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Using Other STEM Disciplines to Predict Future Computing Education
A recent AAAS Symposium on STEM Education provides the opportunity to compare computing education to other STEM education.
Why All Writs Is a Trojan Horse
Citing the All Writs act as a way to give the government the power to compel companies to redesign or reimplement their electronic products to government specifications represents a threat to everyone's civil liberties.
Bringing Computer Science to U.S. Schools, State By State
Mark Guzdial considers the crucial role of states in Computer Science for All.
Data-centric abstractions and execution strategies are needed to exploit parallelism in large-scale graph analytics.
On the Naturalness of Software
We begin with the conjecture that most software is natural, with all the attendant constraints and limitations — and thus, like natural language, it is also likely to be repetitive and predictable.
Technical Perspective: Software Is Natural
"On the Naturalness of Software" by Hindle et al. takes an entirely new approach to providing tools to help build software.
Future Tense: Becoming a Multi-Planet Species
Imagine hyper-realistic virtual space exploration limited only by the data we are able to collect.
Beyond Blocks: Syntax and Semantics
How the future of general-purpose programming tools could include blocks-based structured editing, and how we should study students transitioning to text-based programming tools.
Lessons learned from three container-management systems over a decade.
The Internet of Things We Don’t Own?
Who will control the 'ordinary pursuits of life' in the digital economy?
The Moral Imperative of Artificial Intelligence
The big news on March 12 of this year was of the Go-playing AI-system AlphaGo securing victory against world champion Lee Se-dol. AlphaGo's victory is a stunning achievement and another milestone in the inexorable march of AI research.
This month I explore the proposal sent in March 2016 by ICANN to the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunication and Information Agency (NTIA) to end the long-standing contractual relationship between ICANN and NTIA for the conduct of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions.
ACM’s 2016 General Election: Please Take This Opportunity to Vote
Meet the candidates who introduce their plans — and stands — for the Association.
US-BLS: Computing Employment Outlook Remains Bright
According to the most recent US-BLS Employment Projections, most STEM career opportunities are in computing.
The Road to Regulating Self-Driving Cars Is Long, Winding
Real-world use of autonomous vehicles will depend on how they are evaluated, and whether federal regulators have the expertise to lead evaluation efforts.
Can Chatbots Think Before They Talk?
ELIZA-like programs balance modern AI with decades-old database techniques.
Search Engine’s Author Profiles Now Driven By Influence Metrics
"It’s important to be selective," says CEO Etzioni.
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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