Noon ET today (May 7), join Software Engineering Pioneer #BertrandMeyer for the #ACMTechTalk "Software Verification in the Age of AI," exploring AI's impact on the profession & #VibeCoding scalability, & suggesting new verification approaches/career strategies. Register (free): bit.ly/4eybCaC

April 9, join Angela Sara Cacciapuoti (Co-Founder of the Quantum Internet Research Group) for the #ACMTechTalk "Toward a Quantum-Native Internet: From Architecture to Protocol Organization." Rajkumar Kettimuthu (Senior Scientist @ Argonne) will moderate. Register (free) to attend: bit.ly/4rIyhnn

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard are this year’s A.M. Turing Award winners. They met in October 1979, when Bennett swam up to Brassard outside a beachfront hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and changed the course of his career.

@marlene.bsky.social at ACM Tech Talks

Today @ 12 pm ET, join us for "A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding," a hands-on #ACMTechTalk w/ #Python & #AI expert @marlene.bsky.social, Senior Dev Advocate @microsoft.com. Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe will moderate. Register (free) to attend: bit.ly/406LhYv @python.org @scott.hanselman.com

What an incredible resource from Science Buddies!  Love reading about all of these amazing women in #STEM and #TECH #WomensHistoryMonth

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: buff.ly/w8VJYpj

We are excited to share that computer scientist Marlene Mhangami, Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft & Chair of the ACM Practitioner Board, will lead the discussion of the inaugural #ACMBookclub on This Is for Everyone, on Dec 28, 2025! To RSVP, scan the QR code or register here: buff.ly/9Vyg0Ov

Join us today (Feb 11) @ 12 pm ET for the #ACMTechTalk "Make More Money at Work: How to Ask for a Raise at a New Job" w/career coach Laura Browne. Get practical strategies to discuss compensation at your current job or interviewing for the next one. Register (free) to atend: bit.ly/4toqvRP

In the latest episode of #ACMByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts #Russ Cox (@swtch.com), whose technical contributions span development on Plan 9 OS at #BellLabs and Google Code Search and #Golang at #Google. @golang.org @golang.io @bradfitz.com @robpike.io @jeffdean.bsky.social @developers.google.com

🌍 A 26-member team has been awarded the 2025 Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their project, “Computing the Full Earth System at 1 km Resolution.” Congratulations to this year’s outstanding team! buff.ly/GKDYnH3

Dec 3 @ 1 pm ET/18:00 UTC, join us for a special hashtag #ACMTechTalk, "A Look at AI Security with @markrussinovich.bsky.social," CTO, Deputy CISO, and Technical Fellow for @microsoft.com. @scott.hanselman.com, VP of Dev Community Microsoft, will moderate. Register: bit.ly/486vrRh

Today @ 12 pm ET. Join us!

On this day in 1913, Maurice V. Wilkes was born. Wilkes is best known as the builder and designer of the EDSAC, the first computer with an internally stored program. He received the 1967 #ACMTuringAward for his contributions to #computerscience: bit.ly/3UYZoft

26 June, join @felienne.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social), creator of #Hedy & author of "The Programmer's Brain" (@manningbooks.bsky.social) for the #ACMTechTalk "Programming for All: A Feminist Case for Language Design." @markguzdial.bsky.social will moderate. Register: bit.ly/3Z8F4LO

June 4 @ 3 pm ET, join us for a special ACM Education Board panel webinar: "Global Perspectives on the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Education." Panelists include Mehran Sahami (@stanford.edu) & Kutoma Wakunuma (‪@dmu.ac.uk). Register (free): bit.ly/4kr2ftq

#DYK #ACMOpen can increase the influence of your institution’s research? Benefit from: ⭐️ 2-3x more article downloads ⭐️ 70% more citations ⭐️ 70 million full-text downloads annually Schedule a meeting w/ us at booth 310 at SSP to learn how we can support your institution: tinyurl.com/2uv5n36m

On May 22, 1980, Pac-Man made its debut and quickly became more than just an arcade hit—it marked a milestone in computing. It demonstrated early AI with ghosts that followed distinct behavioral algorithms, pushed real-time processing on limited hardware, and showcased intuitive design. #OTD

In the latest #ACMByteCast, @scott.hanselman.com hosts ACM Fellow Peter Lee, President of @msftresearch.bsky.social. They talk evolution of computing, GPT4 and medicine, how tech is changing society, & exciting upcoming innovations from @microsoft.com. Listen/sub: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep6...

In the latest #ACMByteCast, @scott.hanselman.com hosts tech exec/inventor @maryloujepsen.bsky.social, Founder/CEO of @OpenwaterHealth, Co-Founder & CTO of One Latop Per Child. Learn about she is seeking to revolutionize medical diagnostics/treatment. Listen & sub: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep6...

A great podcast series is @scott.hanselman.com 's Hanselminutes. The latest is an inspiring interview with Mary Lou Jepson about her work including non-invasive diagnostics and treatments for brain cancer & clots and more. www.hanselminutes.com/988/saving-l...

Congratulations to Torsten Hoefler @thoefler.bsky.social on receiving the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing! A Professor at @csateth.bsky.social , Hoefler was recognized for his fundamental contributions to high-performance computing and the ongoing AI revolution. bit.ly/43oBu0D @cscsch.bsky.social

BEYOND proud to present "Beyond the Repository: Best practices for open source ecosystems researchers", a collaboration between myself, Amanda Casari, and Juniper Lovato that was just published in the the ACM Queue. Please share! https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3595879

4/17, join Kent Beck (@kentbeck.com), creator of extreme programming & pioneer of software patterns, JUnit, & TDD, for the #ACMTechTalk "Empirical Software Design: When & Why." Learn how to balance short-term gains w/long-term flexibility in software design. Register (free): bit.ly/3FSTgSl

Celebrate Black history month by learning about some amazing people! Let’s get started 🧵 #BlackHistoryMonth

Bruke Kifle hosts ACM and IEEE Fellow Xin Luna Dong, Principal Scientist at Meta Reality Labs for the latest episode of the ACM Bytecast. learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep6...