COLUMN: Careers
Crafting a Career in HCI: Three Decades of Work
By Elizabeth Churchill, February 2024
Articles Tagged: Computing occupations
Articles & Features
Slash Career? Balancing Work and Life with Cakes
By Jie Li, April 2023
How to intern
By Ashka Shah, January 2022
COLUMN: Careers
Devrel, the career created for a developer-centric world
By Jennifer Reif, January 2022
You don't always have to be a coder
By Keith Parker, July 2020
Taking charge of your career
By Pamela Gibbs, April 2020
SECTION: Features
Data work and digitization
As technology and healthcare continue to commingle, data work is being redistributed as powerful professions discard unwanted tasks and other occupations are transformed.
By Claus Bossen, April 2020
DEPARTMENT: Updates
USC ACM: Encouraging networking via interactivity
By Anshuman Majumdar, July 2019
DEPARTMENT: Updates
BPDC ACM: Using social media marketing to bolster membership
By Anshuman Majumdar, April 2019
COLUMN: Careers
Do you want to become an AI and machine learning software engineer?
By Shekhar Patankar, April 2019
COLUMN: Letter from the editors
The expanding landscape of computer science
By Diane Golay, October 2018
COLUMN: INIT
The making of a computer scientist
By Anne-Kathrin Peters, Judeth Oden Choi, October 2018
SECTION: Features
Gender and inclusiveness
Various policies and processes have been implemented to bring equality for women in the IT sector. Yet there are various issues faced by women that still need to be addressed broadly as an institutional responsibility rather than a mere brand-building strategy.
By Sadhana Deshpande, October 2018
COLUMN: Careers
Software is for humans
Holding our industry accountable
By Jenn Schiffer, December 2017
SECTION: Profile
Sara Mauskopf
Innovative thinking in the service of parents
Sara Mauskopf lives in Silicon Valley, and is the CEO and co-founder of Winnie, an app with the mission to make parents' lives easier through technology.
By Adrian Scoică, December 2017
Jeremy Irish
Bringing treasure hunting to the modern world
By Adrian Scoică, September 2017
COLUMN: Careers
Flexing DevOps talent in a startup
The perfect place for a budding engineer.
By Federico Fregosi, June 2017
Manuel Grenacher
Cautiously tapping into collaborative economics
By Adrian Scoică, December 2016
COLUMN: Careers
One thousand interviews
How customer insights keep one company agile, and challenge these data scientist to stay ahead in an ever-changing world.
By Geerten Peek, Ahmet Taspinar, September 2016
SECTION: Profile
David Deutsch
Understanding computation as a consequence of physics
By Adrian Scoică, September 2016
COLUMN: Careers
What's in the job of making music?
Harry Lachenmayer navigates the underground music world with a CS degree.
By Harry Lachenmayer, June 2016
SECTION: Profile
Sanny Gaddafi
Living at the forefront of Indonesia's tech emancipation
By Adrian Scoică, June 2016
SECTION: Features
Profile: Dennis Bormann
The man who introduced Antarctica's Davis Station to 3-D printing
By Adrian Scoică, April 2016
COLUMN: Accolades
Women who paved the way for IoT
A teacher finds her voice
By Kayalvizhi Jayavel, December 2015
In praise of side projects
By Natalie Gordon, November 2015
A fleeting sense of security
or security as a science (and how to make your boss understand)
By William Cox, Mike Freenor, July 2015
SECTION: Features
An interview with the director of biomedical informatics at Stanford
Russ Altman discusses how computational biology is rapidly transforming clinical practice, particularly in his own field of pharmacogenomics.
By Cristina Pop, Billy Rathje, July 2015
Profile: Sriram Kosuri
Never mind the cloud, back up your selfies to DNA
Never mind the cloud, back up your selfies to DNA
By Adrian Scoică, July 2015
COLUMN: Careers
Computer science faculty careers at liberal arts colleges
By Janet Davis, Jeannie Albrecht, Christine Alvarado, Tzu-Yi Chen, Amy Csizmar Dalal, Sohie Lee, March 2015
SECTION: Features
Kristin Lauter on Cryptography and Mathematics
There are unique challenges posed by cryptography research. This interview examines potential threats to modern security techniques and how to overcome them.
By Shashank Agrawal, Billy Rathje, March 2015
Profile: Ian Pratt
Pioneering security through virtualization
By Adrian Scoică, March 2015
SECTION: Features
Profile: Trevor van Mierlo
The story of building a startup in health informatics
By Adrian Scoică, December 2014
COLUMN: Careers
Successfully transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship
By Farnaz Ronaghi, October 2014
SECTION: Features
Profile: Geoffrey Hinton
Unlocking the language of the brain
By Adrian Scoică, October 2014
SECTION: Features
Pattern recognition
Most people like to believe they judge others on their merits, and not by their gender or ethnicity. Neuroscience has shown this isn't always the case, so what can we do about it?
By Freada Kapor Klein, Ana Díaz-Hernández, June 2014
Campus for moms
Having a baby and taking a new start. A program for women on maternity leave, teaches them how to give birth to a startup.
By Liron Lifshitz-Yadin, Daniela Raijman-Aharonov, June 2014
COLUMN: Letter from the editors
Forget about blenders
By Peter Kinnaird, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, December 2013
DEPARTMENT: Updates
Maintaining ACM traditions
Professional development done right
By Michael Zuba, December 2013
COLUMN: Careers
The Google technical interview
How to get your dream job
By Dean Jackson, December 2013
SECTION: Features
Profile: Jessica Staddon
Managing Google's privacy research
In this profile, Jessica Staddon discusses managing privacy research for one the world's best-known technology corporations.
