
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science
How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science Read MoreGenerally covering the broad topics of computing and related technology.
How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science Read MoreComputer Science Education Week is an annual call to action to inspire k-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field.
Computer Science Education Week 2023 Read MoreA chatbot prompt is a probe into the conversation of a crowd.
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted? Read MoreEnsuring the billions of dollars governments sent the disaster-stricken actually get to their intended destinations.
Using Algorithms to Deliver Disaster Aid Read MoreBut what about the overall environmental impacts of this growing infrastructure and the huge number of short-lived devices connected to it, or the indirect impacts on other sectors?
Let Us Not Put All Our Eggs in One Basket Read MoreBob Metcalfe, recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his role in the development of Ethernet, briefly considered a career in tennis.
Making Connections Read MoreDoes Google have too much power? The United States government thinks so. A high stakes legal battle is taking place right now between the U.S. and the tech giant. Columbia law professor Tim Wu breaks it all down with Hari Sreenivasan.
The U.S. v. Google: The Case That Will Determine the Future of Tech Read MoreIf the funders, developers, and artists pushing NFTs and Web3 get their way, the media landscape will look very different from what it looks like now.
These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For Read MoreComputing has become highly important in everyday life during the past 75 years. In addition to its many benefits, however, it has also played a major role in driving societal polarization. The somber tone of ACM@75 appropriately recognized this.
Technology and Democracy Read MoreThe emergence of these large learned models is also changing the nature of AI research in fundamental ways.
Changing the Nature of AI Research Read MoreWhile there are exceptions, the gap in concrete privacy solutions in policy reports is puzzling, as economists have argued that CBDC could make an essential difference in providing privacy in digital payments.
Mapping the Privacy Landscape for Central Bank Digital Currencies Read MoreIf your team is suffering from low morale and high stress, look at the cognitive load on the team, review its sources, and look for substantive changes that will have the desired impact. Splitting the team could be exactly what is needed.
Split Your Overwhelmed Teams Read MoreMoshe Vardi on having the difficult conversation about technology and social responsibility.
Considering the Impact of Technology on Society Read MoreThe Biden administration thinks it can preserve America’s technological primacy by cutting China off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?
‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China Read MoreAfter discovering that a history of keyboards— from typewriters to iPhones—had yet to be written, designer and typographer Marcin Wichary got to work.
Shift happens: Writing about the history of keyboards Read MoreStacy Horn set out to create something new and very New York. She didn’t expect it to last so long.
The inside story of New York City’s 34-year-old social network, ECHO Read MoreHistorically, learn-to-code efforts have provided opportunities for the few, but new efforts are aiming to be inclusive.
Learning to code isn’t enough Read MoreThe historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze how people lived centuries ago.
How AI is helping historians better understand our past Read MoreThe time is way overdue for IT engineers to be subject to professional liability, like almost every other engineering profession.
The Software Industry Is Still the Problem Read MoreVerified AI is the goal of achieving strong, ideally provable assurances of correctness and trustworthiness of AI systems with respect to mathematically specified requirements. Five challenge areas for verified AI: Environment modelling, Formal specification, Modeling learning systems, Scalable formal engines, and Correct-by-construction design.
Toward Verified Artificial Intelligence Read More