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News May 3 2022

Collegiate CS Ethics Programs Emerging En Masse

Universities have created new engineering ethics programs, added concentrated subject-matter ethics programs, and made ethics course material available through open access and free licensing arrangements.

Gregory Goth | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Illustration of Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

Research and Advances May 1 2022

Set the Configuration for the Heart of the OS: On the Practicality of Operating System Kernel Debloating

This paper presents a study on the practicality of operating system kernel debloating, that is, reducing kernel code that is not needed by the target applications.

Hsuan-Chi Kuo, Jianyan Chen, Sibin Mohan, and Tianyin Xu

measuring tape and scissors and computer code

Opinion May 1 2022

Agent Provocateur

FBI agents Saskia Lipcott and Dinah Carter have one last chance to evade Dupin's corrupt AI.

Brian Clegg

BLOG@CACM May 1 2022

Modern Tech Can’t Shield Your Secret Identity

Jason Hong considers how modern computing technologies would undermine superheroes' anonymity.

Jason Hong

Opinion May 1 2022

Cybersecurity as Illuminator for the Future of Computing Research

Considering the shifting fundamentals of cybersecurity research.

John Wroclawski and Terry Benzel

numeric codes and shining lights, illustration

Opinion May 1 2022

Toward Justice in Computer Science through Community, Criticality, and Citizenship

Proposing a justice-centered CS education.

Aman Yadav, Marie Heath, and Anne Drew Hu

bar of blue light, bar of green light, and the word 'progress'

Opinion May 1 2022

Information: ‘I’ vs. ‘We’ vs. ‘They’

Seeking a balance between protecting and using personal data.

Reinhard von Hanxleden

three-sided figure with sides labeled 'we' and 'they' and 'I' respectively

Practice May 1 2022

It Takes a Community: The Open Source Challenge

A discussion with Reynold Xin, Wes McKinney, Alan Gates, and Chris McCubbin.

Reynold Xin, Wes McKinney, Alan Gates, and Chris McCubbin

code icon and other figures around a display showing three persons, illustration

Practice May 1 2022

Meaning and Context in Computer Programs

Sharing domain knowledge among programmers using the source code as the medium.

Alvaro Videla

three people looking at one display screen

Research and Advances May 1 2022

Explorations in Cyber-Physical Systems Education

Explorations in CPS education and related research projects over the past two decades unveil where CPS learning is headed.

Sanjit A. Seshia

steps of books with light bulb at top, illustration

Research and Advances May 1 2022

A Data-Driven Exploration of the Race between Human Labor and Machines in the 21st Century

To understand automation and the future of work, this study explores how human labor competes, or cooperates, with technology in performing a range of tasks.

Jiyong Park and Jongho Kim

robots and people in job interview line, illustration

Research and Advances May 1 2022

The Go Programming Language and Environment

Released as open source in November 2009, Go has become the foundation for critical infrastructure at every major cloud provider. Its creators look back on how Go got here and why it has stuck around.

Opinion May 1 2022

Four Aspirations for ACM 2032

To fulfill its responsibility as the world's preeminent computing professional society, the ACM must transform itself to lead.

Andrew A. Chien

Opinion May 1 2022

ACM at 75

Throughout 2022, in both social media and publications, we will be highlighting ACM's 75-year role in promoting technical excellence and fostering professional growth.

Vicki L. Hanson and Jennifer T. Chayes

Opinion May 1 2022

War and Tech (and ACM)

The West has responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with punitive economic sanctions. In one fell swoop, the efficient, (almost) unified world of global technology has come apart.

Moshe Y. Vardi

Careers May 1 2022

How a Shopping Mall Trip Inspired Me to Work in Neuro-Symbolic AI

I'll never forget the time — at just six years of age — when my father showed me a toy robot holding a tray and told me that very soon there will be actual robot helpers in our home working for us.

Asim Munawar

News May 1 2022

Thanks for the Progress to Date!

Nearly 200 research institutions have signed on to ACM Open, and the Association is fast approaching the first major milestone for the transition to an Open Access Publisher.

Scott E. Delman

Research and Advances May 1 2022

Technical Perspective: ‘What Is the Ideal Operating System?’

The authors of "Set the Configuration for the Heart of the OS" put a fresh view on the practicability of automatic kernel debloating.

Daniel Lohmann

scissor cutting through lines of computer code

News May 1 2022

ACM’s 2022 General Election: Please take this opportunity to vote

Meet the candidates who introduce their plans — and stands — for the Association.

CACM Staff

BLOG@CACM Apr 29 2022

Musk Buying Twitter Is Not About Freedom of Speech

It's about freedom to control speech.

Samuel Greengard

News Apr 28 2022

New Approaches to Biometric Security

The latest biometric security methods place a priority on contactless identification.

Jake Widman | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Apr 26 2022

Reconfigurable Brain-Like Chips Top Deep Neural Net

The quantum material NNO demonstrates novel quantum properties that enable it to learn throughout its lifetime.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

News Apr 21 2022

Rethinking Rare Earth Elements

Researchers are looking to untapped sources—from fertilizer waste to printed circuit boards—to solve the environmental and supply chain problems of rare earth elements.

Karen Emslie | Commissioned by CACM Staff

Samples of minerals containing rare earth elements.

News Apr 14 2022

Quantum Datacenter Intranet Advances

While these breakthroughs must be considered proofs of concept, they demonstrate the pieces of future quantum datacenters are coming together, says independent analyst Bob Sorensen.

R. Colin Johnson | Commissioned by CACM Staff

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