Nostr notes by Assn for Computing Machinery

Happy Birthday to Turing Laureate John E. Hopcroft! Hopcroft ...

2026-10-07T12:45:11Z

Happy Birthday to Turing Laureate John E. Hopcroft! Hopcroft received the #ACMTuringAward with Robert E. Tarjan in 1986 for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.

His work on formal languages and the analysis of algorithms has made John Hopcroft one of the handful of pioneering computer scientists who put the discipline on a firm theoretical foundation. Hopcroft explains landing his first academic job: https://buff.ly/DlagdwK

Today, let’s remember Turing Award recipient Marvin Minsky, ...

2026-08-09T16:24:03Z

Today, let’s remember Turing Award recipient Marvin Minsky, born #OTD in 1927. He received the award in 1969 for his central role in creating, shaping, promoting, and advancing the field of Artificial Intelligence.In 1951, he developed SNARC, one of the first neural network simulators, which used a network of electronic components to model how neurons might learn and make decisions.

For more:
https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/minsky_7440781.cfm

Is AI conscious? Check out #ACMFellow Eric Allman's thoughts ...

2026-07-28T12:15:12Z

Is AI conscious? Check out #ACMFellow Eric Allman's thoughts in #ACMBytecast Episode 85 here or wherever you get your #podcast.

https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep85-eric-allman
#coding #Claude #computing #tech #innovation

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2026-07-16T13:01:20Z

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In short, - We feel that responsible inclusion of ACM ...

2026-07-16T13:01:19Z

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In short,
- We feel that responsible inclusion of ACM Publications into AI systems will positively impact global access to scientific research and better influence future work. The balance of protecting the integrity of the Digital Library vs the risk of continuing to be excluded from new ways that researchers discover information is a delicate one which requires careful consideration.🌍️

We are opening a consultation on the inclusion of ACM ...

2026-07-16T13:01:19Z

We are opening a consultation on the inclusion of ACM publications within AI licensing agreements for access and training purposes. To set out our thinking behind this consultation, we have published this piece by Scott Delman as to why we believe it is now the right time for us to enter into these discussions.
🔗 : https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/now-is-the-time-to-give-llms-access-to-the-acm-digital-library/

- We are aware of concerns around key issues such as attribution, ...

2026-07-16T13:01:19Z

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- We are aware of concerns around key issues such as attribution, hallucinations, and the uneven economic landscape among commercial AI providers. Therefore, we will evaluate both opportunities and risks very carefully before coming to a decision. ✒️
- Revenue is not, nor should it ever be, a primary driver for ACM reaching licensing agreements with AI providers. However, if additional revenue is generated it will be used as additional support for all the meaningful work that ACM does. 🔬

As AI agents transition from simple coding assistants to ...

2026-06-19T13:03:04Z

As AI agents transition from simple coding assistants to end-to-end engineers, the profession is shifting from writing syntax to auditing complex systems. If AI can now write, debug, and deploy software for near-zero cost, what is the impact on human software development professionals?

Find out via #CACM: https://buff.ly/GSrW4Pl #TechNews

Bob Floyd was born #OTD in 1936. He received the 1978 ...

2026-06-08T16:30:27Z

Bob Floyd was born #OTD in 1936. He received the 1978 #ACMTuringAward for having a clear influence on methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, and for helping to found important subfields of computer science. https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/floyd_3720707.cfm

Recently, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos ...

2026-05-14T17:24:01Z

Recently, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into working exploits without expert guidance. What does mean for the future of cybersecurity? Learn more: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-cybersecurity-mythos

Welcome to the latest #AdvancesInComputing! In this edition: - ...

2026-04-11T12:15:09Z

Welcome to the latest #AdvancesInComputing!

In this edition:
- 👨‍💻 Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI
- 🔐 From Distributed Intelligence to Verifiable Responsibility
- ⚙️ Computing After Carbon
and more.

Subscribe and share: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialacm/p/redefining-the-software-engineering?r=6w5qsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

As AI systems become more capable and widely deployed, how we ...

2026-04-07T16:24:03Z

As AI systems become more capable and widely deployed, how we evaluate them matters more than ever. The ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee just submitted formal feedback to NIST on the urgent need for stronger automated benchmark evaluation standards.

https://www.acm.org/public-policy/ustpc/response-nist-rfi-automated-benchmark-evaluation-03312026

Congratulations to Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard on ...

