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Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions - ACM Queue

A simple strategy to improve solutions and boost morale Thomas A. Limoncelli There's an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Starship Down," S4E7) that teaches an important lesson about managing engineers. In one scene, Worf barks out orders to the engineering team in typically abrupt Klingon...

In short: Discover a simple strategy to boost engineer morale and improve solutions from Star Trek: DS9 - give them problems, not solutions! (AI summary)

How to Evaluate AI that's Smarter than Us - ACM Queue

Exploring three strategies: functional correctness, AI-as-a-judge, and comparative evaluation Chip Huyen Until recently, human experts have been the ultimate judges of many AI models. A fraud-detection model is considered good if it matches the performance of professional fraud analysts. A...

A Clean Approach to Process Optimization - ACM Queue

What I learned from my dishwasher about automating processes Thomas A. Limoncelli A friend of mine asked for advice about a problem he was having at his job. Onboarding each new customer required significant effort. The process was automated, but it took a long time to execute. The delay was...

Can't We Have Nice Things? - ACM Queue

I recently took my children to visit Michael Faraday's laboratory, which is preserved at the Royal Institution in London, the very place where he made his discoveries that led to our understanding of electricity and its modern applications. What impressed me about the laboratory is not just how...

Generative AI at the Edge: Challenges and Opportunities - ACM Queue

By 2030, more than 50 billion edge devices—smartphones, AR (augmented reality) glasses, wearables, and industrial IoT (Internet of things) systems—will be generating, interpreting, and acting on data in real time. Imagine AR glasses that describe landmarks as you walk through a foreign city, a...

bridging the moat - ACM Queue

You may decide the risks are acceptable. But, if not, here are some rules for avoiding them. A test account that's shared among many can be used by anyone who happens to have the password. This leaves a trail of poorly managed or unmanaged accounts that only increases your attack surface. A test...

Driving Organizational Accessibility - ACM Queue

People often ask about the secret sauce behind Microsoft's approach to accessibility and inclusion. It's simple: We run it like a business. Vinnie Donati In this article we'll explore how Microsoft drives accessibility throughout its organization and we'll look closely at essential frameworks and...

AI: It's All About Inference Now - ACM Queue

Public discourse about artificial intelligence and neural networks until recently invariably centered on training. First and foremost, training is a prerequisite to anything that follows. Until very recently, a defining question for AI has been whether neural networks can deliver quality results...

In short: Learn how inference optimization is critical for deploying AI models affordably and efficiently. Discover key strategies like quantization, dynamic batching,... (AI summary)

Develop, Deploy, Operate - ACM Queue

A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development Titus Winters, Leah Rivers, and Salim Virji How much time and money should organizations invest in developer tools? What is the business value of improvements to a development platform? How do companies quantify the...

Frequently Asked Questions – Communications of the ACM

Q: Is the CACM website the same as the monthly CACM magazine? A: No. The CACM website publishes Research, News, Opinion, and BLOG@CACM content before it appears in print in the monthly CACM magazine. Not all online content will appear in print, but all articles on the website are considered...