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Titus: Introducing Containers to the Netflix Cloud
Approaching container adoption in an already cloud-native infrastructure.
The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Intelligent Tools, Platforms, Growth, Employment
Digital technology determines how (and even whether) people work as much as it determines how information produces economic activity.
A Large-Scale Comparative Study of Beta Testers and Regular Users
Beta testers should represent a future product's target users as much as possible.
Elements of the Theory of Dynamic Networks
The challenge of computing in a highly dynamic environment.
Technical Perspective: Building Bug-Free Compilers
What to do about buggy compilers? The authors of "Practical Verification of Peephole Optimizations with Alive" give us a compelling and practical answer.
Practical Verification of Peephole Optimizations with Alive
We created Alive, a domain-specific language for writing correct peephole optimizations and for automatically either proving them correct or else generating counterexamples.
Who can say no to the hive mind's promise of cybernetic immortality, for free?
The Quantum Computer Era Arrives
The drive to develop and commercialize the first quantum computer has been characterized as the new arms race.
Ethics for Tech must address how professional issues play out in the workplace, in real life.
Benefits of a Master’s Degree in Computer Science
If you have the means, consider pursuing a master's degree in computer science.
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Technologies Support Dementia Patients
A small but growing category of assistive technologies is aimed at people with cognitive disabilities.
Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 2 of 2)
Time to start from what matters to practitioners
Cartoon Clinicians: Precursors of Virtual Therapy?
Soldiers in one study were more open with a virtual character about post-traumatic stress symptoms than with human doctors.
Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 1 of 2)
Beyond the lamppost
“when Performance Is Pursued Above All”
Long-overlooked CPU vulnerabilities have come to light.
Autonomous Construction Vehicles Are Building the Future
Self-operated construction vehicles will gain traction long before self-driving cars.
Learning Computer Science Is Different Than Learning Other STEM Disciplines
Learning computer science has unique challenges that make it harder than learning other STEM disciplines.
How Can We Foster Inclusiveness?
What can an individual do on a day-to-day basis to ensure that her/his environment fosters inclusiveness?
The Big Idea and the PD Pipeline
Former Computer Science Teachers Association executive director Mark R. Nelson discusses his work with the group to overcome core challenges to computer science education.
Technical Perspective: Moving Spectrum
The incentive auction scenario provides the backdrop for the breathtaking research contribution presented by Newman et al. in "Deep Optimization for Spectrum Repacking."
Halide: Decoupling Algorithms from Schedules For High-Performance Image Processing
We propose a new programming language for image processing pipelines, called Halide, that separates the algorithm from its schedule.
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