The design of today's electronic computers is usually not very appealing, in contrast to magnificent mechanical calculating machines from earlier times.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | April 8, 2021 at 10:24 AM
Applications of artificial intelligence to education are spreading and intensifying, but we have the acronym backwards. Building ethical, equitable applications...Jeremy Roschelle, Pati Ruiz, and Judi Fusco From BLOG@CACM | March 15, 2021 at 05:12 PM
The Corona Year as an opportunity for science and engineering students to practice 21st century skills.
Orit Hazzan From BLOG@CACM | February 5, 2021 at 10:22 AM
How do we build trust? How can we systematically assure trust in our systems? How would auditing AI and autonomous systems contribute to this goal?
Explaining...Ryan Carrier From BLOG@CACM | February 1, 2021 at 04:55 PM
Identifying publications for first-year research requires some digging and some non-standard choices.Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | January 27, 2021 at 07:16 PM
A new strategy – cross-sectorial collaborative shared value – aims to increase the impact of the organization’s social investments.
Orit Hazzan, Ronit Lis-Hacohen, Bella Abrahams, and Mariana Waksman From BLOG@CACM | January 11, 2021 at 09:59 AM
Two books examine why large-scale learning technology often doesn’t achieve expectations. Technology can improve learning at scale, but charismatic stories about...Jeremy Roschelle From BLOG@CACM | January 5, 2021 at 11:59 PM
We need to prepare our students' to have a critical perspective on computing, and that requires changing the curriculum, not just a course.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | December 28, 2020 at 06:08 PM
Computer scientist Konrad Zuse created the world's first programmable computer, the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | December 23, 2020 at 11:44 AM
The hack of critical departments of the U.S. government—and of many leading corporations—should come as no surprise.
John Arquilla From BLOG@CACM | December 21, 2020 at 02:13 PM
This post is meant to highlight my subjective take on the joys and the road bumps on the way to doing innovative work in computer systems.
Saurabh Bagchi From BLOG@CACM | December 4, 2020 at 09:43 AM
Which birthdays would have special significance if our culture were binary-based instead of decimal-based?
Joel C. Adams From BLOG@CACM | December 1, 2020 at 02:46 PM
By choosing human learning as a topic area, computer scientists can contribute to major societal challenges, win grants in additional programs, and tackle new computer...Jeremy Roschelle From BLOG@CACM | November 16, 2020 at 02:32 PM