2026-03-18T09:00:30Z

Congratulations to Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard on receiving the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award! They are recognized for their essential role in establishing the foundations of quantum information science and transforming secure communication and computing.

Learn more about the significance of their contributions here: https://awards.acm.org/turing

Need a break? Think over our latest #ACMCoffeeBreakPuzzle and ...

2026-03-13T14:45:16Z

Need a break? Think over our latest #ACMCoffeeBreakPuzzle and leave your answers in the comments. 👇

How many times does the minute hand cross the hour hand on a clock in a 24-hour cycle? We’ll tag correct solvers in stories. Check out our website for more: https://www.acm.org/education/coffee-break-puzzles #computerscience #puzzle #math #cs

In this week's People of ACM profile, we interview Cynthia ...

2026-03-12T13:03:06Z

In this week's People of ACM profile, we interview Cynthia Rudin, a Professor and Director of the Interpretable Machine Learning Lab at Duke University. Rudin discusses why the most accurate AI models aren't always the most complicated ones. Read the full interview here: https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/cynthia-rudin

Governments have multiple pathways for acquiring LLMs; the choice ...

2026-03-09T17:24:03Z

Governments have multiple pathways for acquiring LLMs; the choice is not binary.

Check out our latest #ACMTechBrief, which offers a deep dive into the strategic choices facing nations today—balancing control, cost, and capability.

Download today for actionable insights: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3797946

#LLM #Policy #SoverignAI #Tech

HBD to Yoshua Bengio, 2018 #ACMTuringAward Laureate! Bengio ...

2026-03-05T14:15:10Z

HBD to Yoshua Bengio, 2018 #ACMTuringAward Laureate! Bengio received the award for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing. In this HLF interview, Bengio discusses the nature of intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhFI8JexLg.

Aside from security, memory unsafety can be the cause of ...

2026-03-04T14:03:06Z

Aside from security, memory unsafety can be the cause of reliability issues and is notoriously expensive to debug. In the latest issue of "Queue: In Practice," four software engineers argue that the best place to start today is by improving our standard libraries.

Learn more: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialacm/p/practical-security-in-production?r=6w5qsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#ACMNewsletter #Substack #softwareengineering

This week, we’re reading the Prologue and Part I of Artificial ...

2026-02-28T21:00:05Z

This week, we’re reading the Prologue and Part I of Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by computer scientist and author Melanie Mitchell. There are far too many insights to pack into one post, but here is a sneak peek into these opening chapters.

What are your favorite passages so far? Let us and the author know in the comments!

Register for our online discussion with Melanie Mitchell on March 24: https://acm-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/SPOuKp2uT4WeGG3gwhdWJA#/registration

#ACMBookClub

Today, let’s remember Charles Thacker, who was born on this day ...

2026-02-26T14:45:15Z

Today, let’s remember Charles Thacker, who was born on this day in 1943. Thacker received the #ACMTuringAward in 2009 for the pioneering design and realization of the first modern personal computer -- the Alto at Xerox PARC -- and seminal inventions and contributions to local area networks (including the Ethernet), multiprocessor workstations, snooping cache coherence protocols, and tablet personal computers.

Read more about him, here: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/thacker_1336106.cfm #OTD

In our latest #AdvancesInComputing newsletter: - the agentic ...

2026-02-25T14:03:04Z

In our latest #AdvancesInComputing newsletter:

- the agentic economy 💰
- AI coders 👨‍💻
- designing for Alzheimer's patients 🧓
and more.

Read now 📜
https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialacm/p/understanding-the-agentic-economy?r=6w5qsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Meet Pablo Cesar, who leads the Distributed and Interactive ...

2026-02-23T14:03:03Z

Meet Pablo Cesar, who leads the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at CWI and is Professor of Human-Centered Multimedia Systems at TU Delft. His research focuses on measuring and evaluating the way users interact and communicate with each other using a wide range of decentralized digital systems.

To request a lecture with Cesar, visit: https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/cesar_22610

Understanding how large language models work is more essential ...

