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Research and Advances Dec 1 2016

Technical Perspective: The Chemistry of Software-Defined Batteries

A time-tested principle in computer systems design is to use an interface to separate an abstraction from its implementation. "Software-Defined Batteries" represents a convergence of these two evolutionary threads.

Srinivasan Keshav

Research and Advances Dec 1 2016

Extracting 3D Objects from Photographs Using 3-Sweep

We introduce an interactive technique to extract and manipulate simple 3D shapes in a single photograph.

News Dec 1 2016

Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons?

Nations consider using defense systems that can make their own lethal decisions.

Keith Kirkpatrick

Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons? illustration

News Dec 1 2016

Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server

The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.

Chris Edwards

News Dec 1 2016

Cracking the Code on Biology

Genetic engineering promises to revolutionize everything from agriculture and biofuels to medicine and food safety.

Samuel Greengard

Cracking the Code on Biology, illustrative photo

Practice Dec 1 2016

Functional at Scale

Applying functional programming principles to distributed computing projects.

Marius Eriksen

Practice Dec 1 2016

React: Facebook's Functional Turn on Writing Javascript

A discussion with Pete Hunt, Paul O'Shannessy, Dave Smith, and Terry Coatta

CACM Staff

React: Facebook's Functional Turn on Writing Javascript, illustration

Practice Dec 1 2016

Industrial-Scale Agile: From Craft to Engineering

Essence is instrumental in moving software development toward a true engineering discipline.

Ivar Jacobson, Ian Spence, and Ed Seidewitz

Industrial-Scale Agile–From Craft to Engineering, illustration

Opinion Dec 1 2016

Reclaim the Lost Promise of the Semantic Web

I was eager to learn about the latest developments in the Semantic Web as explored in "A New Look at the Semantic Web" (Sept. 2016), but by the end I had the impression the entire vision of a Semantic Web was somehow at risk.

CACM Staff

Opinion Dec 1 2016

When Email Isn’t Private

Is email ever private? It seems clear that we need standards and agreements to protect email while in transit between mail transfer agents and between users and transfer agents.

Vinton G. Cerf

News Nov 25 2016

Making Sense of Exabytes of Data at Sc16

“Think about how you got here,” said Katharine Frase, head of strategy and business development for IBM’s Watson Education unit, at the SC16 conference in Salt Lake City last week.

Andrew Rosenbloom

News Nov 10 2016

Paas Enables Greater Customization

Platform-as-a-Service environments foster development of custom cloud applications.

R. Colin Johnson

News Nov 3 2016

Getting Past The Ad Blockers

Online consumers use software to block ads; online advertisers can pay to be whitelisted by some ad-blocking software.

John Delaney

The GQ site blocks entry by users with ad-blocking software.

News Nov 1 2016

Apis Are Changing the Way We Pay

Application programming interfaces are being used increasingly to facilitate electronic payments.

Mark Broderick