Faculty and Researchers
An interview with Andrew Odlyzko on cyber security
(ACM, 2019-09)
Is a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" any greater a risk than a natural disaster? How shall we prioritize our preparations for a cyber disaster?
Modeling Reality
(MORS, 2004-03)
The Profession of IT Automated Education and the Professional
(ACM, 2015)
Technology boffins argue the new technologies of intelligent personal learning environments will put universities out of business. Will the purported successor, an automated global virtual university, be up to the task of ...
The Profession of IT How to Produce Innovations
(ACM, 2016)
Making innovations happen is surprisingly easy, satisfying, and rewarding if you start small and build up.
The Long Quest for Computational Thinking
(ACM, 2016)
Computational thinking (CT) is a popular phrase that refers
to a collection of computational ideas and habits of mind
that people in computing disciplines acquire through their
work in designing programs, software, ...
OS Foundations
(2015-10-10)
Shifting Identities in Computing: From a Useful Tool to a New Method and Theory of Science
(2017)
Following a number of technological and theoretical breakthroughs in
the 1930s, researchers in the nascent field of automatic computing started to
develop a disciplinary identity independent from computing’s progenitor ...
The Profession of IT A Technician Shortage
(ACM, 2015-03)
In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need.
The Profession of IT Fifty Years of Operating Systems
(ACM, 2016-03)
A recent celebration of 50 years of operating system research yields lessons for all professionals in designing offers for their clients.
The Profession of IT Emergent Innovation
(ACM, 2015-06)
Fernando Flores, president of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness, discusses a new common sense about innovation.