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Do I Have a Say in This, or Has ChatGPT Already Decided for Me?

It's not just about LLMs, it's about us too.

By Aadarsh Padiyath, October 2024

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

VISIONS of Accessibility: Human-AI Lab (HAIL), University of Michigan

By Ellie Seehorn, Jaylin Herskovitz, October 2024

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SECTION: Features

Ethical Tech Begins with Ethical Workplaces: Power Dynamics in Companies and Universities

My research shows how engineers in companies often feel little power to account for the ethics of what they create, and my student activism shows how universities often reproduce similar dynamics, harming their community in the process. Here are some ways students can---and must---resist.

By David Gray Widder, June 2024

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

How Drexel WiCS Supports Community Care

By XRDS Staff, May 2024

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Building a Pipeline for Real-Time Topical Polling: Grove City College

By Kenneth Browder, Jonathan Allarassem, May 2024

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Computing for Social Good: University of Florida

By Alaina Smith, Juan Gilbert, February 2024

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

Empowering Excellence: The Impact of ACM Student Chapters

By Gopal Mengi, October 2023

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Expressive Computation Lab (ECL): UC Santa Barbara

By Sam Bourgault, Jennifer Jacobs, June 2023

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COLUMN: Advice

Visits to Research Groups

By Jeffrey D. Ullman, January 2023

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

CCET's Student Chapters are Reaching New Heights

By Nupur Shiturkar, January 2023

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Everyone Can Be a Cyborg

By Jasmine DeHart, January 2023

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COLUMN: Advice

The tyranny of bogus numbers in academia

By Pooyan Doozandeh, October 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

PCCOE ACM, a driver of all-round development

By Nupur Shiturkar, October 2022

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SECTION: Features

Learning about VR in VR

After 20 years of teaching about VR, we finally taught in VR. This article describes lessons learned from 263 students who spent 10 weeks in virtual reality together and a total of 200,000 shared minutes "in headset."

By Cyan DeVeaux, Jeremy Bailenson, October 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Developing and enhancing our realities XR Lab, UC Berkeley

By Jasmine DeHart, October 2022

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COLUMN: Advice

The do's & don'ts of writing a research request email

By Swati Rajwal, Avinash Kumar Pandey, July 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

MUJ ACM becomes the "best" at nationals

By Nupur Shiturkar, July 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Labz

Building cultural competency for computing

By Jasmine DeHart, July 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

UP ACM-W

By Nupur Shiturkar, April 2022

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

ACM members shine bright in Arkansas

By Nupur Shiturkar, January 2022

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On the path to great progress

On the path to great progress

By Nupur Shiturkar, September 2021

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Demystifying national labs

COLUMN: Advice

Demystifying national labs

By Ashka Shah, September 2021

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Integrating people-centered and planet-centered design

SECTION: Features

Integrating people-centered and planet-centered design

Exploring the many approaches and issues involved in developing technologies for wellbeing---from including environmental concerns to building long-lasting, transdisciplinary partnerships both inside and beyond the academy.

By Xuhai Xu, September 2021

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

On student-centered design at Oakland University

By Daniela Zieba, June 2021

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COLUMN: Advice

Help!

By Jasmine DeHart, June 2021

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SECTION: Profile

A fair and equitable internet with Justine Sherry

By Sepideh Maleki, June 2021

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Josh Vekhter

SECTION: Profile

Josh Vekhter

By Sepideh Maleki, March 2021

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DEPARTMENT: Updates

Painting the complete Aggie picture

By Daniela Zieba, December 2020

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COLUMN: Advice

Five tips to manage student pandemic stress disorder

By Bhargavi Jahagirdar, December 2020

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COLUMN: Careers

Navigating your path to purpose and passion

By Sharnnia Artis, December 2020

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COLUMN: Advice

The way to a 'no-corrections' Ph.D.

By Maitrei Kohli, September 2020

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SECTION: Profile

Rediet Abebe

By Sepideh Maleki, September 2020

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COLUMN: Advice

Submit first, ask questions later

By Daniela Zieba, April 2020

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COLUMN: Careers

Taking charge of your career

By Pamela Gibbs, April 2020

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Five do's and don'ts as a postdoctoral scholar

COLUMN: Advice

Five do's and don'ts as a postdoctoral scholar

By Shantanu Sharma, November 2019

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ISU SIGCHI is putting the U in usability

DEPARTMENT: Updates

ISU SIGCHI is putting the U in usability

By Anshuman Majumdar, November 2019

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Limitless computing<br />Quantum Information Center, the University of Texas at Austin

CS + CS = ?

DEPARTMENT: Back

CS + CS = ?

By Daniela Zieba, November 2019

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Spreading competitive programming culture in Ireland

DEPARTMENT: Updates

Spreading competitive programming culture in Ireland

By Anshuman Majumdar, September 2019

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How to stay motivated during a Ph.D

COLUMN: Advice

How to stay motivated during a Ph.D

By Victoria Holt, July 2019

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Sports and machine learning: How young people can use data from their own bodies to learn about machine learning

SECTION: Features

Sports and machine learning: How young people can use data from their own bodies to learn about machine learning

In order to foster interest in machine learning among young people, presented are simple and effective ways to engage kids using sensors on their own bodies.

By Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Shaun Kane, July 2019

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Data in motion: Supporting youth interest in athletics through multimodal data analytics

Data in motion: Supporting youth interest in athletics through multimodal data analytics

Engagement in STEM learning using athletics and data analytics allows young people to use customizable technological devices to analyze performance.

By Melissa Perez, Stephanie Jones, JaCoya Thompson, Marcelo Worsley, July 2019

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Dennis Bishop<br />The psyche of athletes

SECTION: Profile

Dennis Bishop
The psyche of athletes

By Bryan Knowles, July 2019

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Faster computers for all<br />Efficient Computing Laboratory, Texas State University

Personalizing health care<br />Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute, University of Alabama Birmingham

Personalizing health care
Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute, University of Alabama Birmingham

Hugh Kaul personalized medicine institute, University of Alabama Birmingham

By Sepideh Maleki, January 2019

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The expanding landscape of computer science

COLUMN: Letter from the editors

The expanding landscape of computer science

By Diane Golay, October 2018

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A paradigm shift: how CS has intrinsically changed society

COLUMN: Accolades

A paradigm shift: how CS has intrinsically changed society

By Anukruti Mathur, October 2018

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Computer science as a global language

SECTION: Features

Computer science as a global language

How computer science helped me become a citizen of the world and the lessons real-life experiences taught me about effectively interacting with other people.

By María Andreína Francisco Rodríguez, October 2018

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The arbitrary nature of computing curricula

The arbitrary nature of computing curricula

Computing is still a young discipline with new topics emerging daily, spawning an extended family of disciplines, which makes negotiating a curriculum an inherently fraught process that will not meet everybody's needs.

By Tony Clear, October 2018

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Programming languages in security<br />Principles of Programming Group, Carnegie Mellon University

The CS generation

DEPARTMENT: Back

The CS generation

By Vasileios Kalantzis, October 2018

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How to find relevant papers: thinking like a researcher

Encrypting a functionality<br />Crypto Lab, University of Texas at Austin

COLUMN: Letter from the editors

Multidisciplinary systems engineering

By Jennifer Jacobs, December 2017

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SECTION: Features

Leveraging personal experience for academic research and outreach

Use your individuality to build your career path whether it leans toward academia, outreach, or both. The existing underlying threads between your experiences and the pursuit of research problems might surprise you.

By Joslenne Peña, December 2017

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MacACM: Encouraging competitive programming via mentorship and outreach

The future of sports and exercise

DEPARTMENT: Labz

The future of sports and exercise

By Leo Holsti, September 2017

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Knowledge valorization

COLUMN: Letter from the editors

Knowledge valorization

By Okke Schrijvers, June 2017

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Kean ACM-W: promoting women's participation in CS

DEPARTMENT: Updates

Kean ACM-W: promoting women's participation in CS

By Anshuman Majumdar, June 2017

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On entrepreneurship

SECTION: Features

On entrepreneurship

Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, shares his ideas about entrepreneurship learning, finding the right people, and navigating failure with grace.

By Jie Qi, June 2017

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Innovation Labs: University Politehnica of Bucharest

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Innovation Labs: University Politehnica of Bucharest

By Răzvan Rughiniş, June 2017

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When should you quit your Ph.D.?<br />I cannot do this for the rest of my life.

Time management as a Ph.D.

Time management as a Ph.D.

By Andrew J. Hunsucker, September 2016

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Impractical, impossible, and interdisciplinary: pushing the boundaries of computer science

Why you need Allies as a Ph.D.

COLUMN: Advice

Why you need Allies as a Ph.D.

Good research requires strong connections.

By Andrew J. Hunsucker, June 2016

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ACM TEC GDA addresses Mexico's social needs one app at a time

India's reforms leave a lasting mark

DEPARTMENT: Back

India's reforms leave a lasting mark

By Asmaa Rabie, June 2016

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Supporting creativity, expressiveness and complexity through personal fabrication

Digital fabrication: a human-machine interface for advanced manufacturing

How to deal with negative critique

COLUMN: Advice

How to deal with negative critique

By Andy J. Hunsucker, April 2016

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RIT SIGCHI<br />Democratizing digitization, campus outreach, and more

Design Informatics Lab<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DEPARTMENT: Labz

Design Informatics Lab
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

By Feras Alsaggaf, Javier Villarroel, Billy Wong, April 2016

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Back to the future---

COLUMN: Letter from the editors

Back to the future---

By Sean Follmer, December 2015

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Addressing academic publishing

COLUMN: Advice

Addressing academic publishing

By Marius-Tudor Benea, December 2015

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Women who paved the way for IoT<br />A teacher finds her voice

COLUMN: Accolades

Women who paved the way for IoT
A teacher finds her voice

By Kayalvizhi Jayavel, December 2015

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The ambient intelligence course at Politecnico di Torino

FEATURE: Features

The ambient intelligence course at Politecnico di Torino

At Italy's oldest technical university, students learn about IoT concepts and technologies by building end-to-end prototypical systems.

By Luigi De Russis, December 2015

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SWARM joint open lab Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

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SWARM joint open lab Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

By Teodoro Montanaro, December 2015

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