Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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Ulterior Motives
2023-2024 ACM Athena Lecturer Margo Seltzer recalls the motivations behind the development of the Berkeley DB database software library, and other achievements...
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A Clash of Civilizations
The much-sought holy grail of more and faster innovation will come from integrating pipeline thinking and adoption thinking.
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Five Ways Executives Misunderstand Technology
How executives might better understand technology.
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Rethinking Conference Formats
Suggesting a conference format better suited for both onsite and virtual conferences.
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On Being a Computer Science Communicator
Facilitating more effective public engagement with a computer science perspective.
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Legal Challenges to Generative AI, Part II
Deliberating on inconclusive AI-generated policy questions.
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It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'
Advocating standardized terminology and reporting guidelines for mixed reality research.
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How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation
Factoring the slowing up of startups.
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Barbershop Computing
Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.
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Closing Our Digital Divides
Seeking a more efficient path to improved broadband Internet access.
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Can Crowdsourcing Rescue the Social Marketplace of Ideas?
How collaborative designs and community-based moderation could improve social media.
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Rebutting Rebuttals
Evaluating the impact of the conference review rebuttal process.
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We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared
Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.
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Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots
Parsing the promise of language-capable robots.
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Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design
Exploring alternatives to existing research systems and methods.
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For a More Transparent Governance of Open Source
Seeking the best governance models for FOSS projects.
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Why You Should Be Able to Make Your Own Individualized, Digital Nano-Currency
Increasing opportunities for access to traditional financial systems.
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AI and Society: Ethics, Trust, and Cooperation
Trust and trustworthiness are central to how ethics helps society survive and thrive.
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