The Gap in CS, Mulling Irrational Exuberance
Carl Hewitt suggests computer science needs a reference resource, while Vijay Kumar decries intellectual dishonesty in technology forecasting.
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It is increasingly important to understand how artificial intelligence comes to a decision.
Unused telecom fiber might be used to detect earthquakes, uncover other secrets in the soil.
Introducing Communications’ Regional Special Sections
I am pleased to introduce the first regional special section of Communications, which we hope will become a feature that you anticipate and enjoy, and of course value for the insights and perspectives it presents!
Exploiting Psychology and Social Behavior for Game Stickiness
Interactive video games, which support various forms of collaboration and confrontation among gamers, create an obsessive stickiness.
Welcome to the China Region Special Section
We are pleased to present the China Region special section.
Consumers, Corporations, and Government: Computing in China
Unique historical, socioeconomic, and political conditions have created a distinctive path for China's rapid integration of computing and technology into its economy and society.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in China
In addition to government-supported academic research, China's technical giants, such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei, are actively investing in AI research and related development.
Cloud Bursting for the World’s Largest Consumer Market
The development and popularization of cloud computing, especially in emerging domains, brings great convenience and also poses new challenges.
Is Last-Mile Delivery a ‘Killer App’ for Self-Driving Vehicles?
There are two dimensions of challenge to an efficient autonomous delivery vehicle solution.
Fintech: AI Powers Financial Services to Improve People's Lives
Financial technology, or fintech, is a fast-evolving field that has reshaped the financial industry.
Video Consumption, Social Networking, and Influence
China's online video industry has as many similarities as differences with the U.S.
Simplicity, small size, portability, and embeddability set Lua apart from other scripting languages.
Modern Debugging: The Art of Finding a Needle in a Haystack
Systematic use of proven debugging approaches and tools lets programmers address even apparently intractable bugs.
Skill Discovery in Virtual Assistants
Skill recommendations must be provided when users need them most, without being obtrusive or distracting.
Will Supercomputers Be Super-Data and Super-AI Machines?
New challenges in architecture, system software, and application technologies must be addressed to help develop next-generation exascale supercomputing systems.
People Logistics in Smart Cities
Governments have been searching for new technologies to make cities in China more efficient, and smart mobility has been the top priority in all solutions.
Research for Practice: Knowledge Base Construction in the Machine-Learning Era
Three critical design points: Joint learning, weak supervision, and new representations.
Corp to Cloud: Google’s Virtual Desktops
How Google moved its virtual desktops to the cloud.
Tracking and Controlling Microservice Dependencies
Dependency management is a crucial part of system and software design.
Software Challenges for the Changing Storage Landscape
Conventional storage software stacks are unable to meet the needs of high-performance Storage-Class Memory technology. It is time to rethink 50-year-old architectures.
Technical Perspective: Making Sleep Tracking More User Friendly
"LIBS: A Bioelectrical Sensing System from Human Ears for Staging Whole-Night Sleep Study" provides a nice balance in terms of minimizing the burden on users and the granularity at which we can automatically track various measures of sleep.
LIBS: A Bioelectrical Sensing System from Human Ears for Staging Whole-Night Sleep Study
We explore a new form of wearable systems, called LIBS, that can continuously record biosignals such as brain wave, eye movements, and facial muscle contractions, with high sensitivity and reliability.
Shape the Future of Computing
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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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