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🎓 Congrats to Ashish Sharma, @UW on receiving the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation, "Human-AI Collaboration to Support Mental Health and Well Being." 👏 Honorable Mentions: Alexander Kelley, @UofIllinois Sewon Min, @UCBerkeley

Can we build a reliable network out of unreliable parts in an unreliable world? This edition of #AdvancesInComputing features an opinion piece on the importance of building trustworthy AI systems, and more. Read it now: buff.ly/cu4M5ds

“Distillation is one of the most important tools that companies have today to make models more efficient." Learn how this fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive “teacher” model to train a “student” model for less. bit.ly/44FyUpt

Have you heard about the CSTA IMPACT Fellows program? The year-long leadership development program focuses on creating Inclusive, Meaningful, and Powerful Approaches to Computing Teaching (IMPACT). Apply until Aug 8, 2025. Visit: buff.ly/Gr5kJ3O

The fundamental question. Learn more now: buff.ly/cuWq2N0 & comment your thoughts below👇

An A.I. system built by Google DeepMind has achieved “gold medal” status in the annual International Mathematical Olympiad. It was the first time a machine reached that level of success, according to Google. What does this first victory mean? Read now: buff.ly/l4Z04NI

The European Commission has issued the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice this month. It is a voluntary tool designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models. Read more: buff.ly/fJ1niRH

Does your project need an LLM, Machine Learning or Statistics? In this piece, Global Co-Chair of ACM-W Bushra Anjum and her team offer a framework for this decision. buff.ly/mPyWn2G

Human-centered design's role has been increasingly co-opted by industry models that prioritize engagement metrics over human agency. Michele Visciòla asks in his piece for Interactions: "Are we still designing for better humans, or have we lost our way?" buff.ly/P4oR8od

Become a Responsible AI Fellow! Apply through Aug 15, 2025 for the year-long @csteachersorg Responsible AI Fellowship. The program brings together approximately 15 fellows who form a dynamic learning community, supporting each other as emerging leaders and driving system-wide…

Happy Birthday, Jack J. Dongarra! Dongarra received the #ACMTuringAward in 2021 for his pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and libraries that have enabled high-performance computational software to keep pace with exponential hardware improvements. Here, he…

ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sat down for an exclusive interview to explain why this moment marks a turning point for the computing profession’s engagement in global development – and what must happen next. Check it out via @ComputerWeekly : buff.ly/trR2vh3

In a recent column for #CACM, author Pamela Samuelson reviews the evolving policy views of the U.S. Copyright Office that address the copyrightability of outputs question. Learn more here: buff.ly/U2cUGL6

In #PeopleOfACM, we interview Ashish Sharma. Sharma is a Senior Applied Scientist @MSFTResearch, and recipient of the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation "Human-AI Collaboration to Support Mental Health and Well Being.” Read here: acm.org/articles/peopl…

Watch Michael Davies discuss "Defying Moore: Envisioning the Economics of a Semiconductor Revolution through 12nm Specialization," a Research Article in the July 2025 CACM. buff.ly/VLuWFeY

“In 2025, however, the most prescient part of The Net is Angela Bennett’s digital alienation. What was originally a series of plausible enough contrivances to make the theft of her identity more believable is now just part of our everyday lives.” buff.ly/6Xx65jZ

Kate Kallot, founder and CEO of Amini, on the barriers to AI adoption in Africa. Check out the full #Bytecast interview via link below or wherever you listen to podcast. buff.ly/ccOszn2

The UIST 2025 Student Innovation Contest is ON! Design visionary new ways to interact with multi-energy haptics. Think XR, AI, robotics, storytelling, wellness—your creativity, no limits. Submit a 2-page proposal by July 18 at: uist.acm.org/2025/sic/ @ACMUIST @TheOfficialACM

“The full shape of the wave function long evaded detection, since trying to measure it will destroy it ... in the last few years, a new approach is enabling physicists to go further and learn about the wave functions of entire materials. ” buff.ly/x7z7YJE

The May/June 2025 issue of ACM Queue dives into WebAssembly: from DOM support to end-user programmable AI, there’s something for everyone! Grab an e-copy here: buff.ly/D565rMf

Happy Birthday Yann LeCun! LeCun received the 2018 #ACMTuringAward for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing. Read about more of his contributions to #AI: amturing.acm.org/award_winners/…