February 2019 Issue
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A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture
Innovations like domain-specific hardware, enhanced security, open instruction sets, and agile chip development will lead the...
Blockchains From a Distributed Computing Perspective
The roots of blockchain technologies are deeply interwoven in distributed computing.
CodeFlow
A discussion with Jacek Czerwonka, Michaela Greiler, Christian Bird, Lucas Panjer, and Terry Coatta
Blockchains from a Distributed Computing Perspective
Maurice Herlihy discusses "Blockchains from a Distributed Computing Perspective," a Review Article in the February 2019 CACM.
The Secret History of Women in Coding
The New York Times
Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it …
Gravitational-Wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
Nature
Spotting gravitational waves is due to become an almost hourly …
An AI that Writes Convincing Prose Risks Mass-Producing Fake News
Technology Review
Here's some breaking fake news … Russia has declared war on …
Governance and Oversight Coming to AI and Automation: Independent Audit of AI Systems
Ryan Carrier
Independent Audit of AI Systems is the next evolution of governance for artificial intelligence and automation.
The Growing Tension Between Undergraduate and K-12: Is CS for All, or Just Those Who Get Past the Caps?
Mark Guzdial
Are we repeating the 1980's? It's even worse now.
What Is a Variable?
Robin K. Hill
A stab at a definition, for outsiders, of what we in computing mean by the term "variable" raises more questions than it answers...