By Adrian Scoică, September 2013
Profile Ken Muset
A career shaped by creativity
By Adrian Scoică, June 2013
SECTION: Features
ICTD at the University of California Berkeley
Several leading researchers from UC Berkeley share their personal research stories, opinions about the field, and advice for students interested in ICTD.
By Nithya Sambasivan, December 2012
Voices in ICT for development
Researchers from around the world tell us about their personal and institutional efforts in international development.
By Nithya Sambasivan, December 2012
Lessons and opportunities in ICT4D
If ICT4D aims to effectively answer the grand challenges it faces, young researchers, in both design and computer science, must be aware of the consequences of how terminology frames this field, be willing to critique and adjust research methods and attend to neglected, challenging concepts.
By Samantha Merritt, December 2012
Facing the African ICTD academic divide
This article stitches together the current journey of ICTD researchers based in Africa who formed a virtual network, which hopes to contribute toward the enhancement of representation within the academic ICTD community.
By Kathleen Diga, December 2012
User experience practices in Nairobi's iHub community
How a forthcoming user experience (UX) lab will meet the needs of the African technology community.
By Mark Kamau, Angela Crandall, Kagonya Awori, December 2012
Matthew Kam: Technology, impact and development
By Ryan Kelly, December 2012
COLUMN: Advice
Six tips for students interested in big data analytics
By Anjul Bhambhri, September 2012
SECTION: Features
Big data and internships at Cloudera
Students working in the big data space get uniquely valuable experiences and perspectives by taking industrial internships, which can help further their research agendas.
By Yanpei Chen, Andrew Ferguson, Brian Martin, Andrew Wang, Patrick Wendell, September 2012
An interview with Surajit Chaudhuri
Surajit Chaudhuri, Distinguished Scientist and head of the Extreme Computing Group (XCG) at Microsoft Research, Redmond provides valuable insights for revisiting data analytics in the context of big data.
By Aditya Parameswaran, September 2012
Profile Jeff Dean
Big data at Google
By Edward Z. Yang, Robert J. Simmons, September 2012
DEPARTMENT: Labz
The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, London, UK
By Martin Dittus, September 2012
SECTION: Features
How to be an "entrepredemic"
The life of an academic entrepreneur can help you avoid a false choice.
By Jonathan Friedman, June 2012
Want a tenure?
Why running a startup is a lot like building a research lab.
By Eldar Sadikov, Montse Medina, June 2012
Jumping into the water
How a Ph.D. graduate went from theoretical computer scientist to water-sensor analyzer.
By Amitai Armon, June 2012
An interview with Peter Levine
Peter Levine, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and lecturer at Stanford, shares his insights on how startups should assemble their initial team and create their first product.
By Asaf Cidon, Tomer London, June 2012
Make your own story
When it comes to startups, sometimes failing can make you a better entrepreneur.
By Saar Drimer, June 2012
A linear function for the toughest choice
As you journey along your career path, how will you decide which way to turn when you reach the academia-industry fork in the road?
By Pierpaolo Baccichet, June 2012
Accenture Technology Labs
By Zahra Ferdowsi, December 2011
HP Labs Singapore
By Zhao Guopeng, September 2011
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California
By Gideon Juve, June 2011
Preparing for a job in the games industry
By James Stewart, December 2006
The Sims 2
By Chris Dondanville, December 2006
Jump-starting your bioinformatics career as an undergraduate
By Mike Verdicchio, September 2006
A day in the life of...Jennifer Lai
By Jennifer Lai, March 2003
A day in the life of … Marie DesJardins
By Marie desJardins, December 2001
A day in the life of...Laura Majerus
By Laura Majerus, September 2001
Ask Jack
By Jack Wilson, December 2000
A day in the life of…
By Hal Berghel, December 2000
Ask Jack
By Jack Wilson, September 2000
ACM internation collegiate programming contest 2000
By Lynellen D. S. Perry, July 2000
Ask Jack: researching companies
By Jack Wilson, June 2000
Interview tricks from a professional recruiter
By Lynellen D. S. Perry, June 2000
Ask Jack
By Jack Wilson, March 2000
Making a careers presentation
By Jack Wilson, March 1999
Ask Jack: making a careers presentation
By Jack Wilson, November 1998
Ask Jack: careerline Q & A
By Jack Wilson, September 1998
Ask Jack: job search in cyberspace
By Jack Wilson, May 1998
Ask Jack: Internet career
By Jack Wilson, April 1998
Road crew
By John Cavazos, November 1997
Ask Jack: skill development
By Jack Wilson, October 1997
Down the road: is something missing from your campus?
By Thomas C. Waszak, October 1997
Road crew
By John Cavazos, October 1997
Ask Jack: skill development
By Jack Wilson, May 1997
Road crew
By John Cavazos, May 1997
Ask Jack: negotiating
By Jack Wilson, April 1997
Road crew
By John Cavazos, April 1997
Ask Jack: summer jobs and job skills
By Jack Wilson, November 1996
Road crew
By John Cavazos, November 1996
Ask Jack: finding a job
By Jack Wilson, September 1996
Road crew
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, September 1996
Ask Jack: negotiating with companies
By Jack Wilson, April 1996
Road crew
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, April 1996
Ask Jack: resume should reflect real you
By Jack Wilson, February 1996
Road crew
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, February 1996
Review:Minerva's Machine
By Sara M. Carlstead, November 1995
Ask Jack: confused about careers?
By Jack Wilson, November 1995
Road crew
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, November 1995
Road crew
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, September 1995