Software Engineering and Programming Languages Archives - Page 36 of 283

Research and Advances Jun 1 2018

Coz: Finding Code that Counts with Causal Profiling

This paper introduces causal profiling. Unlike past profiling approaches, causal profiling indicates exactly where programmers should focus their optimization efforts, and quantifies their potential impact.

Charlie Curtsinger and Emery D. Berger

BLOG@CACM Jun 1 2018

Programming Programming Languages, and Analyzing Facebook’s Failure

Mark Guzdial considers an idea with significant educational implications, while Susan Landau looks into the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal.

Mark Guzdial and Susan Landau

BLOG@CACM May 30 2018

The Goal of Software Testing

Finding errors is not the same strategy as making sure that a product works.

Yegor Bugayenko

BLOG@CACM May 30 2018

Until the Craze Fades

Too much, perhaps, of a good thing?

Bertrand Meyer

BLOG@CACM May 20 2018

When Will We Learn?

Massive software failure once again, with no lesson from past occurrences and no lesson for future systems.

Bertrand Meyer

BLOG@CACM May 18 2018

Why Not Program Right?

Not your grandmother's class invariant.

Bertrand Meyer

News May 3 2018

Dim Prospects for Junior Developers

Employers prefer experience for even entry-level coding positions.

Jake Widman

The overall employment picture for junior developers is gloomy.

Opinion May 1 2018

The March Into the Black Hole of Complexity

Addressing the root causes of rapidly increasing software complexity.

Harold "Bud" Lawson

The March into the Black Hole of Complexity, illustration

Practice May 1 2018

Research for Practice: Cluster Scheduling for Datacenters

Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.

Malte Schwarzkopf and Peter Bailis

Practice May 1 2018

Canary Analysis Service

Automated canarying quickens development, improves production safety, and helps prevent outages.

Štěpán Davidovič and Betsy Beyer

Research and Advances May 1 2018

More Than the Code: Learning Rules of Rejection in Writing Programs

A teacher and students coding together make explicit the unwritten rules of programming.

Research and Advances May 1 2018

Internet Freedom in West Africa: Technical Support for Journalists and Democracy Advocates

The U.S. State Department's Internet Freedom agenda is being adapted to help them communicate without DNS and IP address filtering.

Internet Freedom in West Africa, illustration

Opinion May 1 2018

Free Press

When all online news and comment can be digitally manipulated, some might recall a more trustworthy way to spread the word.

Ken MacLeod

Opinion May 1 2018

Toward Sustainable Access: Where Are We Now?

The publishing landscape is changing, and ACM with it. We take this opportunity to describe what ACM thinks about recent trends, recent changes, and the future.

Jack Davidson, Joseph Konstan, Andrew A. Chien, and Scott Delman

Jack Davidson, Joseph Konstan, Andrew A. Chien, Scott Delman

News May 1 2018

Using Functions for Easier Programming

Functional programming languages automate many of the details underlying specific operations.

Neil Savage

Using Functions for Easier Programming, illustration

News Apr 24 2018

The Hunt for Explainable AI

Looking for artificial intelligence that can share the basis for its decisions.

Joe Dysart

HAL 9000, the fictional sentient computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, could explain some of his reasoning.

BLOG@CACM Apr 23 2018

The Era of Hackers Is Over

The ability to hack algorithms and make data structures optimal was a virtue of programmers a few decades ago. The current reality is much different, with the ability of programmers to work remotely, communicate, and share information emphasized as more valuable skills today.

Yegor Bugayenko

News Apr 19 2018

Who Wrote This?

The creators of malicious code could be unmasked by a machine learning de-anonymizer.

Paul Marks

BLOG@CACM Apr 18 2018

End Anonymous Refereeing

Who came up with this bizarre idea?

Bertrand Meyer

News Apr 17 2018

Seeding a Level Playing Field for ‘Dr. AI’

Algorithms must be trained on current health data to be useful.

Gregory Goth

Artist's conception of an automated health professional.

News Apr 16 2018

In Memoriam: Burton J. Smith 1941–2018

Smith was well-known as a leader in high-performance computer architecture and programming languages for parallel computers.

Lawrence M. Fisher

Opinion Apr 1 2018

Open Access and ACM

ACM is under significant pressure to move from a subscription-based to an open access publishing model. Such a transition is exceedingly challenging and would threaten ACM's financial viability, a risk that must be taken seriously.

Moshe Y. Vardi

Opinion Apr 1 2018

Popping Kernels

Choosing between programming in the kernel or in user space.

George V. Neville-Neil

Opinion Apr 1 2018

Go BIG!

Large-scale funding enables examination of larger questions that cross problem spaces, systems, abstractions, even fields. I believe the need for large investments has never been greater.

Andrew A. Chien

Shape the Future of Computing

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