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A new edition from your favorite #ACMSubstack newsletter, "Queue: In Practice": Beyond Zero, a new security paradigm designed for the AI era
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September 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
A new edition from your favorite #ACMSubstack newsletter, "Queue: In Practice": Beyond Zero, a new security paradigm designed for the AI era
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Happy Birthday, ACM! Today, our organization turns 79 years old.
#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1947, a group of computing pioneers came together to establish the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1947, a group of computing pioneers came together to establish the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Happy Birthday, ACM! Today, our organization turns 79 years old.
#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1947, a group of computing pioneers came together to establish the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1947, a group of computing pioneers came together to establish the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Discover more #OTD in #ComputingHistory: buff.ly/yg2MIlN
The 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicks off Sept 13-18! 200 young researchers will connect with top laureates in Math & CS (Turing, Fields, Abel & more).
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September 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicks off Sept 13-18! 200 young researchers will connect with top laureates in Math & CS (Turing, Fields, Abel & more).
Catch insights from Turing Laureates and others LIVE: buff.ly/hu4H2QE 👇
Catch insights from Turing Laureates and others LIVE: buff.ly/hu4H2QE 👇
📬 Time for another edition of #AdvancesInComputing! In this edition:
- CACM contributors respond to readers' letters;
- Educators imagining the future of CS Education;
- Approaching worker-led AI systems from within;
and more.
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- CACM contributors respond to readers' letters;
- Educators imagining the future of CS Education;
- Approaching worker-led AI systems from within;
and more.
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September 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
📬 Time for another edition of #AdvancesInComputing! In this edition:
- CACM contributors respond to readers' letters;
- Educators imagining the future of CS Education;
- Approaching worker-led AI systems from within;
and more.
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- CACM contributors respond to readers' letters;
- Educators imagining the future of CS Education;
- Approaching worker-led AI systems from within;
and more.
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4 awards that recognize up and coming talents around the globe. Share the post with talented young researchers in your life.
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#opportunities #computing #research #ACM #career
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September 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
4 awards that recognize up and coming talents around the globe. Share the post with talented young researchers in your life.
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#opportunities #computing #research #ACM #career
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Happy Birthday to Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot, who was born #OTD in 1845.
In 1874, Baudot developed a telegraph system that encoded letters and symbols as five-unit combinations of signals, allowing machines to represent and transmit information in a standardized form.
In 1874, Baudot developed a telegraph system that encoded letters and symbols as five-unit combinations of signals, allowing machines to represent and transmit information in a standardized form.
September 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Happy Birthday to Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot, who was born #OTD in 1845.
In 1874, Baudot developed a telegraph system that encoded letters and symbols as five-unit combinations of signals, allowing machines to represent and transmit information in a standardized form.
In 1874, Baudot developed a telegraph system that encoded letters and symbols as five-unit combinations of signals, allowing machines to represent and transmit information in a standardized form.
This week’s People of ACM profile features Athina Markopoulou, a Professor at UC Irvine who was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to internet measurement and privacy. Among other topics, she discusses advances to address traffic engineering problems. Read the interview here: buff.ly/pt0MFLS
September 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This week’s People of ACM profile features Athina Markopoulou, a Professor at UC Irvine who was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to internet measurement and privacy. Among other topics, she discusses advances to address traffic engineering problems. Read the interview here: buff.ly/pt0MFLS
Happy Birthday, Avi Wigderson! Wigderson received the 2023 #ACMTuringAward for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, reshaping our understanding of randomness in computing, and decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science. 🔗 buff.ly/ssmw71r
September 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Happy Birthday, Avi Wigderson! Wigderson received the 2023 #ACMTuringAward for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, reshaping our understanding of randomness in computing, and decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science. 🔗 buff.ly/ssmw71r
Huge congratulations to Jie Ren (KAUST), Amit Samanta (University of Utah), and Xuan Wu (Oregon State University) on receiving the 2026 ACM/IEEE CS George Michael Memorial High-Performance Computing Fellowship! 🎓
The Honorable Mention recipient goes to Yankai Jiang (Northeastern University). 🌻
The Honorable Mention recipient goes to Yankai Jiang (Northeastern University). 🌻
September 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Huge congratulations to Jie Ren (KAUST), Amit Samanta (University of Utah), and Xuan Wu (Oregon State University) on receiving the 2026 ACM/IEEE CS George Michael Memorial High-Performance Computing Fellowship! 🎓
The Honorable Mention recipient goes to Yankai Jiang (Northeastern University). 🌻
The Honorable Mention recipient goes to Yankai Jiang (Northeastern University). 🌻
#OTD in 1941, Dennis M. Ritchie was born. Ritchie received the 1983 #ACMTuringAward with Ken Thompson, for their development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for the implementation of the UNIX operating system. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...
