- Association for Computing Machinery signs letter against open access publishing https://newsroom.publishers.org/researchers-and-publishers-oppose-immediate-free-distribution-of-peer-reviewed-journal-articles/ 7 comments programming
- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Avi Wigderson as recipient of the 2023 Turing Award for "foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation" https://amturing.acm.org/ 7 comments math
- Why many programmers don’t bother joining the ACM: In response to a query from Vint Cerf, professional developers explain why they don’t feel a membership in the Association for Computing Machinery is worth the cost http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/429166/why-many-programmers-don-t-bother-joining-acm 4 comments technology
- Tech worker group calls for facial recognition ban citing ‘technical and ethical’ reasons. The Association for Computing Machinery said the technology could not be reliably used in a way that wouldn’t adversely affect vulnerable populations. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/tech-worker-group-calls-facial-recognition-ban-citing-technical-ethical-n1232591 55 comments programming