A Programmable Programming Language
As the software industry enters the era of language-oriented programming, it needs programmable programming languages.
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Responsible Research with Crowds: Pay Crowdworkers at Least Minimum Wage
High-level guidelines for the treatment of crowdworkers.
A Declaration of the Dependence of Cyberspace
Just as you cannot separate the mind and the body, you cannot separate cyberspace and physical space. It is time to accept this dependence and act accordingly.
The Costs and Pleasures of a Computer Science Teacher
Mark Guzdial considers the enormous opportunity costs of computer science teachers, while Bertrand Meyer ponders the pleasures of arguing with graduate students.
Here Comes Everybody . . . to Communications
I am pleased to announce a new Communications of the ACM initiative with the ambitious goal of expanding the Communications community globally to include important voices and perspectives in the conversation about the present and future of computing.
Keep the ACM Code of Ethics As It Is
The proposed changes to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct as discussed in "ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide for Positive Action" (Digital Edition, Jan. 2018), are generally misguided and should be rejected by the ACM membership.
Ethics Omission Increases Gases Emission
A look in the rearview mirror at Volkswagon software engineering.
Impediments with Policy Interventions to Foster Cybersecurity
A call for discussion of governmental investment and intervention in support of cybersecurity.
Computational Social Science ≠ Computer Science + Social Data
The important intersection of computer science and social science.
The Internet as we know it today has driven the barrier to the generation and sharing of information to nearly zero. But there are consequences of the reduced threshold for access to the Internet.
Technical Perspective: On Heartbleed: A Hard Beginnyng Makth a Good Endyng
When a serious security vulnerability is discovered in the SSL/TLS protocol, one would naturally expect a rapid response. "Analysis of SSL Certificate Reissues and Revocations in the Wake of Heartbleed," by Zhang et al., paints a very different picture in the context of the famous Heartbleed vulnerability.
Analysis of SSL Certificate Reissues and Revocations in the Wake of Heartbleed
We use Heartbleed, a widespread OpenSSL vulnerability from 2014, as a natural experiment to determine whether administrators are properly managing their X.509 certificates.
Can Neuroevolution Change Machine Learning?
Neuroevolution borrows techniques from natural evolution to push the boundaries of machine learning.
Reacting to the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review, which now tries to extend nuclear deterrence to cyberspace.
The Increasing Familiarity of Cryptocurrencies
More and more businesses are accepting cryptocurrencies as payment; here's why.
Let’s Not Forget the ‘Science’ in ‘Computer Science’
There is a growing trend to treat very difficult problems in computer science as purely engineering problems where solutions are approximated using data-driven approaches. This is a harmful trend, and we should be reminded that computer science is, after all, a science and some balance shuld be maintained.
Achieving Gender Equity: ACM-W Can't Do It Alone
Why, with so much sustained effort by so many individuals and organizations, is progress toward gender equity so slow?
Toward an Equation that Anticipates AI Risks
It is our darkest fears that actually protect us the most. Could AI intensify such fears to levels beyond what we already know?
Protecting the Power Grid, and Finding Bias in Student Evaluations
The Communications Web site, http://cacm-acm-org-preprod.go-vip.net, features more than a dozen bloggers in the BLOG@CACM community. In each issue of Communications, we'll publish selected posts or excerpts.twitterFollow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/blogCACMhttp://cacm-acm-org-preprod.go-vip.net/blogs/blog-cacmJohn Arquilla considers the growth of cyberattacks on infrastructure, while Mark Guzdial wonders how beginning computer science students can possibly evaluate their teachers fairly.
Quantum Technology Forgoes Unconditional Security to Extend its Reach
Two projects in China demonstrate the possibility of global quantum key distribution networks.
The War Over the Value of Personal Data
In a world increasingly dependent on turning personal data into profits, it is unclear how much that data is actually worth.
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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