March 2017 - Vol. 60 No. 3

Features

Opinion Departments Mar 1 2017

ACM’s Open-Conference Principle and Political Reality

ACM's Open-Conference principle reflects ACM's mission of "advance computing as a science and a profession; enable professional development; and promote policies and research that benefit society." In the past few weeks, however, this principle has been gravely tested.

Moshe Y. Vardi

Computing Profession

Opinion Departments Mar 1 2017

ACM’s Commitment to Accessibility

As ACM's President, I remain focused on issues of diversity. I would like to highlight two key aspects of accessibility already being addressed by ACM. The first is digital accessibility; the second is conference accessibility.

Vicki L. Hanson

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2017

Grumpy Old Cells

I am going way out on a limb in this column into an area where I really know very little but am completely fascinated by what I am learning. The tenuous linkage to our discipline is what I will call programmed cell self-destruction or maybe cell suicide.

Vinton G. Cerf

Computing Applications

Opinion Letters to the editor Mar 1 2017

Address the Consequences of AI in Advance

The February 2017 Viewpoints, "Smart Machines Are Not a Threat to Humanity" and "AI Dangers: Imagined and Real," both relied heavily on the lack of direct relevance of Moore's Law.

CACM Staff

BLOG@CACM Mar 1 2017

The Slow Evolution of CS For All, The Beauty of Programs

Mark Guzdial considers the steps needed to reach the goal of CS for All, while Robin K. Hill ponders the aesthetics of programming.

Mark Guzdial and Robin K. Hill

Computing Applications

News Mar 1 2017

Thinking Deeply to Make Better Speech

More work is needed to make synthesized speech more natural, easier to understand, and more pleasant to hear.

Neil Savage

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

News Mar 1 2017

The Future of Semiconductors

Researchers are looking for new ways to advance semiconductors as Moore's Law approaches its limits.

Samuel Greengard

Architecture and Hardware

News Mar 1 2017

Financing the Dark Web

Cryptocurrencies are enabling illegal or immoral transactions in the dark corners of the Internet.

Keith Kirkpatrick

Computing Profession

News Mar 1 2017

ACM Recognizes New Fellows

ACM has recognized 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, cryptography, computer architecture, high performance computing, and programming languages.

CACM Staff

Computing Profession

Opinion Legally speaking Mar 1 2017

Supreme Court on Design Patent Damages in Samsung v. Apple

Considering influences leading to the recent U.S Supreme Court decision in a years-long case that Apple filed against Samsung over iPhone design infringement.

Pamela Samuelson

Computing Profession

Supreme Court on Design Patent Damages in Samsung v. Apple, illustration

Opinion Computing ethics Mar 1 2017

Where Review Goes Wrong

Examining professional misconduct among academic publication examiners.

Elizabeth Varki

Computing Profession

Opinion The profession of IT Mar 1 2017

Misconceptions About Computer Science

Common misconceptions about computer science hinder professional growth and harm the identity of computing.

Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre, and Pat Yongpradit

Systems and Networking

Misconceptions About Computer Science, illustration

Opinion Viewpoint Mar 1 2017

Learning with Mobile Technologies

Considering the challenges, commitments, and quandaries.

Thomas M. Philip

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Learning with Mobile Technologies, illustrative photo

Practice Mar 1 2017

Time, but Faster

A computing adventure about time through the looking glass.

Theo Schlossnagle

Computing Profession

Practice Mar 1 2017

Heterogeneous Computing: Here to Stay

Hardware and software perspectives.

Mohamed Zahran

Architecture and Hardware

Practice Mar 1 2017

Research For Practice: Distributed Transactions and Networks as Physical Sensors

Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.

Peter Bailis, Irene Zhang, and Fadel Adib

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Contributed articles Mar 1 2017

Making the Field of Computing More Inclusive

More accessible conferences, digital resources, and ACM SIGs will lead to greater participation by more people with disabilities.

Architecture and Hardware

Making the Field of Computing More Inclusive, illustrative photo

Research and Advances Contributed articles Mar 1 2017

The Path to the Top: Insights from Career Histories of Top CIOs

Along the way, acquire technical expertise and a master's degree, even while changing positions and companies.

Daniel J. Mazzola, Robert D. St. Louis, and Mohan R. Tanniru

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Review articles Mar 1 2017

Computational Support For Academic Peer Review: A Perspective from Artificial Intelligence

New tools tackle an age-old practice.

Simon Price and Peter A. Flach

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Computational Support for Academic Peer Review, illustration

Research and Advances Research highlights Mar 1 2017

Technical Perspective: The Power of Wi-Fi to Deliver Power

The authors of "Powering the Next Billion Devices with Wi-Fi" turn the problem of powering wireless sensor networks on its head. Instead of focusing on energy harvesting, they focus on wireless energy transfer.

Srinivasan Keshav

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Mar 1 2017

Powering the Next Billion Devices with Wi-Fi

We present the first power over Wi-Fi system that delivers power to low-power sensors and devices and works with existing Wi-Fi chipsets.

Architecture and Hardware

Powering the Next Billion Devices with Wi-Fi, illustration

Research and Advances Research highlights Mar 1 2017

Technical Perspective: Data Distribution For Fast Joins

What is the most drastic way to reduce the cost of communication for parallel data processing algorithms? This is the question studied in "Reasoning on Data Partitioning for Single-Round Multi-Join Evaluation in Massively Parallel Systems."

Leonid Libkin

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Research highlights Mar 1 2017

Reasoning on Data Partitioning For Single-Round Multi-Join Evaluation in Massively Parallel Systems

We introduce a framework for reasoning about data partitioning to detect when we can avoid the data reshuffling step.

Computing Applications

Reasoning on Data Partitioning for Single-Round Multi-Join Evaluation in Massively Parallel Systems, illustration

Opinion Last byte Mar 1 2017

Out of Bounds

Mathematics led Subhash Khot, developer of the unique games conjecture, to computer science without his ever having seen a computer.

Leah Hoffmann

Systems and Networking

New York University Professor Subhash Khot

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