Identity in Everyone’s Pocket

Keeping users secure through their smartphones.

Phil Vachon

mobile phone with facial recognition feature

Research and Advances Jan 1 2021

How to Transition Incrementally to Microservice Architecture

A field study examines technological advances that have created versatile software ecosystems to develop and deploy microservices.

Karoly Bozan, Kalle Lyytinen, and Gregory M. Rose

Research and Advances Jan 1 2021

Does Facebook Use Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes?

Facebook labels 67% of its users with potential sensitive interests, sometimes at great risk to the user.

José González Cabañas, Àngel Cuevas, Aritz Arrate, and Ruben Cuevas

mobile phone users and a megaphone with Facebook icon, illustration

Research and Advances Jan 1 2021

The Ethics of Zero-Day Exploits: The NSA Meets the Trolley Car

Are U.S. government employees behaving ethically when they stockpile software vulnerabilities?

Stephen B. Wicker

News Dec 15 2020

The Next Best Thing to Being There

Encouraged by the pandemic, augmented and mixed realities bring new views to end-users in medicine, industry, and the military.

Esther Shein | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Surgeons at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool, U.K., have been using Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality technology in its operating theaters for more than two years.

BLOG@CACM Dec 14 2020

Time to Resurrect PSP?

The Personal Software Process encourages programmer discipline. Largely forgotten, it does have a few wrinkles, but understanding and applying its core ideas remains as fruitful as ever.

Bertrand Meyer

BLOG@CACM Dec 11 2020

The Year-Round Joys and Benefits of Open Source Software

One of the things that makes us programmers feel warm and fuzzy is open source software. Companies support open source too. Why give something away for free? A lot of individuals contribute open source code out of a genuine sense of altruism. Yet when it comes to companies, it’s often a strategic choice, and one they expect to benefit from. Let's review how companies benefit from open source.

Yegor Bugayenko

News Dec 10 2020

Consumers Increasingly Touch on Contactless Payments

The ability to pay touch-free during the Coronavirus pandemic is persuading more consumers and retailers to go contactless.

Keith Kirkpatrick | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Using contactless payment in a retail environment.

News Dec 3 2020

Exploring ‘Data Storytelling’

Conversational interfaces provide spoken responses to queries of business databases.

Joe Dysart | Commissioned by CACM Staff

A Star Trek character anticipates conversational interfaces by a decade or two.

BLOG@CACM Dec 1 2020

Birthday Bit Boundaries

Which birthdays would have special significance if our culture were binary-based instead of decimal-based?

Joel C. Adams

BLOG@CACM Dec 1 2020

Pitting Computers Against Each Other . . . in Chess

Guest blogger Monroe Newborn on the 50th anniversary of ACM computer chess tournaments.

Monroe "Monty" Newborn

News Dec 1 2020

Technologies for the Visually Impaired

The last decade has seen major advancements in technology for the blind and visually impaired, but problems remain.

Logan Kugler

blind person navigating via smartphone app

News Dec 1 2020

Softening Up Robots

Giving robots soft, artificial skin would enable them to work more closely with people.

Esther Shein

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