The Pushback Effects of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Age in Code Review
Research shows that White, male, and younger engineers receive less pushback than those in other demographics.
Software Engineering and Programming Languages
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65 Competencies: Which Ones Should Your Data Analytics Experts Have?
Delphi study sets out to identify essential cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal competencies needed for success in data analytics.
A Tale of Three Datasets: Characterizing Mobile Broadband Access in the U.S.
Needed improvements to mobile broadband deployment require more accurate mapping of mobile coverage, especially in rural and tribal areas.
Given the complexity of data science projects and related demand for human expertise, automation has the potential to transform the data science process.
Technical Perspective: Applying Design-Space Exploration to Quantum Architectures
"Toward Systematic Architectural Design of Near-Term Trapped Ion Quantum Computers" presents a study on scaling trapped-ion quantum architectures, and challenges the conventional wisdom of experimentalists in the field.
Technical Perspective: How Do Experts Learn New Programming Languages?
"Here We Go Again: Why Is It Difficult for Developers to Learn Another Programming Language?" by Shrestha et al. provides insight into the difficulty of learning new languages and suggests paths forward to addressing it.
Here We Go Again: Why Is It Difficult for Developers to Learn Another Programming Language?
Our findings demonstrate that interference is a widespread phenomenon, forcing programmers to adopt suboptimal, opportunistic learning strategies.
Toward Systematic Architectural Design of Near-Term Trapped Ion Quantum Computers
Toward realizing QCCD-based trapped ion systems with 50-100 qubits, we perform an extensive application-driven architectural study evaluating the key design choices of trap sizing, communication topology, and operation implementation methods.
Medical Digital Twins: a New Frontier
Today, a digital twin of the pancreas; tomorrow, the immune system?
Digital Technology Fans Firefighting
New tools help firefighters identify the dynamics and characteristics of a fire—and respond more effectively.
A Source of Security Challenges for Years to Come
Cybersecurity experts agree the recently uncovered Log4Shell software vulnerability is the most dangerous on record.
Data Anonymization Using the Random Sum Method
The purpose of this blog post is to present an anonymization method that can be applied to the digital attributes of personal data.
Jason Hong considers how computer scientists, technologists could help guide regulation of the social media giant.
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
How Topic Novelty Impacts the Effectiveness of News Veracity Interventions
Can algorithmic advice override preconceived notions and the believability of fake news?
Abstractions, Their Algorithms, and Their Compilers
Jeffrey D. Ullman and Alfred V. Aho are recipients of the 2020 ACM A.M. Turing award. They were recognized for creating fundamental algorithms and theory underlying programming language implementation and for synthesizing these results and those of others in their highly influential books, which educated generations of computer scientists.
Preserving Integrity in Online Social Networks
The recent progress and ongoing problems of keeping online platforms and their users safe from malicious activities.
Technical Perspective: Personalized Recommendation of PoIs to People with Autism
"Supporting People with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Exploration of PoIs" is an example of work that takes seriously the task of supporting a small group that is not well served by existing recommender systems.
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