How to address user information needs amidst a preponderance of data.

Using the past 10 years of Taulbee Survey data to evaluate female student enrollment across varied academic institutions and departments.

Nine teacher-oriented faculty in computer science departments at research universities in the U.S. or Canada describe how their positions work, how they contribute to education, and how departmental policies can influence their success and satisfaction.

Considering whether software engineering and engineering can share a profession.

Assessing the implications of the Google Book Search settlement.

"U.S. broadband is terrible" has become a familiar meme. Given the growing importance of broadband Internet connections, a poor broadband infrastructure would indeed be cause for concern. As it turns out, however, much of this concern is misplaced.

Sounding the alert on emergency calling system deficiencies.

The computer science community is deeply concerned over the fate of Masaud Jahromi, chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Ahlia University in Bahrain. Jahromi was arrested and taken from his home April 14, 2011.

Considering whether software engineering and engineering can share a profession.

Using the past 10 years of Taulbee Survey data to evaluate female student enrollment across varied academic institutions and departments.

Difficult technical problems and tough business challenges.

The time has come for software liability laws.

Why the next language you learn should be functional.

Welcome to three new puzzles. Solutions to the first two will be published next month; the third is as yet (famously) unsolved.

How to address user information needs amidst a preponderance of data.

Sounding the alert on emergency calling system deficiencies.

Bertrand Meyer writes about his long-standing decision not to provide anonymous reviews. Greg Linden considers how educational practices could be improved through the data mining of students' schoolwork.

A new service, named the ACM Author-Izer, is a unique tool that enables ACM authors to generate and post links on either their home page or institutional repository that will lead visitors to a free and definitive version of the author's article in the ACM Digital Library.

Governments, companies, and individuals have suffered an unusual number of highly publicized data breaches this year. Is there a solution?

Researchers have discovered important security flaws in modern automobile systems. Will car thieves learn to pick locks with their laptops?