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BLOG@CACM Sep 1 2019

Why Programmers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm, and Thinking About Computational Thinking

Yegor Bugayenko ponders the dangers of "hazardous enthusiasm," while Mark Guzdial considers whether the need to teach computational thinking can be "designed away."

Yegor Bugayenko and Mark Guzdial

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

Technical Perspective: From Virtual Worlds to Digital Fabrication

The authors of "OpenFab" propose to revisit the processing pipeline that turns a 3D model into machine instructions in light of the solutions developed in computer graphics.

Sylvain Lefebvre

News Sep 1 2019

An Inability to Reproduce

Big data and modern analytics offer enormous possibilities for research, provided scientists can produce consistent results.

Samuel Greengard

News Sep 1 2019

Augmented Reality Gets Real

Formidable optical challenges are yielding to intensive research, development.

Gary Anthes

News Sep 1 2019

Can You Locate Your Location Data?

Smartphone apps offering location data services may be desirable, but their ability to collect personal data that can be sold to third parties is less attractive.

Sarah Underwood

Opinion Sep 1 2019

Bitwise: A Life in Code

Data science as a paradox.

David Auerbach

Practice Sep 1 2019

DAML: The Contract Language of Distributed Ledgers

A discussion between Shaul Kfir and Camille Fournier.

Shaul Kfir and Camille Fournier

Practice Sep 1 2019

Velocity in Software Engineering

From tectonic plate to F-16.

Tom Killalea

Practice Sep 1 2019

Surviving Software Dependencies

Software reuse is finally here but comes with risks.

Russ Cox

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

Alloy: A Language and Tool for Exploring Software Designs

Exploiting a simple, expressive logic based on relations to describe designs and automate their analysis.

Daniel Jackson

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

Computational Sustainability: Computing for a Better World and a Sustainable Future

Computer and information scientists join forces with other fields to help solve societal and environmental challenges facing humanity, in pursuit of a sustainable future.

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

Metadata-Private Communication for the 99%

Sketching the underlying system needed to facilitate metadata-private communication for several applications with a large user base.

Yossi Gilad

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

EarSketch: Engaging Broad Populations in Computing Through Music

EarSketch leverages the appeal of music to create a learning environment that allows students to be expressive with code.

Research and Advances Sep 1 2019

OpenFab: A Programmable Pipeline for Multimaterial Fabrication

We present OpenFab, a programmable pipeline for synthesis of multimaterial 3D printed objects that is inspired by RenderMan and modern GPU pipelines.

Kiril Vidimče, Szu-Po Wang, Jonathan Ragan-Kelley, and Wojciech Matusik

Opinion Sep 1 2019

Inspired by the Home of the Future

2018 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Shwetak Patel pushes old tools to new heights.

Leah Hoffmann

University of Washington Professor Shwetak Patel

News Aug 6 2019

A Breakthrough in Explainable AI

Researchers create an artificial intelligence agent that explains its reasoning.

Joe Dysart

News Aug 6 2019

In Search of a CRISPR Kill Switch

The benefits of genetic engineering tool CRISPR have been widely discussed. But what if something goes wrong?

Samuel Greengard

A three-dimenstional render of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system.

Opinion Aug 1 2019

A Response to Fake News as a Response to Citizens United

How boundaries on speech could free the market for speech.

Marshall W. Van Alstyne

marionette casting a ballot, illustration

Opinion Aug 1 2019

MUST and MUST NOT

On writing documentation.

George V. Neville-Neil

Opinion Aug 1 2019

Undo, Redo, and Regrets

Some actions or decisions are irreversible. We would do ourselves a great favor if we were to design our digital systems to the maximum extent possible to avoid irreversible traps.

Vinton G. Cerf

News Aug 1 2019

I Don’t Understand My Car

Self-driving cars will need good communication skills.

Don Monroe

vehicle heads-up display interface, illustration

News Aug 1 2019

The Algorithm That Changed Quantum Machine Learning

A college student discovered a classical computing algorithm that experts overlooked. It promises to change both classical and quantum machine learning.

Samuel Greengard

Opinion Aug 1 2019

Block-based Programming in Computer Science Education

Considering how block-based programming environments and tools might be used at the introductory level and beyond.

David Weintrop

block-based programming concept, illustration

Practice Aug 1 2019

Research for Practice: The DevOps Phenomenon

An executive crash course.

multi-colored infinity symbol, illustration

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