Someone may win the one million dollar Netflix Prize soon. Will the winning algorithm produce movie recommendations that people like?Greg Linden From BLOG@CACM | March 24, 2009 at 12:05 PM
When I first started working in the area of personal privacy I had what I would call a conventional view on privacy, which is how to minimize the flow of information...Jason Hong From BLOG@CACM | March 18, 2009 at 10:23 AM
In 1959, the colorful and brilliant physicist, Richard Feynman, gave a seminal lecture to the American Physical Society entitled, "There's Plenty of Room at...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | March 17, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Second part of Venezuela open source experience, this time a short talk about Canaima, the linux debian distro for public entities .Carlos Brewer From BLOG@CACM | March 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Quite a few scientists who deal with the processing and storage of large amounts of data are unhappy with relational DBMSs. Here are several reasons why—and a possible...Michael Stonebraker From BLOG@CACM | March 11, 2009 at 11:47 AM
In this economic downturn, as everyone looks with a wary eye at discretionary spending, it is instructive to consider the role of computing technology and innovation...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | February 18, 2009 at 02:54 PM
We are facing an increasing number of security failures, not because of problems with encryption algorithms, network protocols, or system implementations, but rather...Jason I. Hong From BLOG@CACM | February 13, 2009 at 02:43 PM