Cyberpsychology’s Influence on Modern Computing
An overview of cyberpsychology’s contributions to the field of computing and technology.
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Restoring Reliability in the AI-Aided Software Development Life Cycle
Generative AI has shifted the measure of producing code from engineering time to trust, or confidence that a system will meet its service-level objective in real-world operation.
Does Using In-Copyright Works as Training Data Infringe?
A common complaint is that developers infringe by using in-copyright materials as training data for the foundation models that power their AI systems.
Durable Skills in the Age of AI
It isn’t about pitting AI and soft skills against each other, it’s about developing human skills that are valued and assist collaboration with AI systems.
The Great Unlearning for AI Builders
Dealing with the ambiguity of AI evals is the biggest challenge and most important skill for an AI builder to develop.
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Electronic Contracts
Although terms can vary across jurisdictions within the United States, electronic agreements are widely accepted throughout the world.
Essential Skills for Next-Gen Product Managers
Product managers need a mix of technical, strategic, and human-centered skills to lead in the AI-powered world.
"We owe it to an increasingly digitally dependent society to make its digital infrastructure as resilient, reliable, and safe as possible."
Software development always requires conversation. The meta question is: “How much communication?”
The future of Federal investment, which has shaped the course of computing research, now hangs in the balance.
The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research
A look at the five highest-impact projects of a lauded academic career.
Keeping the Dream Alive: The Power and Promise of Federally Funded Research
Long-term investment in curiosity-driven academic research is the bedrock of technological transformation.
The Pros and Cons of Zero Trust
Implementations are complex, resource-intensive, and involve high costs.
The Unwritten Rules of Managing a Research Lab to Cultivate Innovation
The lab manager who insists on a specific number, type, or quality of deliverables may inadvertently kill the golden goose.
Embracing Her Critics To Refine VoIP
"When I started listening to what my critics were actually saying, I thought, 'Okay, then that’s what we’re going to do. Thank you for letting me know.'"
Deleting X: Why SIGDOC Left the Platform
Why would an organization choose to remain on a social media platform that is the very antithesis of what the organization embodies and hopes to promote?
Remembering Marge Hoogeboom: A Remote Software Development Pioneer (in 1969!)
A jokey suggestion about working from home led to the creation of a dedicated remote system and workflow.
AI is sometimes not truthful, raising questions about how safe and reliable AI tools are in software development.
An Analysis of the Impact of Gold Open Access Publications in Computer Science
Analyzing the differences in quality and practices of new open access and traditional computer science journals.
Will AI Destroy the World Wide Web?
The stable business model on which the Web thrived is now being threatened by GenAI.
How Context Mastery Creates the New 10x Engineer
Most teams are sitting on vast amounts of context that could help solve longstanding engineering challenges.
Why is an image of historic technical importance now banned in respected publications?
Scrutinizing LLM Reasoning Models
One team found a correlation between concise prompts and accurate answers.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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