Communications of the ACM
WEBCommunications of the ACM. Research and Advances Sep 26 2024. mCaptcha: Replacing Captchas with Rate Limiters to Improve Security and Accessibility. An overview of mCaptcha, a variable-difficulty-based proof-of-work captcha system that addresses the security, usability, and privacy issues with other captchas.
ACM Code of Ethics – Communications of the ACM
WEBJan 1, 2018 · The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code) is being updated by the Code Update Task Force a in conjunction with the ACM’s Committee on Professional Ethics. The Code was initially written in 1992, and this is the first update since then. In previous articles we detailed the motivations for updating the Code, b gave our ...
In Memoriam: Niklaus Wirth – Communications of the ACM
WEBComputing pioneer Niklaus Wirth died on January 1, 2024, just 45 days short of his 90th birthday. Wirth was born in Switzerland in 1934. He received his B.S. from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich in 1959, and his M.Sc. degree from Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada in 1960. He then attended the University of ...
CACM Is Now Open Access – Communications of the ACM
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · We are excited to announce that Communications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.This means that more than six decades of CACM’s renowned research articles, seminal papers, technical reports, commentaries, real-world practice, and news articles are now open to everyone, regardless of whether they are members of ACM or subscribe to the ACM Digital Library.
A Guide to Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Conclusion. Managed backup and disaster recovery is a service that the provider (MSP) delivers to client organizations to ensure data protection and restore IT infrastructures after global failures. A robust BDR vendor offers workflow automation, scalability, and security, along with thorough planning, efficient data synchronization, and ...
10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning
WEBJan 8, 2024 · The saving grace is that as we learn abstract concepts, they become more concrete to us. Initially, a function is an abstract concept, but after much practice, a function becomes a concrete item (or chunk) to us and we can learn the next level of abstraction. 5. Spacing and Repetition Matter.
Advancing the Search Frontier with AI Agents
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Taking Search to Task. Tasks are a critical part of people’s daily lives. The market for dedicated task applications that help people with their “to do” lists is likely to grow significantly—effectively tripling in size—over the next few years. a There are many examples of such applications that can help both individuals (for example, Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks, Todoist) and teams ...
Communications of the ACM
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Measuring GitHub Copilot’s Impact on Productivity
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · Code-completion systems offering suggestions to a developer in their integrated development environment (IDE) have become the most frequently used kind of programmer assistance. 1 When generating whole snippets of code, they typically use a large language model (LLM) to predict what the user might type next (the completion) from the context of what they are working on at the moment (the prompt ...
Will AI Destroy Education? – Communications of the ACM
WEBJan 1, 2022 · One of the themes of this research initiative is "AI-Augmented Learning." This quest to improve education via technology reminds me of "Profession;" a 1957 science-fiction story by Isaac Asimov. The story takes place in the 66 th century, where children are educated via direct computer-brain interface, a process known as "taping."