ACM's new CEO lays out some brief thoughts on the future of the world's leading professional computing society in the hope of eliciting reactions and suggestions.
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I continue to look for ways to preserve digital information over long periods of time. Imagine storing petabytes of information in vials containing dried DNA and using robots to retrieve it.
Designing Interactive Memory Joggers
Texts, photos, and videos are the fodder of memories, which require appropriate cues to materialize those memories from custom-designed hardware, says one researcher.
Thoughts on ‘The Frenzy About High-Tech Talent’ and a Call For Corporate Action
In "The Frenzy About High-Tech Talent" in The New York Review of Books, Andrew Hacker questions if there is really an unfilled need for STEM graduates, and if there are flaws in the American education system that lead us to be very dependent on foreign STEM graduates.
Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms
Introducing students to visual programming as a pathway to text-based programming.
How Iceland Is Reeling in its Newest Catch: Global Data Centers
Think "electricity," green and cheap; no chilling required.
Here’s Why Microsoft Cares About Basic Research — And You Should, Too
Basic scientific research made today's technology possible, and it will lead to tomorrow's technological breakthroughs.
Digital technologies are driving new business models and changing the ways society views products and services.
Artificial Precognition ses Data to See the Future
Using large data sets and machine learning to recognize unseen patterns.
Technology Replaces the Credit Card
New alternatives will further disrupt the payment cards market.
How the new field of cloud robotics will impact intelligent machines.
The Bottleneck in Increasing Accessibility to CS Education Is Producing Enough CS Teachers
The demand for CS teachers is growing. Now we have to figure out how to increase the supply.
The potential for a Sino-American cyber arms control agreement is intriguing, despite three very troubling flaws.
Court Reaffirms Ftc Authority to Prosecute Cybersecurity Breaches
The ruling underscores corporate responsibility to protect consumer data.
What Can Be Done About Gender Diversity in Computing?: A Lot!
The 2015 Grace Hopper celebration of women in computing is expected to bring together more than 12,000 — mostly female — computer scientists! But this impressive number should not be taken to mean all is well on the gender-diversity front. Far from it!
The Third Heidelberg Laureate Forum
The Third Heidelberg Laureate Forum equaled and perhaps outperformed the previous two. It was also, however, a poignant event because we were reminded of the ephemeral nature of our human lives.
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
The Morality of Online War; the Fates of Data Analytics, HPC
John Arquilla considers justifications for warfare in the cyber realm, while Daniel Reed looks ahead at big data and exascale computing.
Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications.
Shape the Future of Computing
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