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"We are in the midst of a shift in work and workplace relationships as significant as the Second Industrial Revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And new policies and protections may be necessary to correct the balance of power."

Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1111664/worker-monitoring-employee-surveillance/

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We mourn the passing of E. Allen Emerson, ACM A.M. Turing Laureate and Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin, on October 15, 2024.

He received the Turing Award together with Edmund Clarke and Joseph Sifakis for their role in developing model-checking into a highly effective verification technology that was widely adopted in the hardware and software industries.

His legacy in computer science will endure, and our thoughts are with his loved ones. https://bit.ly/3wGCXOF

We are sad to hear of the passing of Gordon Bell, a pioneer in high-performance and parallel computing and the visionary behind the ACM Gordon Bell Prize. His dedication to innovation inspired countless breakthroughs. Our deepest condolences to his loved ones.

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Wirth's last article for CACM, "50 Years of Pascal," has been made open to public. You can read it here: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/3/250705-50-years-of-pascal/fulltext

It is with great remorse that we mark the passing of programming language pioneer and A.M. Turing Laureate Niklaus Wirth, who passed away on Jan 1, 2024. Wirth created the Euler and PL360 languages. Working with Tony Hoare, Wirth used Euler as the basis of Algol-W which then became the basis for Pascal, which provided a foundation for future computer languages, systems, and architectural research for years to come. https://bit.ly/3jsDb6y

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