ACM Books

ACM Books is a series of scholarly research monographs and graduate-level texts, authored by computer scientists and practitioners at the forefront of computing technology and includes books across the entire spectrum of computer science, geared to researchers, educators, practitioners and students. Comprehensive in its coverage of both established and emerging computing fields, the series focuses on graduate-level textbooks, research monographs, practitioner-level professional books, and books devoted to the history and social impact of computing. The ACM Books editorial board is composed of world renowned professionals who represent the field's major areas of study.

ACM Books is a series of scholarly research monographs and graduate-level texts, authored by computer scientists and practitioners at the forefront of computing technology and includes books across the entire spectrum of computer science, geared to researchers, educators, practitioners and students. Comprehensive in its coverage of both established and emerging computing fields, the series focuses on graduate-level textbooks, research monographs, practitioner-level professional books, and books devoted to the history and social impact of computing. The ACM Books editorial board is composed of world-renowned professionals who represent the field's major areas of study.

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Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

Gloria Childress Townsend
Department of Computer Science, DePauw University

2024

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing women who created ACM-W (ACM’s Committee on Women in Computing) in 1993. This book, published in celebration of ACM-W’s 30th birthday, ...

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Pick, Click, Flick!: The Story of Interaction Techniques

Brad A. Myers
Carnegie Mellon University

2024

This book provides a comprehensive study of the many ways to interact with computers and computerized devices. An “interaction technique” starts when the user performs an action that causes an electronic device to respond, and includes the direct ...

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Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares: What We Must Do

Ronald M. Baecker
University of Toronto (Computer Science Department)
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Jonathan Grudin
University of Washington (Information School)

2024

This book offers a compelling discussion of the digital dreams that have come true, their often unintended side effects (nightmares), and what must be done to counteract the nightmares. It is intended as an impetus to further conversation not only in ...

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Spatial Gems, Volume 2

John Krumm
Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Andreas Züfle
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Cyrus Shahabi
Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2024

Spatial gems are computational techniques for processing spatial data. This book, a follow-up to the first Spatial Gems volume, is a further collection of techniques contributed by leading research experts. Although these approaches were developed by ...

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From Algorithms to Thinking Machines: The New Digital Power

Domenico Talia
University of Calabria

2023

This book introduces and provides an analysis of the basic concepts of algorithms, data, and computation and discusses the role of algorithms in ruling and shaping our world. It provides a clear understanding of the power and impact on humanity of the ...

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The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic Decision-Making

Manish Raghavan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

2023

This book demonstrates the need for and the value of interdisciplinary research in addressing important societal challenges associated with the widespread use of algorithmic decision-making. Algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions in ...

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