BLOG@CACM – Communications of the ACM (original) (raw)
May 21 2025
Practical Applications of AI Agents
Decision-capable AI agents operate within bounds, learn from data, and escalate to humans when needed.
May 19 2025
Towards a Better CS Conference Experience
Again and again you see speakers reading a prepared text in a monotonous tone. Come on, you can do better.
May 19 2025
A Growing Concern in Cybersecurity
A proactive, continuous approach to cybersecurity is key to protecting systems from the evolving threat of zero-day exploits.
May 15 2025
Is AI Security Work Best Done In Academia or Industry? Part 1
Many groundbreaking advances in AI research are coming from industry; the source for AI security advances is less clear.
May 13 2025
A Case for Pragmatic Engineering Leadership
Leaders and team members should focus on solving genuine problems with validated objective evidence, not the latest hype.
May 8 2025
AI’s Next Leap: Agentic Intelligence
The evolution from simple LLM-powered assistants to systems with growing agentic capabilities marks a significant step towards more versatile and impactful AI.
May 7 2025
Different presumptions underlie successive waves of AI research that claim intelligence via computation is within reach.
Apr 29 2025
What Ever Happened to…and Other Tech History
Learning from computing's past.
Apr 29 2025
Unlocking Offensive Security to Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats
Actively identifying and eliminating vulnerabilities by thinking like an attacker has become essential.
Apr 25 2025
Reversing the Fossilization of Computer Science Conferences
Once you have specified the page limit, the deadline, and a URL for submission, you should pretty much leave authors alone.
Apr 24 2025
Storytelling is a strategic communication practice that enables us to craft narratives that make sense of complexity, clarify uncertainty, and connect data to decisions.
Apr 18 2025
How Generative Models are Ruining Themselves
A critique of AI based on generative models.
Apr 17 2025
The Rise of Adaptive Phishing: When AI Learns to Manipulate
Tailored phishing messages that appeal directly to the target's interests or match the tone of a trusted contact are harder to spot than traditional phishing.
Apr 16 2025
Beyond Learning Objectives: Reflections on What We Teach and How We Teach It
Professionals understand the importance of developing interdisciplinary skills in addition to performing well in assessments in the fields they teach.
Samantha Ahern, Sunny Park, Hollie Rowland, and Victoria Yorke-Edwards
Apr 14 2025
Quantum Computing’s Impact on Algorithmic Complexity
Quantum computing is poised to gut the foundations of modern software development.
Apr 10 2025
The Converging Paths of Computer Science and the Humanities in the Age of GenAI
The democratization of both fields through GenAI can create more diverse, inclusive academic communities that will likely bring new perspectives to long-standing questions.
Apr 9 2025
Hit the Goalie / With the Puck / In the Neck
Unrealistic assumptions in any application of a formal proof to the real world are the gaps which leave the neck of the application exposed to attack.
Apr 8 2025
AI is evolving rapidly. Regulation must do so as well.
Apr 4 2025
Each new step that helps automate code creation moves programmers further away from understanding the core principles of a language and conceptualizing the solution and its programming. AI code assistants accelerate this separation.
Apr 3 2025
Analytics Are A Full Stack Problem
Dashboards provide insight into operations and opportunities for improvement.
Apr 3 2025
Environmental Embodied AI is an intelligent virtual agent capable of real-time perception, learning, and interaction with its surrounding environment.
Mar 28 2025
Privacy Washing through PETs: the Case of Worldcoin
The computing community should prevent the use of PETs (privacy enhancing technologies) for privacy washing.
Mar 24 2025
Knowing alternatives is insufficient; it is also important to prevent the system from performing business as usual.
Shape the Future of Computing
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