Reversing the Fossilization of Computer Science Conferences
Once you have specified the page limit, the deadline, and a URL for submission, you should pretty much leave authors alone.
Computing Profession
Call for Papers: CACM Practice Section
Submit articles for inclusion in CACM’s new Practice section, dedicated to enhancing practitioners’ understanding of computing and improving job performance. Communications of the ACM (CACM) is the ACM’s flagship magazine. It is sent to all ACM members and its articles are available open access. Although CACM has long had a strong academic and research focus, […]
Developing the Foundations of Reinforcment Learning
2024 Turing laureates Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton discuss the theoretical background and practical application of reinforcement learning.
Sutton and Barto developed reinforcement learning, a machine learning method that trains neural networks by offering them rewards in the form of numerical values.
Most IT professionals worry their jobs will be replaced by AI tools, while more companies attribute reductions to "technology updates" rather than AI.
Can We Measure the Impact of a Database?
The h-index can be extended to hierarchical structures, allowing the impact of authors and journals to be measured on a large class of databases and datasets.
Quantum Computing’s Impact on Algorithmic Complexity
Quantum computing is poised to gut the foundations of modern software development.
Each new step that helps automate code creation moves programmers further away from understanding the core principles of a language and conceptualizing the solution and its programming. AI code assistants accelerate this separation.
Privacy Washing through PETs: the Case of Worldcoin
The computing community should prevent the use of PETs (privacy enhancing technologies) for privacy washing.
Universities Take Strategic Steps in the Face of Uncertain Funding
The impact of changes in federal funding is a top concern for many university computer science programs.
Beyond Compliance: Security Documentation as a Strategic Asset
It’s time to stop viewing security documentation as a necessary evil and start leveraging it as a strategic asset.
Preprinting in AI Ethics: Toward a Set of Community Guidelines
Preprinting allows for the rapid dissemination of new ideas, but also of junk science and potentially of research without due ethics approval.
Barto, Sutton Announced as ACM 2024 A.M. Turing Award Recipients
ACM has named Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning in the 1980s, Barto and Sutton introduced the main ideas, constructed the mathematical foundations, and developed important algorithms for reinforcement […]
Program Merge: What’s Deep Learning Got to Do with It?
Leading figures of Microsoft Research's DeepMerge project discuss their efforts to apply machine learning to complicated program merges.
Abstraction is a by-product of computer science's central purpose, understanding information processes.
The Sustainability Gap for Computing: Quo Vadis?
A reformulated IPAT model provides insight for computer system engineers to consider computing's environmental impact.
HR has shifted from performing administrative tasks to using analytics to develop more productive workers and leaders.
Should governments decide what regulations are necessary to ensure safe development and deployment of AI technologies?
An expected shortfall in skilled workers poses a risk to the U.S.'s ability to compete in the global semiconductor manufacturing and chip design industry, the SIA says.
Shaping the Future of Technology
In the ever-evolving world of technology, the influence of computer science on society is both profound and far-reaching. Once a niche field reserved for specialized researchers, computing has transformed into an essential discipline that shapes nearly every aspect of modern life. With the rise of online education and the growing accessibility of computer science degrees, […]
Fit for People, Fit for Purpose: Designing Tech that Matters
My computing degree enabled me to create better-fitting technologies for people and what is important to them.
Asleep at the Keyboard? Assessing the Security of GitHub Copilot’s Code Contributions
Our work attempts to characterize the tendency of Copilot to produce insecure code.
Initiatives created for the 2023 UbiComp/ISWC conference illustrate what can and should be done to support the needs of a diverse, increasingly global computing community.
Shape the Future of Computing
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Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
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