September 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#OTD in 1941, Dennis M. Ritchie was born. Ritchie received the 1983 #ACMTuringAward with Ken Thompson, for their development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for the implementation of the UNIX operating system. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...
How did a book change a computing expert's career trajectory?
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Unlock the full episode at #ACMBytecast via the link here or wherever you get your podcast: buff.ly/cMeE0eU
September 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
How did a book change a computing expert's career trajectory?
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Unlock the full episode at #ACMBytecast via the link here or wherever you get your podcast: buff.ly/cMeE0eU
An AI system has written scientific papers that passed peer review, out-performing more than half of human submissions. This step raises questions about how AI will reshape scientific research, peer review, and the evaluation of scientific contributions.
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September 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
An AI system has written scientific papers that passed peer review, out-performing more than half of human submissions. This step raises questions about how AI will reshape scientific research, peer review, and the evaluation of scientific contributions.
Learn more: buff.ly/X2k02sm
Learn more: buff.ly/X2k02sm
In the latest issue of #ACMSubstack newsletter, "Queue: In Practice"—let's dive into Titan transients and LLM scalability!
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September 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
In the latest issue of #ACMSubstack newsletter, "Queue: In Practice"—let's dive into Titan transients and LLM scalability!
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Happy Birthday, Judea Pearl! Pearl received the 2011 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIo...
September 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Happy Birthday, Judea Pearl! Pearl received the 2011 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIo...
On this day in 1927, #ACMTuringAward recipient John McCarthy was born. He received the award in 1971 for his work in the area of Artificial Intelligence.
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September 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
On this day in 1927, #ACMTuringAward recipient John McCarthy was born. He received the award in 1971 for his work in the area of Artificial Intelligence.
amturing.acm.org/award_winner...
amturing.acm.org/award_winner...
What's wrong with #Pythons?
Find out from ACM Turing Laureate Barbara Liskov's conversation with Ryan Peterman: buff.ly/zdfJ6NC
#ACMTuringAward #programminglanguages #programmer
Find out from ACM Turing Laureate Barbara Liskov's conversation with Ryan Peterman: buff.ly/zdfJ6NC
#ACMTuringAward #programminglanguages #programmer
September 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
What's wrong with #Pythons?
Find out from ACM Turing Laureate Barbara Liskov's conversation with Ryan Peterman: buff.ly/zdfJ6NC
#ACMTuringAward #programminglanguages #programmer
Find out from ACM Turing Laureate Barbara Liskov's conversation with Ryan Peterman: buff.ly/zdfJ6NC
#ACMTuringAward #programminglanguages #programmer
ACM-W is seeking applicants for its next Global Celebration Chair.
This is a volunteer, remote, part-time ACM-W leadership role. The Global Celebration Chair will foster communication, consistency, alignment, and visibility across Celebrations in all ACM-W regions.
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This is a volunteer, remote, part-time ACM-W leadership role. The Global Celebration Chair will foster communication, consistency, alignment, and visibility across Celebrations in all ACM-W regions.
Apply today: buff.ly/dvioOhO
September 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
ACM-W is seeking applicants for its next Global Celebration Chair.
This is a volunteer, remote, part-time ACM-W leadership role. The Global Celebration Chair will foster communication, consistency, alignment, and visibility across Celebrations in all ACM-W regions.
Apply today: buff.ly/dvioOhO
This is a volunteer, remote, part-time ACM-W leadership role. The Global Celebration Chair will foster communication, consistency, alignment, and visibility across Celebrations in all ACM-W regions.
