In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts 2024 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award recipient Ilias Diakonikolas, Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he researches the algorithmic foundations of machine learning and statistics. Ilias received the prestigious award for developing the first efficient algorithms for high-dimensional statistical tasks that are also robust, meaning they perform well even when the data significantly deviates from ideal modelling assumptions. His other honors and recognitions include a Sloan Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, the best paper award at NeurIPS 2019, and the IBM Research Pat Goldberg Best Paper Award. He authored a textbook titled Algorithmic High-Dimensional Robust Statistics.

Register now for the next free ACM TechTalk, "Translating Interview Speak: What Your Interviewer Really Wants to Know," presented on Wednesday, November 12 at 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC by Professional Career Coach and Consultant Barbara Limmer and Professional Career Coach Laura Browne, authors of the new  Manning Publications book, Interview Speak. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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This practical book delivers both the big picture view and ground-level details you need to understand the distributed systems you’ll encounter on the job. It breaks down distributed system design into useful categories like component and network failures, transactions, durable executions, and distributed consensus. You’ll love how the elegant analogies, examples, illustrations, and definitions clarify even the most difficult concepts.

In this course, you’ll learn to recognize how AI is reshaping the workforce composition and creating opportunities for better workforce planning. You'll explore strategies to align workforce planning activities with business goals and learn to identify the essential factors for shifting to a skills-focused approach to hiring and development. Finally, you'll recognize how organizations can build continuous performance management and modern rewards systems.

In this Challenge Lab, you will synchronize files between an on-premises file server and Microsoft Azure. First, you will create an Azure file share, and then you will deploy an Azure Storage Sync service resource. Next, you will install the Azure File Sync agent on your on-premises server, and then you will register the server with Azure File Sync. Finally, you will create a sync group, add a server endpoint to the sync group, and then you will verify synchronization between the on-premises server and the Azure File Sync.  

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "Quantum Programming in Depth: Bringing Software Engineering Practices to Quantum Computing," presented by Mariia Mykhailova, Principal Quantum Software Developer at PsiQuantum.Gideon Uchehara, PhD student and intern at PsiQuantum, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

View the recent ACM TechTalk," Functional Programming in Financial Markets," presented by José Pedro Magalhães, Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank. Jeremy Gibbons, Professor of Computing at Oxford University, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "An Elementary Approach to Quantum Computing," presented by Charlee Stefanski, Senior Software Engineer at Wells Fargo, and Constantin Gonciulea, the leader of the Advanced Technology group at Wells Fargo. Alex Khan, Visiting Fellow at the University of Maryland National Quantum Laboratory, moderated the questions and answers session following the the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "Programming for All: A Feminist Case for Language Design," presented by Felienne Hermans, Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Mark Guzdial, Professor and Director for the Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

Written by leading domain experts for software engineers, ACM Case Studies provide an in-depth look at how software teams overcome specific challenges by implementing new technologies, adopting new practices, or a combination of both. Often through first-hand accounts, these pieces explore what the challenges were, the tools and techniques that were used to combat them, and the solution that was achieved.

The Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP) is one of ACM's most valued outreach programs, providing universities, corporations, event and conference planners, and local ACM chapters with direct access to top technology leaders and innovators from nearly every sector of the computing industry. ACM will cover the cost of transportation for the speaker to travel to your event.