Exit From the Covid-19 Lockdown: There’s an App for That
The Dutch government wants every citizen to download an app for tracking and tracing potential Covid-19 infections, but the app does not yet exist.
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Evolutionary Algorithm Spawns ‘Living Robots’ from Frog Cells
When an evolutionary algorithm generates a successful robot design, the next step is usually to manufacture a physical robot from metals or plastics. Now, researchers are using living cells.
Technology in the Time of Cataclysms
How is the development of technology, and its more basic cousin science, affected during such cataclysmic times?
Automatic Translators are Not Really Capable of Learning
One does not get the impression the Google Translate and DeepL translation programs are self-learning and have made real progress.
CS Teachers, It’s (Past) Time To Learn About Race
We need to send the message that we are willing to change CS education in order to address historic and systemic inequities.
You Can’t Hide Your Smiling Eyes
New software can determine whether your smile is real or faked.
What Do DDT and Computing Have in Common?
In addition to reaping computing's bounty (education, information access, entertainment, commerce, efficiency, and more), we should "own" and work to reduce the negative impacts of computing.
Safety Proposal Points in Same Direction
In her February 2020 column ("Are You Sure Your Software Will Not Kill Anyone?"), Nancy Leveson says the solution to software safety is not "building a software architecture and generating the requirements later." We are surprised that anyone would propose such an approach.
Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic
There is no doubt in my mind that our profession and the products it creates will have a prominent role in shaping our post-COVID-19 society.
Detecting/Preventing Infections, and Moving Instruction Online
Terrence DeFranco suggests the Internet of Things could be keeping us safer, and Jeremy Roschelle airs issues related to online instruction.
Hiring from the Autism Spectrum
Companies increasingly are looking to hire people who are on the autism spectrum to fill IT roles.
The S-shaped curve of technology adoption is a welcome recurrence in an otherwise chaotic adoption world.
Studying Programming in the Neuroage: Just a Crazy Idea?
Programming research has entered the Neuroage.
Communicate Using the Numbers 1, 2, 3, and More
Leveraging expectations for better communication.
The ‘Invisible’ Materiality of Information Technology
It's difficult to see the ecological impact of IT when its benefits are so blindingly bright.
The Virus Analogy and Validation
The comparison between organic viruses and computer viruses is compelling. But why?
The Remote Revolution Has to be Driven by Output, Not Salaries
The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has thrown us all for a loop and forced countless companies to shutter their offices, warehouses, and everything else. Working remotely works best when you pay people for results, not by the hour. Many companies are still paying their employees salaries and they will find out just how hard it is to motivate an off-site employee when they’re paid the same no matter their output.
Is A (Nearly) Zero-Cost Model Plausible for Science and Engineering Programs?
Is a skill-based, multi-level win-win, and (almost) zero-cost model for undergraduate science and engineering programs in a research university plausible?
The ethics of artificial intelligence is increasingly part of school curricula. Will it lead to a better world?
Using Crowdsourced Computing to Fight the Coronavirus
Folding@Home is more powerful than the world’s top seven supercomputers combined.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
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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