Communications of the ACM
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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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Why Is the Current XAI Not Meeting the Expectations?
Seeking better explanations for how algorithmic decisions are made.
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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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Halfway Around the World
Learn the language, meet the people, eat the food.
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A Strategy for Scaling Advanced Analytics
Key elements for scaling advanced analytics.
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Five Ways Executives Misunderstand Technology
How executives might better understand technology.
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There Was No 'First AI Winter'
Despite challenges and failures, the artificial intelligence community grew steadily during the 1970s.
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Microsoft's Chris Young on Bringing AI to Main Street
Christopher Young, Microsoft's top strategy executive, views non-tech customers as artificial intelligence's big untapped market.
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Rethinking Conference Formats
Suggesting a conference format better suited for both onsite and virtual conferences.
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The Infrapolitics of Algorithmic Resistance
Exploring the complex interactions between humans and machines governed by algorithms.
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Privacy in the Age of AI
What has changed and what should we do about it?
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Machine Learning Sensors
A design paradigm for the future of intelligent sensors.
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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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On Being a University's First Chief AI Officer
Western University has created a top-level AI role, appointing Mark Daley as its first chief artificial intelligence officer.
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Q&A with SLAC Lab Director John Sarrao
John L. Sarrao starts his tenure as the director of the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory following a 26-year career at Los Alamos...
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Can AI In School Help Students Be More Creative and Self-Directed?
In an interview, University of Washington associate professor Katie Davis discusses her book, "Technology's Child," her research, and how generative AI might support...
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