Apply today: buff.ly/dvioOhO
Did you know that the 1976 Diffie-Hellman paper helped inspire the creation of #RSA? 🔓
Watch Ron Rivest share the story of how he, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman developed one of the most influential cryptosystems in #computinghistory.
Watch Ron Rivest share the story of how he, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman developed one of the most influential cryptosystems in #computinghistory.
September 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Did you know that the 1976 Diffie-Hellman paper helped inspire the creation of #RSA? 🔓
Watch Ron Rivest share the story of how he, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman developed one of the most influential cryptosystems in #computinghistory.
Watch Ron Rivest share the story of how he, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman developed one of the most influential cryptosystems in #computinghistory.
In the latest ACM #TechBrief: AI's effects on Open Source and what you should do about them. Grab a copy here: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#cybersecurity #opensource #software
#cybersecurity #opensource #software
AI can write a patch in seconds. A human maintainer still has to decide whether to accept it. That gap is the open source story of the next five years. New ACM TechBrief 🧵
dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....
dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....
September 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
In the latest ACM #TechBrief: AI's effects on Open Source and what you should do about them. Grab a copy here: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#cybersecurity #opensource #software
#cybersecurity #opensource #software
What are the right metrics when working with AI?
Check out #ACMBytecast's full interview with Nicole Forsgren: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep8...
#programming #developer #AIAgent #Agentic
Check out #ACMBytecast's full interview with Nicole Forsgren: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep8...
#programming #developer #AIAgent #Agentic
September 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
What are the right metrics when working with AI?
Check out #ACMBytecast's full interview with Nicole Forsgren: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep8...
#programming #developer #AIAgent #Agentic
Check out #ACMBytecast's full interview with Nicole Forsgren: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep8...
#programming #developer #AIAgent #Agentic
📬 In the latest edition of #AdvancesInComputing:
- Mallik Tatipamula and Vinton G. Cerf on open AI infrastructure;
- Shaping computing for a sustainable energy grid;
- Rethinking prototype fidelity in the age of generative AI;
and more!
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#technology
- Mallik Tatipamula and Vinton G. Cerf on open AI infrastructure;
- Shaping computing for a sustainable energy grid;
- Rethinking prototype fidelity in the age of generative AI;
and more!
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#technology
August 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
📬 In the latest edition of #AdvancesInComputing:
- Mallik Tatipamula and Vinton G. Cerf on open AI infrastructure;
- Shaping computing for a sustainable energy grid;
- Rethinking prototype fidelity in the age of generative AI;
and more!
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#technology
- Mallik Tatipamula and Vinton G. Cerf on open AI infrastructure;
- Shaping computing for a sustainable energy grid;
- Rethinking prototype fidelity in the age of generative AI;
and more!
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#technology
In the U.S., states are becoming AI-regulation “laboratories,” but does this decentralized approach stifle AI innovation?
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#AI #innovation #ACM #CACM
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#AI #innovation #ACM #CACM
August 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In the U.S., states are becoming AI-regulation “laboratories,” but does this decentralized approach stifle AI innovation?
Read: buff.ly/jdINzi4
#AI #innovation #ACM #CACM
Read: buff.ly/jdINzi4
#AI #innovation #ACM #CACM
ACM DL is 100% #OpenAccess.
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#tech #research #innovation
What's the difference between DL Basic and DL Premium?
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August 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM
ACM DL is 100% #OpenAccess.
What's the difference between DL Basic and DL Premium?
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#tech #research #innovation
What's the difference between DL Basic and DL Premium?
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#tech #research #innovation
✨ That's a wrap on ACM #SIGIR2026! We are thrilled to have brought together researchers, practitioners, and innovators from around the globe to explore the latest advances in Information Retrieval.
A huge thank you to everyone for making the conference a resounding success! 👏 buff.ly/41T9XZ6
A huge thank you to everyone for making the conference a resounding success! 👏 buff.ly/41T9XZ6
August 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
✨ That's a wrap on ACM #SIGIR2026! We are thrilled to have brought together researchers, practitioners, and innovators from around the globe to explore the latest advances in Information Retrieval.
A huge thank you to everyone for making the conference a resounding success! 👏 buff.ly/41T9XZ6
A huge thank you to everyone for making the conference a resounding success! 👏 buff.ly/41T9XZ6