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How can we better teach aspiring computer science students the principles of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)? 2008 Turing Award Laureate Barbara Liskov offers advice in this Q&A. #TuringLecture

In this week’s People of ACM profile, we interview leading AI developer Chip Huyen. Huyen, who worked on ML toolings at NVIDIA, Snorkel AI, and Netflix, offers unique perspectives on the state of AI now, and where it is headed. Read the full interview here: buff.ly/UVOXOy1

Today in 1928, #ACMTuringAward recipient Peter Naur was born. Peter Naur received the 2005 ACM Turing Award for fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming. 🔗 buff.ly/ViP3d8W #OTD

Haider Warraich is "super bullish" on open source models. Why? Check out his latest interview with ACM Bytecast. Full conversation here: buff.ly/OXn3SKR #AIMedicine

Who are ACM and who do we represent? Based on over 110,000 survey responses, this snapshot reveals a global community witnessing major generational demographic differences. Learn more here: buff.ly/oyzrEcf Join ACM and help shape the future of computing with us: bit.ly/4hScjvl

Welcome to the latest issue of Advances in Computing! In this issue: ✔️ Turing Laureate Vint Cerf speaks with CACM about his post-retirement initiatives and thoughts on AI agents ✔️ What happens when AI becomes first listener ...and more. 📩 Subscribe & share: buff.ly/vvrXNa8

How to build a paradigm-shifting machine? Watch ACM Turing Laureate Richard Sutton and Oak Lab co-founder Khurram Javed share their views. Source: Sequoia Capital YouTube interview - "Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again" #deeplearning #computing

Join ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureate Charles Bennett and top experts at the inaugural ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS), presented by ACM SIGSAC. 📅 When: November 2–4, 2026 📍 Where: Embassy Suites by Hilton Milpitas Silicon Valley 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/FLd7rmS

Why is AI like water? Check out the full interview with Josiah Hester, author of the CACM article "Who Owns the Wai (Water)? AI, Power, and the Public Trust." buff.ly/S0gVVbu #AI #ACM #computing #research

You can’t prevent or predict the next systems meltdown. But you can build resilience into your systems and organization before the next crisis strikes. Find out the answer in the latest edition of ACM Substack series, "Queue: In Practice." buff.ly/bSLZuli #reliability #software #engineering

Congratulations to Daniel Reed, recipient of the 2026 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award for groundbreaking achievements in parallel and high-performance computing! 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/n2jiYFW

As #IberoAmericanHeritageMonth comes to a close, ACM proudly thank our student chapters for their passion, hard work, and dedication to computing. 🌎 Our final stop is in Peru featuring chapters from University of Engineering and Technology and Universidad Católica San Pablo. 🖥️

Why is synthetic data "a big mistake?" Watch ACM Turing Laureate Richard Sutton share his take. Source: Sequoia Capital YouTube Channel "Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again" #syntheticdata #reinforcementlearning #generativeai

Governments urgently need to complete their digital transformation to deliver services that are secure—as do companies and organizations. Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month by committing to strengthening cybersecurity in your organization. buff.ly/wimTCcO

Today in #ComputingHistory, we celebrate #AdaLovelaceDay, an international celebration of women in STEM. Ada Lovelace Day was established in 2009 to highlight the many contributions of women in STEM and inspire future generations to pursue careers in these fields. #OTD buff.ly/V8tN8M5

HBD to Silvio Micali! He received the #ACMTuringAward in 2012 with Shafi Goldwasser for transformative work that laid the complexity-theoretic foundations for the science of cryptography. buff.ly/dU3n7jB

Today in 1931, 2001 #ACMTuringAward recipient Ole-Johan Dahl was born. Dahl received the ACM Turing Award with Kristen Nygaard for ideas fundamental to the emergence of object-oriented programming, through their design of the programming languages Simula I and Simula 67. 🔗 buff.ly/fDSavPD

Happy Birthday to Turing Laureate Michael Stonebraker! Stonebraker received the #ACMTuringAward in 2014 for fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices underlying modern database systems. Stonebraker describes his work with others at Berkeley to develop INGRES: buff.ly/Q3RbbIF

HBD to Dana Stewart Scott! Scott received the 1976 #ACMTuringAward along with Michael O. Rabin, for their joint paper "Finite Automata and Their Decision Problem," which introduced the idea of nondeterministic machines, which has proved to be an enormously valuable concept. buff.ly/sZ3FDK7

In the latest edition of #AdvancesInComputing: - a proposal for a pervasive augmented reality civics space - reconstructing a cyber breach - defeating the disembodiment of design in the AI age and more. Grab a copy now: buff.ly/0kxQ6DP #AR #AI #cybersecurity

What a joy to see these computing luminaries interacting with a new generation of researchers at the 26th Heidelberg Laureate Forum! Check out HLF's YouTube channel for highlighted conversations featuring some of the best minds in computing: buff.ly/vN0dzZN

In this week’s People of ACM, we interview Altigran Soares da Silva, a Professor at the Federal University of Amazonas, and Member of the ACM Global Engagement Board. Among other topics, Sores da Silva discusses his work in information retrieval for legal documents. Read here: buff.ly/fPwK86J

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. Hopcroft explains landing his first academic job: buff.ly/DlagdwK

Is AI a crisis or an opportunity for Maths? Fields Medalist Terence Tao shares his thoughts in the 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium. Follow ACM for more content like this. Source: 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium #AI #Maths #computing #career

Court settlements keep shaping data privacy one company at a time. Should norms be set that way? ACM's TechBrief on #DataPrivacy: doi.org/10.1145/3679...

