Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.
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Will new technology spawn mass unemployment, as the robots take jobs away from humans?
Qualify Your Quantifiers…or, Exactly Who All Is CS4?
Unfortunately, there is a critical vagueness to "Computer Science for All."
Apps Help People with Autism Speak
Smartphones and tablets make it easier for people with disabilities to communicate, and for others to communicate with them.
Sampling Bias in CS Education, and Where’s the Cyber Strategy?
Mark Guzdial examines a logical fallacy in consumer science education; John Arquilla sees an absence of discussion about the use of information technologies in future conflicts.
A Decade of ACM Efforts Contribute to Computer Science For All
President Obama has asked Congress to approve $4.1 billion in spending to support the Computer Science for All initiative, aimed at providing computer science education in U.S. public schools. CS education in public schools has been a main focus for ACM since the 1990s.
Existing Technologies Can Assist the Disabled
Researchers consider how to adapt broadly available technology products for those battling physical impairments.
Marvin Minsky, an American scientist who co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI laboratory and was honored with the ACM A.M. Turing Award, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 at the age of 88.
Tracing the first four decades in the life of suffix trees, their many incarnations, and their applications.
Is universal access to the Internet a realistic method for addressing worldwide socioeconomic inequality?
The Need For Corporate Diplomacy
Whether global companies succeed or fail often depends on how effectively they develop and maintain cooperative relationships with other organizations and governments.
The proliferation of social media usage has not resulted in significant social change.
More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
Are We Headed Toward Another Global Tech Bust?
Enrollments in computing-related undergraduate degree programs are booming. What is driving the enrollment boom is undoubtedly the global technology boom. We must remember, however, we have witnessed such booms in the past.
Enrollments Explode! But Diversity Students Are Leaving . . .
I want to return to the theme of diversity in our discipline. To do this, I have enlisted the help of my colleague at Google, Maggie Johnson. We are both concerned the computer science community is still not benefiting from the diversity it could and should have.
New hardware and services are aimed at identifying malware before it has the chance to execute.
Computational Thinking, 10 Years Later
It’s been 10 years since I published my three-page "Computational Thinking" viewpoint in the March 2006 issue of the Communications of the ACM.
Wax Woz, Stan Lee, and 30,000 Close Friends
Last weekend, Steve Wozniak and Stan Lee launched the first annual Silicon Valley Comic Con.
The Need For Cognitive Computing
Companies get help digging the pearls of wisdom out of their big data.
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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