2026-02-20T17:24:04Z

Understanding how large language models work is more essential than ever. By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some of their secrets for the first time.

Learn more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129782/ai-large-language-models-biology-alien-autopsy/ #TechNews

Today, let’s remember Niklaus Wirth, who was born #OTD in 1934. ...

2026-02-15T14:15:11Z

Today, let’s remember Niklaus Wirth, who was born #OTD in 1934. Wirth received the 1984 #ACMTuringAward for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL. Read more about him, here: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/wirth_1025774.cfm #OTD

Starting Sunday, February 22, we’re diving into Melanie ...

2026-02-12T16:15:11Z

Starting Sunday, February 22, we’re diving into Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. 🤖

Why this book? In an era of GenAI and LLMs, it feels like the "AGI rabbit" is finally being pulled out of the hat. But is it real, or just a very clever trick? Mitchell cuts through the cognitive dissonance between tech hype and reality to ask the most important question of our time👇️

Grab your copy today & register for the finale conversation: https://acm-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/SPOuKp2uT4WeGG3gwhdWJA#/

Your Voice, Your ACM. The ACM Nominating Committee has submitted ...

2026-01-14T19:03:03Z

Your Voice, Your ACM.

The ACM Nominating Committee has submitted a diverse list of candidates for ACM Officers and Council Members-at-Large, bringing perspectives from across the entire computing landscape.

See the candidates below: https://cacm.acm.org/news/nominees-for-acms-2026-general-election/

Voting is a vital part of being an ACM member. Let’s work together to shape the future of our community.

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1969, the first message was sent ...

2025-10-29T12:04:37Z

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1969, the first message was sent over what would become the Internet. That brief, two-letter message marked the beginning of networked communication as we know it today. Read more: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1956, IBM released the first manual ...

2025-10-15T16:04:15Z

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1956, IBM released the first manual for the programming language FORTRAN. The manual appeared six months before the compiler was ready, giving programmers time to learn and prepare for this milestone in computing. https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

What does a cell know of itself? In a provocative study published ...

2025-09-25T17:24:02Z

What does a cell know of itself?

In a provocative study published in Nature Communications late last year, the neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin and his mentor Thomas J. Carew at New York University showed that the answer might be: much more than you think.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-cell-remember-20250730/ #TechNews

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing’s ...

2025-09-21T16:24:02Z

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence," the paper that introduced the famous Turing Test.

On October 2, 2025, the Royal Society and the Web Science Institute, co-sponsored by ACM, will host a landmark celebration at The Royal Society, London (12:30–7pm UTC).

Join panels on Turing’s vision, the Test’s relevance today, and the future of AI.

Don’t miss this historic event. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-turing-test-tickets-1512110997699?aff=oddtdtcreator

#TuringTest75 #AI #ACM

🎓 How is generative AI reshaping computing education? Join a ...

2025-09-15T13:04:02Z

🎓 How is generative AI reshaping computing education?
Join a panel of global experts as they share case studies on the ethical and societal impact of AI in the classroom.

Free registration 👉 https://events.zoom.us/ev/AtuHJus2q1kd25Cg5TbA1X0xMxHycnA-Fo0hpdKranVPmnbTQ2AF~AoWR-8D8rhoKVIgc7KmIt61qrgDrhYkGYdPmS_18kyw0XESUooeHW5S2lg

#GenerativeAI #ComputingEducation #Ethics

“There’s some very fundamental [and] unfixable problems,” ...

2025-06-12T12:47:30Z

“There’s some very fundamental [and] unfixable problems,” he says, in using this algorithm “on real people.”

Learn how Amsterdam's plan to have an algorithm evaluate every welfare applicant in the city for potential fraud failed and what we can learn from it: https://ift.tt/dU0imao
#TechNews #AI #welfare

It's been a long journey... #codinglife #fridayvibes ...

2025-05-23T18:19:15Z

It's been a long journey...

#codinglife #fridayvibes #programmingjokes

"[A] team of four researchers has proved that entanglement ...

2024-09-26T17:43:39Z

"[A] team of four researchers has proved that entanglement doesn’t just weaken as temperature increases ... there’s always a specific temperature above which it vanishes completely."

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ZbXrQv #TechNews
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