Technical Perspective: When the Adversary Is Your Friend
The key insight of the "Generative Adversarial Networks," by Ian Goodfellow et al., is to learn a generative model's loss function at the same time as learning the model.
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Tracking Down a Seminal Work on Computer Construction – in Russian
A Russian edition of Rutishauser's standard work on computer construction.
Virtual Reality Meets the Office
"Virtual meeting spaces greatly expand the possibilities for online communication—and, at their best, create an environment that parallels or exceeds real world interaction."
Who Has Access to Your Smartphone Data?
ISPs, app developers, and even the government may know more about you than you think.
Frances E. Allen was the first woman recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Self-Driving Vehicle Technology: Progress and Promises
Seeking the answer to the elusive question, 'Are we there yet'?
A Holistic View of Future Risks
Almost everything is somehow interrelated with everything else—and that should not surprise us.
Debugging Incidents in Google’s Distributed Systems
How experts debug production issues in complex distributed systems.
What Do Agile, Lean, and ITIL Mean to DevOps?
The value of learning skillsets within a trio of disciplines and the role each plays in DevOps.
Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure in Cryptocurrencies
Software weaknesses in cryptocurrencies create unique challenges in responsible revelations.
A Decade of Social Bot Detection
Bots increasingly tamper with political elections and economic discussions. Tracing trends in detection strategies and key suggestions on how to win the fight.
MadMax: Analyzing the Out-of-Gas World of Smart Contracts
We identify gas-focused vulnerabilities and present MadMax: a static program analysis technique that automatically detects gas-focused vulnerabilities with very high confidence.
Technical Perspective: Analyzing Smart Contracts with MadMax
"MadMax: Analyzing the Out-of-Gas World of Smart Contracts," by Neville Grech et al., effectively discovers a new smart contract vulnerability, and proposes a detection approach based on a static analysis.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Computer Chess Championship in 1970.
Aaron Hertzman's Viewpoint "Computers Do Not Make Art, People Do," makes excellent points as to why it is very unlikely that computers will ever replace artists.
Teaching CS Undergrads Online to Work With Others Effectively
Orit Hazzan on the challenges of taking a CS soft skills class online after teaching it in a classroom for a decade.
Virtual Collaboration in the Age of the Coronavirus
Videoconferencing apps took off during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but more efficient ways to collaborate virtually are waiting in the wings.
Shifting artificial intelligence to the "edge" of the network could transform computing . . . and everyday life.
A Recent Renaissance in Privacy Law
Considering the recent increased attention to privacy law issues amid the typically slow pace of legal change.
Autonomous Vehicle Safety: Lessons from Aviation
How more than 25years of experience with aviation safety-critical systems can be applied to autonomous vehicle systems.
Avalanches Make Us All Innovators
Avalanches generate enormous breakdowns. The practices of innovation adoption may be just what you need to resolve them.
‘Have You Thought About . . .’: Talking About Ethical Implications of Research
Considering the good and the bad effects of technology.
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