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BLOG@CACM May 24 2017

Ten Years at the Helm of Communications of the ACM

In January 2007, I undertook the task of revitalizing Communications of the ACM. Now, after 10 years at the helm of Communications, it is time for me to move on and for the magazine to get new leadership.

Moshe Y. Vardi

BLOG@CACM May 24 2017

Nerves Run High on Eve of ICPC World Finals

Competitors for the 2017 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) expressed nervousness, excitement, and resolve as they prepare for the World Finals competition Wednesday.

Kelsey Sinclair

News May 23 2017

In Memoriam: Jean E. Sammet 1928-2017

Sammet was the first female president of ACM, and a pioneer in programming languages.

Lawrence M. Fisher

News May 23 2017

Making Machines Make Sense

Researchers are working to imbue computing devices with sophisticated object recognition and tactile capabilities that could take computer sensing to an entirely new level.

Samuel Greengard

A Google algorithm recognizes fruit in a bowl.

News May 22 2017

In Memoriam Alain Colmerauer: 1941-2017

French computer scientist Alain Colmerauer passed away on May 15.

Lawrence M. Fisher

BLOG@CACM May 20 2017

Will Machine Learning Prevent S From Achieving the Goals of Teaching Computing to Everyone?

At TURC, ACM leaders consider the future of AI, and I ask about the implications for computing education

Mark Guzdial

News May 18 2017

Solid-State Batteries to Support the Growth of Iot

Compared to lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries don't have the potential to burn or explode, and they can recharge via energy harvesting.

R. Colin Johnson

The flat components of a solid-state battery.

News May 16 2017

Going Retro With Rube

Old-time machine contest fosters STEM creativity.

Gregory Goth

Part of a 2016 winning entry from first-time participants from the Indian Woods Middle School Overland Park, KS.

News May 11 2017

Down on the Farm with C3po

Turning to robots to improve agricultural yields.

Joe Dysart

Girish Chowdhary of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with the TERRA-MEPP agricultural robot.

News May 9 2017

Computers Tell Smart City Lights What to Do

Onboard sensors often tell a luminaire to change settings, but sometimes the instructions come from entirely different sources, like IBM's Watson.

Mark Halper

When Watson talks, these lights listen in White Bear Lake.

News May 4 2017

Making Smartphones More Aware

The drive to make electronic devices more situationally, contextually aware of their environments.

Samuel Greengard

News May 2 2017

Beyond Moore’s Law

Chipmakers are exploring what comes after they reach the predicted limits of integrated circuit density, complexity.

R. Colin Johnson

A chart showing an aspect of Moore's Law, how contacted gate pitch has decreased in size even as technology nodes have become smaller.

Research and Advances May 1 2017

DeepDive: Declarative Knowledge Base Construction

We describe DeepDive, a system that combines database and machine learning ideas to help to develop knowledge base construction systems.

Research and Advances May 1 2017

Technical Perspective: Building Knowledge Bases from Messy Data

"DeepDive: Declarative Knowledge Base Construction" is a prime example of groundbreaking work in the area of Knowledge Base Construction.

Alon Halevy

Opinion May 1 2017

Cyber Insecurity and Cyber Libertarianism

Here we are, 70 years into the computer age and after three ACM Turing Awards in the area of cryptography, and we still do not seem to know how to build secure information systems. And yet, our community marches forward with no special sense of urgency.

Moshe Y. Vardi

Opinion May 1 2017

Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty to Address Challenges in Teaching Computer Science

Using a "boot camp" workshop for new faculty orientation.

Leo Porter, Cynthia Lee, Beth Simon, and Mark Guzdial

Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty to Address Challenges in Teaching Computer Science, illustrative photo

Opinion May 1 2017

Toward a Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Surmounting the Obstacles

A 10-point plan toward fashioning a proposal to ban some — if not all — lethal autonomous weapons.

Wendell Wallach

Practice May 1 2017

Making Money Using Math

Modern applications are increasingly using probabilistic machine-learned models.

Erik Meijer

Practice May 1 2017

Research For Practice: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Smart Contracts; Hardware For Deep Learning

Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.

Peter Bailis, Arvind Narayanan, Andrew Miller, and Song Han

BLOG@CACM May 1 2017

Ending Null Pointer Crashes

Void safety, says Bertrand Meyer, relies on type declarations and static analysis.

Bertrand Meyer

News May 1 2017

Combating Cancer With Data

Supercomputers will sift massive amounts of data in search of therapies that work.

Esther Shein

News May 1 2017

Bionics in Competition

Developers of innovative assistive devices compete as a means of networking with each other.

Keith Kirkpatrick

News May 1 2017

Making Chips Smarter

Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning are motivating researchers to design and build new chips to support different computing models.

Samuel Greengard

Opinion May 1 2017

Listening to Professional Voices: Draft 2 of the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

For the first time since 1992, the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code) is being updated. We look forward to receiving your comments on these suggested changes and your requests for additional changes as we work on Draft 3 of the Code.

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