Sheryl Sandberg gave the opening keynote at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and spoke about why careers in technology are important and why it...Valerie Barr From BLOG@CACM | November 11, 2011 at 09:44 AM
As America debates how to get through these tough economic times, research funding for science and engineering may get lost in the clamor. Here are some suggestions...Jeannette M. Wing From BLOG@CACM | October 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Does it help to bring computers into the classroom? So far, there seems to be little evidence that it does.Greg Linden From BLOG@CACM | October 10, 2011 at 04:55 PM
Are computer scientists hypercritical? Are we more critical than scientists and engineers in other disciplines? Some numbers from the National Science Foundation...Jeannette M. Wing From BLOG@CACM | October 6, 2011 at 04:17 PM
Stanford University has very visibly started pushing mass teaching in AI, machine learning, and databases.John Langford From BLOG@CACM | September 28, 2011 at 05:18 PM
Publication is about helping the advancement of humankind. Let us take this basis for granted and look at the other, possibly less glamorous aspects. Publication...Bertrand Meyer From BLOG@CACM | September 24, 2011 at 10:52 AM
The U.K. research assessment framework will discriminate against female researchers. We can't afford to lose more women from CS research!
Judy Robertson From BLOG@CACM | September 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Why do we, as researchers and practitioners, have this deep and abiding love of computing? Why do we compute? I suspect it is a deeper, more primal yearning, one...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | September 2, 2011 at 09:23 AM
At least 9 characters long. No repeated characters. At least 1 number, 1 special character, and 1 capital letter. Cannot be same as last 10 passwords. Must change...Jason Hong From BLOG@CACM | August 23, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Are we malevolent grumps? Nothing personal, but as a community computer scientists sometimes seem to succumb to negativism.Bertrand Meyer From BLOG@CACM | August 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM
We rely on online information sources—maybe too much. What is our responsibility to make sure that they're accurate, and what responsibility do the sources have...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | July 28, 2011 at 01:35 PM
How do we cross the intellectual divide, providing technical advice to policy experts in ways that they find useful and actionable? Equally importantly, how do...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | June 30, 2011 at 01:02 PM
On March 23-24 2011, the National Science Foundation held a workshop looking at how to build more effective collaborations between computer science researchers...Jason Hong From BLOG@CACM | May 27, 2011 at 03:21 PM
The White House this week announced a comprehensive global strategy document bringing multiple agencies together in an effort to emphasize their commitment to a...Sarah Granger From BLOG@CACM | May 20, 2011 at 03:25 PM
A summary of some interesting findings relating to the use of console games in Scottish primary and secondary school classrooms.Judy Robertson From BLOG@CACM | May 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM
That picture of you at a family reunion, squinting into the sun, can rarely be delimited by a physical location once it is placed on the web. Instead, information...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | May 11, 2011 at 12:46 PM