ACM’s Expanding Regions Technology Policy Committee has submitted comments to the African Union’s Open Consultation on AI Governance and Regulation in Africa. www.acm.org/public-polic... buff.ly/TVu5vDd

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a time to celebrate the contributions people with disabilities bring to society. Watch Blind accessibility advocate Chancey Fleet make a case for why people with disabilities should be more involved across every stage of AI development.

Check out Turing Minds, a project started by Georgia Tech students in 2023 to connect world-class researchers with learners everywhere. 🌐 They’ve hosted 17 Turing Award and Nobel Prize winners for audiences across 105 countries! Catch up on all the recorded talks here: buff.ly/01IYAZA

Is it time to let the machines do the work and just give our students our best wishes? Check out the latest KV advice column featured in the ACM Substack series, "Queue: In Practice." buff.ly/jlUPdpF #softwareengineering #computerscience #education

Happy Birthday to Turing Laureate Martin Hellman! Martin Hellman received the #ACMTuringAward in 2015 for inventing and promulgating both asymmetric public-key #cryptography, including its application to digital signatures, and a practical cryptographic key-exchange method. buff.ly/1IpiXq2

Meet the ACM Student Chapter at University of Monterrey and ACM-W Student Chapter at University of Brazil! 👩🏻‍💻 👩🏻‍🏫 As ACM continue to spotlight our student chapters for #IberoamericanHeritageMonth, watch the amazing ways they engage with their communities.

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In the latest People of ACM profile, we interview Kian-Lee Tan, a Professor at the National University of Singapore who is an expert in query processing and database management. Among other topics, he discusses the relationship between query processing and AI. Read here: buff.ly/OVGk1c1

Happy Birthday to Seymour Cray, who was born #OTD in 1925. In 1964, Cray designed the CDC 6600, widely regarded as the first successful supercomputer. Cray's approach to high-performance computing helped establish the architectural ideas and design principles that shape supercomputers today.

#OTD in 1919, James Hardy Wilkinson was born. Wilkinson received the 1970 #ACMTuringAward for his research in numerical analysis to facilitate the use of the high-speed digital computer, his work in computations in linear algebra and "backward" error analysis. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

In the latest edition of #AdvancesInComputing: - can machine learning reshape credit scoring? - how LLMs value your inconvenience - rethinking generative AI in scholarly publishing and more. Grab a copy now: buff.ly/jgjOgsN #machinelearning #generativeAI

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "American Self-Defense in Cyberspace" with speaker Josiah Dykstra (National Security Agency). The in-person event will take place between Oct 5, 2026. More info here: buff.ly/4WnbIau #distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "Ethical design for wellbeing and affective health" with speaker Corina Sas (Lancaster University). The in-person event will take place between Oct 5-9, 2026. More info here: buff.ly/fbmp8do #distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

In our introductory clip for #IberoamericanHeritageMonth, meet the ACM student chapters at University of Belize and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Check out the fun activities and events these chapter planned. 🚀

Happy Birthday, John Hennessy! Hennessy received the 2017 #ACMTuringAward with David Patterson for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry. 🔗 amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

What can AI systems do now, and what can't they do? Watch the 2006 Fields Medalist Dr Terence Tao discuss the future of Maths against the rise of AI. Source: 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium Follow ACM for more content like this. #mathematics #AI #computing #ACM

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1954, the first successful FORTRAN program was executed. Developed at IBM by a team led by John Backus, FORTRAN was designed to make programming scientific and engineering problems easier. More #OTD, here: buff.ly/yg2MIlN

Every academic year, ACM Student Chapters make a meaningful impact on their college campus. From September 15 to October 15, ACM celebrates #IberoAmericanHeritageMonth by spotlighting the hard work and dedication of our Latin American ACM Student Chapters.🎓 💻

Hey, it's Friday. Run like a shy robot. #robotics #ACM #TGIF

What's new in the field of distributed ledger technologies? Find out in the latest issue of #TheImpactReport, ACM's bi-weekly newsletter celebrating era-defining computing research and the people behind it. Read & subscribe: buff.ly/Vn99Ow4

How did Alison Derbenwick-Miller's interests lead her to take on the role of new CEO at ACM? Learn more here: buff.ly/5zF1JJJ

A new edition from your favorite #ACMSubstack newsletter, "Queue: In Practice": Beyond Zero, a new security paradigm designed for the AI era Read & subscribe: buff.ly/Gr6lP7P

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). 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). 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. 👇 Share and subscribe today: buff.ly/nodFVez